The Pines Resident & Family Portal

The District of Muskoka (District) is committed to being an inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination, hate, and racism, that welcomes and celebrates diversity, and that strives for equity in all practices, programs, and services – both as an employer and service provider. Our team is in the process of rolling this guide out to staff at this time. We hope that you will help to support an inclusive environment.

This Inclusive Language Guide was developed to help support this vision and help staff feel confident when working with diverse clients, customers, colleagues, and community members. Inclusive language is language that is free from words, phrases, or tones that reflect prejudiced, stereotyped, or discriminatory views of particular people or groups. It is also language that does not deliberately or inadvertently exclude people from feeling respected and accepted.

Using inclusive language helps us honour the District’s corporate values of Respect, Innovation, Service, and Equity (RISE). It also honours the values that reflect Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism/Anti-hate (IDEA) which are respect, learning, change, and safety.

The importance of inclusive language:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMCQ7Bx6d0

Link to the Guide:

Inclusive Language Pocket Guide

Fall and injury prevention is a focus for our entire team. We provide education upon orientation, yearly, and regularly to our team members. Below is one of the guides our team uses to help us with fall prevention for all the residents in the home. If you have questions, please reach out to Natasha Thompson, Clinical Lead at ext. 4852

The Oak Home Area remains in a Respiratory Outbreak with four (4) residents showing symptoms such as cough, runny nose, nasal congestion, and/or fever. Family members of those residents affected have been notified. We are currently waiting on test results from Public Health. Maple Home area remains under Heightened Surveillance with one (1) resident care.

The following infection control measures are to be implemented or continued at this time:

• Masks to be worn in the Oak and Maple Home Areas
• Residents are to remain in the unit at this time to reduce the risk of spread (Oak unit only at this time)
• *If residents insist on leaving the unit, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Oak Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset.
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities on the unit for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to 1-minute contact
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in Oak only
• No General Visiting to Oak home area

We will continue to provide updates as we move through the outbreak.

If you have any questions please contact Kim Sander, DOC, ext. 4861 for the remainder of this week and then John Iskander, IPAC Lead at ext. 4752 starting July 8th, 2024

• Masks to be worn in the Oak and Maple Home Areas
• Residents are to remain in the unit at this time to reduce the risk of spread (Oak unit only at this time)
• *If residents insist on leaving the unit, please assist them with masking or a visor and encourage outdoor visiting.
• Twice daily respiratory symptom screening in Oak Home Area
• Immediate isolation of any residents with new symptom onset.
  
• Cohorting of residents and only small group activities on the unit for unaffected residents. Isolated residents to receive one-to-one activities.
• Twice daily high-touch surface cleaning- changing disinfecting product to 1-minute contact
• Limit of two (2) essential caregivers at a time in Oak only
• No General Visiting to Oak home area

Public Health recommends that the Oak & Maple Home Areas be placed in Heightened Surveillance related to three (3) residents with Respiratory Symptoms such as runny nose, cough, and nasal congestion. Family members of those residents affected have been notified. At this time the pathogen is unknown.

Residents in the home areas will remain on the unit or can be taken outside for fresh air. At this time, medical masks are to be worn on both of these home areas and we are practicing good hand hygiene for staff, visitors, and residents. Visiting is not impacted at this time.

We will provide more updates tomorrow after we connect with Public Health.

June 2024 Family Council Minutes

Thank you to those that were able to attend the June meeting. What a great way to connect with other family members, have some great discussions, and provide feedback. Unfortunately, we do not have a recording to provide this month.

Below is the family update that was provided during the meeting.

If you have questions and would like to find out more about Family Council. Please reach out to Delynne Patterson (Famly Council Chair) at delynne.patterson@gmail.com or Jennifer Ridgley (Administrator for the Pines) at jennifer.ridgley@muskoka.on.ca

June Family Update

Family Council meeting for July will be in-person & virtual:

• When: July 17th, 2024
• Time: 6:30 pm
• Location: The Pines in the Fran Coleman Committee Room and virtual if you require

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82942296115?pwd=Rks4eDY3UVFSM1ZTeXFYOXAvTDhhZz09

Meeting ID: 829 4229 6115

Passcode: 656014

• Refreshments will be served

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Between Two Pines is our new monthly e-newsletter and is your go-to source for the latest happenings at the District, offering connections to District Council Insights, upcoming events, and community engagements. Click on the link below to access the site to complete the subscription.

https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/feedback-and-engagement/between-two-pines-newsletter-subscription.aspx

As we move into summer, our team will continue to monitor temperatures and extreme conditions to ensure that we are preventing and mitigating the risk factors and symptoms associated with excessive heat. Our home has air conditioning throughout including the resident bedrooms and we continue to complete preventative maintenance on the equipment to maintain good working order. We also follow the attached policy to ensure we monitor and react to any heat-related symptoms we might see.

Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses Policy and Procedure

Thank you to those that were able to attend the June meeting. What a great way to connect with other family members, have some great discussions, and provide feedback. Unfortunately, we do not have a recording to provide this month.

Below is the family update that was provided during the meeting.

If you have questions and would like to find out more about Family Council. Please reach out to Delynne Patterson (Famly Council Chair) at delynne.patterson@gmail.com or Jennifer Ridgley (Administrator for the Pines) at jennifer.ridgley@muskoka.on.ca

June Family Update

Family Council meeting for July will be in-person & virtual:

• When: July 17th, 2024
• Time: 6:30 pm
• Location: The Pines in the Fran Coleman Committee Room and virtual if you require

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82942296115?pwd=Rks4eDY3UVFSM1ZTeXFYOXAvTDhhZz09

Meeting ID: 829 4229 6115

Passcode: 656014

• Refreshments will be served

We look forward to seeing you there!

Family Councils Ontario