Shag Rock Manor, Personal Care Home

Day 9 on the Advent Calendar and Albert is our winner today... Looks like Shaggy, The Elf got into a little trouble overnight, guess he couldn’t wait for the residents today to make cookies... And of course the fun continued for our residents. Today we tried our hands in baking... Ginger Snaps was the recipe... The residents enjoyed themselves and there was lots of chatter and laughter... Cookies were baked and enjoyed for dessert after supper tonight...

We will be going live tomorrow December 10th at 6pm for our lighting ceremony! The mayor of Whiteway will be present to flick the switch, along with our local fire department truck and ambulance to light up the vehicles in support of our Christmas Hope campaign. Our residents are very excited about this. We ask that if any family and friends would like to join, feel free in doing so, we just ask you to remain in your vehicles as we will have to keep social distancing in affect! We will also have our food hamper present and will greatly accept any non perishable food items that we will be donating to Hearts Delight Islington Ambulance Services pack the back. Thanks again to everyone for your support and help!

Our annual Christmas party was a success... All residents had their pictures taken with Santa, who delivered a special gift from Shag Rock Manor to each and every one of them. They finished their evening off with a fine feed of Mary Brown’s chicken and chips, taters and salad... Another one in the Shag Rock Manor’s books and we would like family and friends to know, keeping our residents happy and well is always our upmost priority!! So now as Santa himself is kno...wn to say.... Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!! See more

Today’s fun and adventures at Shag Rock Manor including A Day in the Life of Shaggy, The Elf... With homemade Snowman Wade made... Advent Calendar Day 8 winner Verbina And of course, another day of Christmas Hangman!! Fun fun fun!!

Video #2 Santa arrives

Our residents had a very special visitor yesterday at their Christmas party and what a jolly ol elf was he!!

So it’s been a very hectic and fun few days here at Shag Rock Manor, Day 17 and 18 on the Advent calendar have come and gone and Ms Allison and Ms Norma delighted in a sweet surprise. And Shaggy, well he’s been quite the handful up to mischief and causing a bitta commotion... Suddenly he’s a pro with zip lining, one day Cpt Flying Underpants and today, he decided (or maybe had a little help from a certain resident) turning over all the other residents’ pictures in our front porch. We’ve questioned him but he’s not talking however, we think we have some proof that will prove otherwise!!! Also, we had our resident Christmas party yesterday filled with lots of music, love, laughter and a visit from the jolly man dressed in the bright red suit Those pictures and videos will be posted shortly, stay tuned

Just a quick little piece of info... Tonight on CBC 6:00pm Shag Rock Manor and all the Kirby homes will be featured on the news for our Lights of Hope Campaign

NEW RULES EFFECTIVE JULY 13th Six designated visitors (one primary support person and five visitors). One visitor can be designated as the primary support person. The primary support person will not be limited to one daily visit.... The six designated visitors can visit once each day. Two individuals can be present during a visit. Children of the patient/resident who are 18 and under are permitted to visit each day. They can visit with one of the designated visitors. The number of visitors for the patient/resident, may exceed two when children aged 18 and under are visiting. See more

Please be advised that while the province is in a period of low prevalence of COVID-19, the following rules have been implemented for resident absences from PCH. Residents may go in the community to access essential services (shopping, banking etc.), or to their designated visitors home. Residents who choose to leave the residential care home overnight or longer must be screened for risk of exposure to, or symptoms of, COVID-19 upon return to the home and monitored for s...igns and symptoms of COVID-19 daily for 14 days post return. Residents will receive guidance on infection prevention and control measures which should be followed when absent from the home, including hand hygiene, appropriate use of masks, physical distancing, limiting association with large groups of people and best practices while sharing food. See more

We have Some exciting news Our residents can now have a visitor 1 designated visitor for each resident for the duration of this time, visitors cannot be changed out.... Visitation will be for 1 hour between 9am - 8pm daily, closing for 12pm for dinner and 5pm for supper. Visitors must call the PCH 588-2884 to set a time There will be a screening process each visit and visitors will need to wear a mask. Masks will be provided by the PCH. We are looking forward to seeing everyone!

Shag Rock Manor is now accepting resumes for a part time worker for day shift. If you would like to submit a resume please; Drop it off to the office between 8am-4pm Fax it to 709-588-7884 Email: [email protected] Thanks

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Shag Rock Manor will be accepting delivery of packages to our residents, pending no increase in COVID-19 (with some restrictions). 1. Deliveries are to be scheduled with the office.... 2. Deliveries are to be left outside the main entrance at your pre-Scheduled time. 3. Physical distancing guidelines should continue to be observed. Staff will accept your package and ensure it is properly disinfected before delivering it to the resident. Packages may include: Resident clothing items Personal toiletries Cards and/or small gifts Packaged sweets/treats as appropriate (e.g. Chocolates, candy, soft drinks) Any questions or concerns feel free to contact the office at 709-588-2884

Shag Rock Manor is now accepting resumes for a full time worker for night shift. If you would like to submit a resume please; Drop it off to the office between 8am-4pm Fax it to 709-588-7884 Email: [email protected] Thanks

Visitation restrictions to residential care homes have been in place since March 23, 2020. It is recognized that this is very difficult for residents and families. In addition, delivering of packages or gifts has been eliminated in many homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mothers Day is a very special day and many families normally spend the day visiting with their mothers in residential care bringing gifts and cards. To celebrate mothers in residential care, homes will be a...ccepting gifts that can be passed along to residents. We will develop a process to accept gifts/cards and will arrange times for family to drop it off. The process should ensure that physical distancing requirements are met by avoiding large numbers of people dropping off gifts at the same time. Gifts will be delivered by staff of the home to mothers in the homes on Sunday May 10. Gifts may include flowers, cards, food and clothing and we will wipe them down when they are passed into to home. we know the mothers that are with us are going to certainly love this. See more

God Bless Rev. Eli for coming up to say a prayer with some of our residents

On behalf of all of us here at Shag Rock Manor we would like to send out a very Happy 100th Birthday to ELSIE HIGDON! We hope you enjoy your day despite the situation! Lots of love from all of us

Miss.Bea had a special visitor today

A message from our residents to their loved ones

Birthday visits for Glenn today from hes Mom & Dad! Happy Birthday Glenn!!

Our decorated windows here at Shag Rock Manor

This lockdown is bringing out the silliness in us all

Certainly warms the heart to see the smile on our residents face when they get to see their loved ones

We are happy to provide an opportunity for family members to connect with our residents via FaceTime on our Portal Mini or for those who dont have FaceTime can come have a face to face conversation through our FaceTime window while visitor restrictions at our facility remain in effect. To arrange a call or to come use our Old Fashion FaceTime please call the office at 709-588-2884 Thanks... Management See more

A fun afternoon playing Bowling

Happy St. Patricks day!

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY our doors have been locked for the safety of our residents and staff as we will not be allowing any visitation. We wish to stress that the above measures are out of the abundance of caution. We have had no cases of COVID-19 in our personal care homes. We are requesting the cooperation of all visitors to protect our residents, staff, and their families from this risk. We understand that events like this can be stressful for our residents and their famili...es. We are actively following the recommendations of Health Canada and Eastern Health to keep our practices as current and well informed as possible. We appreciate your cooperation and welcome any questions you may have. Thank you!

Rainy day calls for rainy colouring sheets! They certainly love colouring

ATTENTION Our care teams are monitoring updates of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To date, there have been NO CONFIRMED CASES OR CASES UNDER INVESTIGATION IN ANY OF OUR PERSONAL CARE HOME.... However, since the spread of the virus is increasing daily in Canada, we have decided to act proactively by taking the following steps: 1) Large gathering within the homes, including performances by visiting musicians, ARE POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 2) Visitors that have TRAVELED OUTSIDE THE PROVINCE WIRHIN THE LAST 21 DAYS ARE ASKED NOT TO ENTER THE BUILDING. 3) Visitors who are ill or recovering from an illness (even the common cold) are asked NOT TO ENTER THE BUILDING UNTIL THEY HAVE FULLY RECOVERED. We wish to stress that the above measures are out of the abundance of caution. We have had no cases of COVID-19 in our personal care homes. We are requesting the cooperation of all visitors to protect our residents, staff, and their families from this risk. We understand that events like this can be stressful for our residents and their families. We are actively following the recommendations of Health Canada and Eastern Health to keep our practices as current and well informed as possible. We appreciate your cooperation and welcome any questions you may have.

Big thank you to Justin Martin for coming and entertaining for our residents this afternoon! A good time was had by all!

Residents enjoying Eric, Randy and Lucy this afternoon!

Check out our monthly calendar for the month of March! Please feel free to drop by to enjoy our entertainment, play a game with our residents, have a chat or even a tour of our building! We look forward to seeing familiar and new faces stopping by!

Salvation Army TBS Corps

Residents had a ball playing Jenga today!

We had a wonderful day celebrating Garfield turning 71!!!!