Community shows how much they care at the Simkin Stroll!
Every year the community gathers to celebrate healthy aging at the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre. On June 14th residents of the Centre will gather with their friends and family for the Simkin Stroll, a walk in support of the Therapeutic Recreation Program.
Our residents experience a high incidence of barriers to mobility and 80 to 90% suffer from a dementia related illness.
Therapeutic Recreation Services engage the body, mind, and imagination by providing enriching life experiences regardless of barriers to health. Based on individual assessments, each resident has a plan for involvement with Therapeutic Recreation. Planned programs include one to one, and small or large group sessions. Therapeutic Recreation staff organize exercise sessions, discussion groups, games nights, cultural events, and many more options that offer familiar experiences for residents. Folk song sing-a-longs and baking sessions are just a few of the programs that they organize. Evening and weekend Therapeutic Recreation Programs are not covered by health care funding and are only possible with the support of our caring community.
Last year the Centre had to cut back on weekend and evening Therapeutic Recreation Programs due to a lack of funding. Our goal this year is to raise $25,000 toward these essential services.
This year the Stroll has already raised $12,000 toward these programs and we anticipate a great turnout the day of the event! If we can raise the full $25,000 it will mean an improvement to our evening and weekend programming as well as additional support for our residents who have more significant care requirements.
This year the Simkin Centre is also celebrating its 100th Anniversary! We are inviting the community to join them for this neighbourhood stroll in support of the residents of the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre.
Event Details:
The Simkin Stroll
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2015 (Rain or Shine)
Registration: 10:00 a.m. Walk Begins at 11:00 a.m.
Location: 1 Falcon Ridge Drive
www.simkincentre.ca/the-simkin-stroll/
The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre is hosting this public event on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Tallman Multi-Purpose Room. We encourage families, friends and those who might be interested to attend. Norma Kirkby, Program Director of the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba will be the presenter. RSVP is requested. For more information see the attached document.
Nov 26 – Speak Up Simkin co-sponsor
Sukkot is an important holiday for our Jewish residents. Services are held on the first two days of the holiday and we build two Sukkah, one in our Atrium area and one in our gardens. Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert and it is also a harvest festival. The Sukkah themselves commemorate the temporary structures that the Jewish people lived in during their wandering.
The Simkin Centre is extremely grateful to have received a grant of $7,300 from the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg to support our High Holy Day Services. Over 200 residents and family attended our services last year. Our services are led once again this year by Stephen Hyman along with Sid Halpern and Matt Leibl. The Choir, led by well-known musical director Rashi Rudelier, will be performing. On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of The Centre we wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year.
The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre highly values its role as a partner in the education of health care providers. We have developed and nurtured partnerships with many educational institutions in Manitoba:
- Red River College Nursing Program
- Brandon University Psychiatric Nursing Program
- University of Manitoba Nursing Program
- Robertson College Health Care Aide & Unit Clerk Program
- Assiniboine College LPN Program
- Red River College Therapeutic Recreation Program
- Riverview Health Centre Spiritual Care Practitioner Program
We welcome many students throughout the year for clinical placements that range from a few hours, a few weeks, to a few months. Residents benefit from the over 400 eager minds and helping hands in our facility. Our staff act as role models and preceptors to the students. It is a win-win situation for the students and for the Centre.
The students are provided with the unique opportunity of learning in a Jewish cultural environment in which they are taught about our faith based Mission and Values, our Kosher practices, and our Jewish Holidays. It is our hope that some of these students will one day choose to work at the Centre.
Our senior staff also work closely with instructors and curriculum advisors from our partner educational institutions to evaluate and review the scope of practice for students and to enhance opportunities for learning.
The feedback we receive from students is positive. Some examples of their comments are:
- Enthusiastic and positive staff – Comfortable environment
- Very professional staff who showed diligence in their work
- Amazing amount of activities for the residents
- The residents were sweet and gracious, allowing us into their rooms
- Thank you Simkin Centre for allowing us to come on this educational trip – it was awesome
