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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 20189 East Creek Rd. Nantucket, MA 02554 508.228.0462 Inside This Issue: • Current Renovations •Family Council •Bedrail reduction Highlights: 1.Resident Quote 2.Employee & Volunteer of the Month 3.Upcoming Events FAMILY COUNCIL CURRENT RENOVATIONS & ROOM MOVES The renovation of the East Wing Shower room continues! Maron The Quality Assurance Improvement Plan to improve the dining room foyer is almost complete.  The doors have been  hung and look fabulous.  After  some furniture rearranging and a television installation, the space will be ready to be enjoyed by all! The next Family Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 9th at 10:00am.  The guest  speaker will be our new Administrator Brett Lennerton.   Please join us to meet and chat with Brett. Annual Memorial Service The annual Our Island Home Memorial Service will be held this year on Wednesday, May 16th at 10:00am in the Albert E. Lewis Dining Room.   Please join us to honor and celebrate the lives of our residents who have passed on over the last year. Construction began this project in late February. In order to decrease disruption to our residents, all residents with rooms at the end of the East wing were moved. Once the East shower/tub is completed, other bathroom renovations will begin. Residents and families will be notified in advance as room changes will occur again in order to prevent as much noise disturbance as possible. SAFETY COMITTEE In order to be compliant with CMS regulations, bedrail reduction has begun. This is a group effort, involving nursing, PT, and  maintenance. Nursing and PT will determine whose bedrails are appropriate/not appropriate or not needed and will be asking maintenance to remove them accordingly. Residents or health care agents will be asked to sign consent forms for the side rails if it is determined that they can be kept. As always, it is our highest priority to keep our resident’s comfort and safety in mind. The following is an excerpt from the CMS guidance to surveyors for your review: “Side rails sometimes restrain residents. The use of side rails as restraints is prohibited unless they are necessary to treat a resident's medical symptoms. Residents who attempt to exit a bed through, between, over or around side rails are at risk of injury or death. April 17th Shellfish Hatchery will give a presentation to residents about their work. April 20th Small Friends of Nantucket are coming to visit with our residents and sing songs! April 28th Daffodil Day Car Parade please join our residents for our “front row” view of the annual antique car parade! May 13th Mother’s Day if you would like to join your mother for lunch at OIH on Mother’s Day, or plan on taking her out for a meal, please see Activities Staff! Live music: we have live music performances scheduled for 4 pm in the OIH living room on: April 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th and 30th! UPCOMING EVENTS rails than from a fall from a bed where side rails are not used. They also potentially increase the likelihood that the resident will spend more time in bed and fall when attempting to transfer from the bed. As with other restraints, for residents who are restrained by side rails, it is expected that the process facilities employ to reduce the use of side rails as restraints is systematic and gradual to ensure the resident's safety while treating the resident's medical symptom. The same device may have the effect of restraining one individual but not another, depending on the individual resident's condition and circumstances. For example, partial rails may assist one resident to enter and exit the bed independently while acting as a restraint for another”. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this please contact Heather Francis, DON or Carol Matson LPN. 9 East Creek Rd Nantucket, MA 02554 PHONE: 508.228.0462 FAX: 508.228.6875 E-MAIL: Brett Lennerton Administrator blennerton@nantucket- ma.gov Van ride outings are very popular with our residents! The OIH van takes residents sightseeing twice a week: recently we stopped by the Nantucket Golf club!We’re on the Web! See us at: www.nantucket- ma.gov Art Class in Action! Employee of the Month Avia Parkinson is our April EotM! Avia has been a CNA at OIH since 2003 and she does a fantastic job caring for our residents! Volunteer of the Month Sybil Nickerson Sybil is a former OIH employee who retired in 2015- but she just couldn’t stay away! Sybil comes every week to visit with the residents and do a floral arranging group. Resident Portraiture Local Nantucket photographer Barbara Clarke is offering her portraiture services free of charge to OIH residents. If you would like to schedule group or individual portraits for your friend or family residing at OIH, please contact Taylor Hilst at thilst@nantucket-ma.gov to schedule an appointment. Resident Monthly Quote “You have to be tough to get old!” –JB Resident, June working on a painting