Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Vets Craft
4 Holiday
Stockings
5 Study on Hip
Protectors
6 Adaptive
Clothing
7 Sgt. Wilson’s
Army Show
Preparing John McDermott announces his pledge of 3.6 million dollars to Sunnybrook Health
8 Military
Chaplains
Sciences Centre. John’s recent CD entitled, “Journeys”, is a work he has attributed to
the cause of veterans, and includes the classic historical song “Danny Boy.”
10
Last December, we held the official launch for McDermott House
Passings Canada, and what an exciting day it was! Our partnership with
McDermott House Canada will enable us to provide an enhanced
11 Memorial environment and best life experience for patients and their families
Plaque Project during their final months.
The Palliative Care unit here in Kilgour Wing opened in 1989 with
12 Vimy Ridge
Poem 8 beds. At that time, it was one of the first palliative care units in an
academic health sciences centre in Ontario. Today, our award-winning
interprofessional care team, cares for well over 300 patients per year.
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Calendar of
Events
continued on page 2
March 2011 1
At Home is the official newsletter
of the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre.
The newsletter is published four
times a year and is made available
to all Veterans, staff and family
members. At Home is also available
online at www.sunnybrook.ca under
Programs & Services and the From left to right: Jordan Paris and Wayne Everett, Brampton Fire
Department Honour Guard; Sunnybrook Foundation’s CEO Jeff O’Hagan;
Veterans & Community site.
event MC and former Canadian Olympic Alpine Skier Brian Stemmle; Mike
McDonell Inspector Ontario Provincial Police, Commander Stormont Dundas/
Editor: Sally Fur Glengarry Detachment and McDermott House Canada board member
Layout: Tereza Radman (shaking hands with John) and Deputy Chief EMS Norm Lambert.
Photography: Dale Roddick, Doug
Nicholson, and Ana Seara
Circulation: 1,700
Contributors:
Marsha Berry
Nancy Bowers-Ivanski
Sarah Brown
Jocelyn Charles
Lori Anne Donald
Jill Doyle Veterans Daniel Neylan and George Metcalfe were among the many who
Dorothy Ferguson attended the launch for McDermott House Canada at the Sunnybrook
Leanne Hughes Veterans Centre in Toronto.
Ceilidh Kinlin
Tiffaney Marlow
Sally Moore
Nancy Smokler
Sayaka Tiessen
Chair of Sunnybrook’s board David Leslie, Deputy Chief Toronto EMS Norm
Lambert and Sunnybrook’s president and CEO Dr. Barry McLellan.
continued from page 1
Unfortunately, the need is even greater and through patient’s life the best it can possible be will become a
some realignment of our community beds, we have reality though our partnership with McDermott House
been able to grow our unit from 24 to 32 beds. Canada. Sunnybrook’s legacy of excellent care
for Canada’s war Veterans and our community will
As health care professionals, our goal is to provide continue to grow.
our patients with the highest quality of care. We must
not only treat the disease but provide a full spectrum On behalf of the Veterans Centre, we thank John
of care to support the person behind the disease. McDermott and his team for their significant
commitment to Sunnybrook. Together we will
While we do already provide exemplary emotional, create Canada’s premier palliative care unit and
spiritual and compassionate care, we wish to peace of mind for patients and their families when
enhance the physical environment on K1E. In they need it most.
so doing we will create a more “home-like” unit,
accomodation for a family member who wishes to
stay overnight and facilities that will support the
observation of various cultural rituals.
March 2011 3
Veterans Craft Holiday
Laundry
by Nancy Smokler
Stockings for Newborns
by Sally Fur
The new personal laundry
service offered by Silver Mile With Christmas only a few
Cleaners, is going very well. In days away, 93-year-old
order to ensure accuracy in the Veteran George Smith,
delivery back to the resident, was delighted with the
it is essential that each item opportunity to bring some
of clothing be labeled with the holiday cheer and visit
residents’ information. the newborns in the new
Women & Babies Program.
The Sunnybrook Linen For years, giving a stocking
Department provides labeling for to each newborn baby was
Veterans clothing. There is no a long-standing tradition
cost to Veterans for the laundry of Women’s College
or labeling services. The pick- Hospital and one that the
up and delivery schedule is as Sunnybrook Volunteer
follows: Association felt strongly
K Wing Units – By 11am about continuing.
• Soiled clothing pick-up days –
Monday, Wednesday & Friday With the support of Lorrie
• Clean clothing delivery Clarke, art therapist at the Veterans Centre, the tradition was
days – Tuesday, Thursday & honoured and beautiful red felt, hand-made stockings were created
Saturday and designed by Veterans and presented to newborns and their
• No pick-ups or deliveries on families on Christmas morning.
Sundays
“We started in the summer and made 50 in total,” said Lorrie. “With
L Wing Units – By 11AM the move of the Women’s & Babies Program to the Sunnybrook
• Soiled clothing pick-up campus, this was a heartfelt way of connecting Sunnybrook’s past to
days – Tuesday, Thursday & the tiny newborns.”
Saturday
• Clean clothing delivery days – Each stocking was unique and one of a kind, with a small tag
Monday, Wednesday & Friday sewn inside containing the words, “decorated by a Sunnybrook
• Note – LGSE, LGSW, LSSE Veteran.” In remembrance and to ensure each newborn would
& LSSW receive a daily pick- “never forget” their special birthplace and who their first Christmas
up of soiled clothing and daily gift was from, George came up with the idea to add a poppy near
deliveries of clean clothing. the top of each stocking.
• No pick-ups or deliveries on
Sundays George Smith holds newborn Riley James Pugh. George was one of 40 Sunnybrook
Veterans who took part in the stockings for newborns art therapy project.
If you have any questions,
please contact Nancy Smokler
at 416-480-6107.
4 March 2011
Family Members, Nurses and Companions for
Study on Hip Protectors
by Lori Anne Donald, Ceilidh Kinlin, Tiffaney Marlow, Sayaka Tiessen
Annually, 1 in 3 senior Canadian seniors will fall. We are looking for English speaking family
The most common serious injury sustained due to members, nurses and companions of residents at
a fall is a hip fracture. A hip protector is a type of the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre to participate in this
undergarment or pant with padding on the sides, study. You are eligible if you have cared for a resident
worn to protect the hip bone in the event of a fall. who is currently wearing or has chosen not to wear
Studies have shown that they do decrease the risk hip protectors.
of fracture if the wearer falls; however, the research
is not as strong as it could be because many people As a participant in this study, you will be asked
choose not to wear them. to attend a focus group session to discuss your
experiences with hip protectors. Separate focus
Several reasons why hip protectors are not being groups will be held for family members, nurses and
worn include appearance, cost, comfort and lack of companions. Each session will last approximately 1
awareness. hour 30 minutes to 2 hours. Parking expenses and
refreshments will be available.
Although it is the resident who uses the hip
protector, it cannot be denied that they have an
impact, either positive or negative, on the lives of
For more information about this important
those that care for them.
study, please contact us at:
Tel: 416-480-6100 ext 80138
We are Masters students from the Department of
Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto. In
E-mail: hip.protectors@gmail.com
conjunction with the Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Please indicate if you are a family member,
Centre, we will be studying what promotes or
nurse or companion. This study is funded
prevents hip protector use from the perspectives
by Sunnybrook Practice Based Research
of family members, nurses and companions. The
Committee.
purpose of this research is to develop a more
comprehensive understanding of hip protector use.
Elevators
By Nancy Smokler
The L-Wing elevator replacement work is continuing, although there have been several early set-backs
which has pushed the completion back by several months. It is anticipated that the work on elevator #1
will be completed and the elevator will be back in service around April 7th, 2011. At that time elevator
#2 will be taken out of service for its replacement to begin, with an estimated completion date of
approximately August 19th, 2011. Thank you for your continued patience.
March 2011 5
What is Adaptive Clothing?
by Marsha Berry and Jill Doyle
Remembering our
Veterans
Last fall, Daiana, Olivia, and Jessie took
part in a Veteran postcard workshop at the
Barbara Frum branch of Toronto Public
Library. The children worked with Canadian
author, Linda Granfield, to create hand-made
colourful postcards as part of the Sophie’s
Studio Writing Workshop.
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Sgt. Wilson’s Army Show
by Sally Fur
Outbreak Information
by Nancy Smokler
March 2011 7
Sunnybrook Chaplains Help Prepare Military
Chaplains for Deployment
by Sally Fur
In early February, the Spiritual & Religious Care team Sunnybrook Veterans Grant a
at Sunnybrook hosted three Canadian Forces military Wish Program
chaplains, as part of a week-long Chaplain Trauma
by Leanne Hughes
Resilience Program. Initiated in 2007, the program is
designed to better prepare military chaplains for the Have you submitted your wish yet? The
unknown challenges and harsh realities they will face Veterans Grant a Wish Program continues
while in Afghanistan. to grant the wishes of Veterans living at
Sunnybrook. The program uses a resident
As Canada’s leader in trauma care, Sunnybrook centered approach and strives to grant the
chaplains, physicians, nurses, social workers and individual heartfelt wishes of the Veteran. Each
staff have much expertise with the human body Veteran is eligible for 2 wishes. The goal of the
and what happens during a trauma and in death. program is for EVERY Veteran to have at least
As a result of this training, and by learning how to 1 wish granted. Wishes granted include dinners
respond to their own emotional, physical and spiritual with family, wheelchair capes, large print books,
responses, the military chaplains will be better CD players etc. The list is endless!
prepared to attend to the needs of others in a crisis
and life-threatening situation. Each month, the wish granting committee
reviews all wishes submitted and 10 wishes
The military chaplains were given a tour of patient are selected. The program is funded through
care units, critical care unit, emergency department, the generosity of many donors and community
regional burn unit, operating room and the Veterans sponsors. Contributions enable Veterans to
Centre. Throughout the week, they also experienced realize their hopes and dreams. For more
what it’s like to be the trauma on-call chaplain. The information or to make a donation, please
program also included a session with Sunnybrook contact Leanne Hughes at (416) 480-5490.
trauma surgeon, Dr. Homer Tien, who is also a Major
8 March 2011
Family Advisory Council
by Nancy Smokler
The Family Advisory Council (FAC) meets on the 3rd The next meeting is on April 19th at 10:30 a.m. We
Tuesday of each month in the Pub in the basement of will be hosting our first educational speaker session.
K-Wing, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The mandate The topic is End of Life Care in the Veterans Centre
of the FAC is to provide a forum to discuss shared and the presenters will be Christine Nelson and Anne
concerns and issues across the Veterans Centre Hayward, both from our Social Work service. This
Program. The FAC also exists to promote and facilitate special session will be held in the K-Wing Annex
an exchange of information and ideas and to provide (off Warriors Hall) instead of the Pub and light
a mechanism for the development of new initiatives. refreshments will be served. For more information on
Family members of residents throughout the Veterans the FAC or to RSVP for this education session, please
Centre are invited to join the FAC. contact Judy MacNaughton at 416-480-4280.
Are you the family member of a new resident in the Veterans Centre? Do you still have some unanswered
questions since your loved one has moved in? Do you know where things are and what some of our
abbreviations mean? If you need answers to any of these questions you are invited to attend one of
our quarterly New Families Welcome Orientation Sessions. The next sessions will be held on
Wednesday, March 23rd at 1:00 p.m. and again at 7:00 p.m., in Room L101A (1st Floor George Hees
Wing). Sessions are usually one hour in length and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to
Judy MacNaughton at 416-480-4280.
Pets
by Nancy Smokler
Many people enjoy the visit of a much loved dog or Please note that family pets are not permitted in the
cat and the Veterans Centre recognizes that visits by following public areas in the Veterans Centre:
a family pet can lift the spirits of our Veteran residents. • Warriors Hall (including The Annex & Games Room)
However, not everyone is comfortable around animals, • L Wing Fireplace Room
and some residents may have allergies to dogs or • Sunny’s Cafeteria
cats. Sunnybrook has a Pet Visitation policy which • All Dining Rooms & Food Preparation Areas
outlines visiting restrictions and health requirements
for pets. We ask that you respect the Policy and For more information on this policy, please see your
adhere to the process for bringing in your four-legged Patient Care Manager or Primary Nurse.
visitor. Please note that this policy does not apply to
service animals under the Accessibility for Ontarians
with Disabilities Act, 2005.
March 2011 9
Resident Ambassador
Passings
Induction Ceremony
In loving memory of our
friends and comrades by Sarah Brown
December 2010
Lois M McKie
Arthur B Drohan
Ronald W McKenzie
Patrick F Mulholland
George W Chapman
John MacDonald
Joseph H Barron
Edward L Parody
Slavianos Kiriakou
George K Tozer
Beth Hancock, and Charlie Kewen receive their award from
Dorothy Ferguson.
10 March 2011
Friends of the Veterans
Passings
Chapel Memorial Plaque
Project December 2010 (continued)
Gerald F Levenston
Ronald Osborne Moore
Myron W Laidlaw
With the success, of the Memorial Chair project, Colonel Jim Joseph F E Bremner
Hubel of the Legion’s Fort York Branch is currently working on John C Maynard
Ross W Graham
The Friends of the Veterans Chapel Memorial Plaque project. Robert A Whyte
Richard H Lowther
The Friends of the Veterans Chapel Memorial Plaque is located on Melvin Lester Marrus
the back wall of the chapel and feature small tributes to the sacrifice
January 2011
and service of loved ones, who are either living or have passed on.
Richard G Saunders
The cost of a citation for the Memorial Plaque is $500.00. All funds Arthur D McRae
will be used for ongoing improvements and special projects for the Ralph Pritzker
Veterans Chapel. A tax deductible receipt will be issued. Ross Doyle
Phillip John Kelly
Gerald Conway
Rhonald G Murley
Irving H Spinner
Oscar S Zuker
Robert Staddon
John Butler Wadland
Ian MacFee Rogers
Douglas G Pipe
John L Foster
Gordon C Crowther
Daniel Stone
William G Woodcock
Vera Mabel Youens
Ernest G Seden
Joseph Sbrocchi
February 2011
For further information regarding the Friends of the Veterans Arthur R Dearlove
Chapel Memorial Plaque program, please contact Colonel Hubel Daphne F Paul
at jim.hubel@sympatico.ca or 416-266-6949. Stanley R Martin
Walter Harrison
David Robertson
Harry Dinkin
Donald Lloyd Angus
Paul Pynkoski
Charles H Deacon
Fragrance Free Stanley H Williams
Hugh D McLean
Just a reminder, that the Veterans Centre is a Charles H Cooper
fragrance free facility. Please do not wear perfume Duane G Forrest
or scented products while in the Veterans Centre, Robert K MacKenzie
as many of our residents and staff have respiratory Allan R Usher
sensitivities or allergies. Louis Brickman
William Neale
March 2011 11
At Vimy Ridge
A poem by S.A. Moore The students are noisy
Laughter, abandon,
defiant of the courage
Sally visited Vimy Ridge in May of 2010. That won it.
Moved by the images and sculptures she saw
in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, she There are Canadians here
wanted to experience for herself the awe- Solemn
inspiring tribute to the soldiers who won our They have seen the statues before
freedom in the First World War. Standing on eerie with yellow light, white faces
Canadian soil, looking out over the French And the Eaton’s plaque that supports
countryside and gazing up at this massive Their sorrow.
monument was one of the most moving
experiences of her life. Only here it is bitter, the cold
All around, the French countryside,
Sally Moore is a writer and business
The wind that pushes the red maple leaf
consultant living in Whitby, Ontario. Her
on a stick that she places against
essays, poems and articles have been
The stone.
published in magazines, anthologies, journals
and newspapers.
Sacred angels, Canadian soldiers,
nearly 100 years before
You can hear their silence,
more powerful than the voices
of tourists
You can feel the names on the wall
So many you have to walk all around the site to
find your surname
The same names in the book
on Parliament Hill.
So white
So tall
Climbing to Heaven
Angel assisted
All about, where you walk
Under the grass,
Their bones.
I am awed.
Hundreds of feet up the hill
The majestic and inspiring Vimy Ridge Memorial cannon, 30 lb guns, long awkward rifles
overlooks the broad fields and rolling hills of Northern
metal helmets, chaffing boots and woollen clothes
France.
The cold, the mud
12 March 2011
heavy against them, repelling their goal Our tears are a mystery, for we were not here
But they are determined But the names, the sacrifice are loud
They love who we are They echo on our highways at home
A new nation, with love for the old 401, 416, Veterans, Heroes
Leaving behind them recaptured soil Pause. Be grateful. Be solemn.
regained dignity, freedom
A place thousands will fall So much cold
And never go home. The tourists laugh, they sing, they crawl
upon the monument, flashes and snapping,
She begins to cry, electronic patronage
the Canadian with the flags Far from Canada, far from the middle east
at the wreaths beneath the angel where the Canadians are
Her face is plain and solemn We watch
She stands at the monument We cry
Of Vimy Ridge We show respect
And remembers Think of the bodies coming home,
We owe them so much. Of the suffering here
We know they bought the freedom
Did they see us standing here now? we witness.
Did they know
we would cry? Some of us. Canadian soil.
Teach our children, The tourists run, jump, even litter.
feel pride in our maple leaf? But the Canadians are silent, we are tolerant,
Did they think we would be worth it? we feel the turmoil
Do we think we are? And pause, like we were taught
Like we know now, standing in the rain,
50 Bridges at home the cold
Trenton to Toronto We must be silent
Black bags in black limos Lest we forget.
returning to Canadian soil
Here, so many thousands lie
Too many to send home
On Vimy Ridge. Alone. Unknown.
But proud.
March 2011 13
Accreditation Results
Daniel Neylan
Veterans and Community Resident Council Treasurer
14 March 2011
Calendar of Events
March 2011 15
Show Your Support for the Veterans Centre
Contributions to the Veterans Centre program are gratefully accepted, helping us meet special
or urgent needs in a timely fashion. Donations will help fund high priority needs such as capital
improvements to the Veterans’ residences. Donations to the Veterans’ Comfort Fund helps us provide
our Veteran residents with ‘extras’: equipment, events and entertainment items that enhance their
quality of life. Support of the Palliative Care Unit Trust Fund helps to enhance the living environment
for patients and families receiving palliative care.
Donations can be made in memory or in honour a loved one, or to acknowledge a special event such
as a birthday or anniversary. If you so choose, the Sunnybrook Foundation will send a card to your
honouree or their family letting them know that they have been honoured through a donation. A tax
receipt will be issued for all donations over $10.
How to donate:
By Mail:
Cheques should be made out to the Sunnybrook Foundation.
For a specific designation, please write ‘Veterans Comfort Fund’, ‘Palliative Care Unit Trust Fund’ or
‘Veterans Centre’ on the bottom of your cheque.
By Telephone:
Please call 416.480.4483 for the Sunnybrook Foundation.
By Internet:
Please visit www.sunnybrook.ca/foundation and follow
the simple instructions.
Thank you!
Sunnybrook
16 March 2011