Cooking for One or Two

FREE Class - Cooking for 1 or 2!

Presented by: Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre

• Meal Planning
• Portion Control
• Cooking Demo
• Taste Testing

Tues May 26, 2015   1030 am
Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre
Call to Register;  519 238 1556 x 242

Bike to Work

Bike to Work Week is May 25-31, 2015

Save on Gas....and Reap the Health Benefits!

• Easy on the Joints
• Exercises all major group muscles
• Great Cardiovascular Work-out

Appreciating our Nurses!

 

To the Dedicated Nurses of

South Huron Hospital Association...

 

Happy Nurses Week!

 

Thank you for your selfless dedication and your loving, healing gift.

 

Your caring work is much appreciated by your patients, your hospital, and your co-workers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

How are you really doing?

As partners with the Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre, we are helping them with the “Be Well Survey” project. They are conducting the survey and community conversations for the following reasons:

•     To collect data to understand the wellbeing needs and strengths of our communities.

•      To inform decisions around local community initiatives and recruit partners for collective impact actions on determinants of health and wellbeing.

•      To measure change related to health promotion and community development work.

Please tell us how you are doing by completing a Wellbeing survey.         There are many ways to complete the survey. Please complete the survey only once. Your responses are confidential.

You may fill a paper copy that is available in the emergency room waiting area or at the South Huron Medical Centre

Online Survey Link (Core Survey): http://fluidsurveys.com/s/bewell-gbchc/

-          10 to 15 minutes to complete

Online Survey Link (Extended Survey): http://fluidsurveys.com/s/bewell-v2-gbchc/

-          16 to 20 minutes to complete

Community Conversations

We are also planning community conversations for July. Let’s start talking about how we’re really doing so we can create the kind of community we want for ourselves, our families and future generations. If you want more information or would like to participate, please contact Miranda Burgess.

Community Action Network

We want to make changes! We want to work with community members, community groups and agencies to make a difference in our community. We cannot do this without you. If you want more information or would like to participate, please contact Miranda Burgess.

Canadian Index of Wellbeing

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing measures quality of life in all its dimensions. The eight categories include community vitality, environment, living standards, healthy populations, education, democratic engagement, time use, as well as leisure and culture. If you would like more information about the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, visit https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing/

This survey is being managed by Miranda Burgess, RD, MPH(c) at 519-238-1556 x222 or mburgess@gbchc.com.

Click to watch Nursing Video

For Nurse's Week.....

 

Did you know that there are 19.3 million nurses in the world! Click here to watch a great video to celebrate nurses.

Nurses Week 2015!

Happy Nurses Week! Let’s take a quick look at why we celebrate nurses every where.

In 1971, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) designated May 12 – Florence Nightingale’s birthday – as International Nurses Day. In 1985, in recognition of the dedication and achievements of the nursing profession, the Canadian minister of health proclaimed the second week of May as National Nursing Week in Canada.

Nightingale is best known around the world as the “Lady with the Lamp” who nursed British soldiers during the Crimean War and turned nursing into a profession. But she was also much more than that.

She was an activist, social theorist and author who’s advocacy to improve health and sanitation for British Army soldiers, and writings on hospital planning and organization laid the foundation for nursing’s emphasis on social determinants of health today. Nightingale published more than 200 books, reports and pamphlets.

Nursing Week gives nurses across the world the chance to celebrate the work they do to keep Nightingale’s work alive by advocating for policies that keep people healthy, and care for them when they’re ill. Nursing is a calling born of a caring generous and loving spirit that can neither be supressed, ignored, retired or forgotten. It champions much with determination and vigour, yet is as soft as the touch of a hand.

Please take every opportunity this week to say thank you to our nurses for their selfless giving and healing hands and hearts. 

 

David Fillekes, Reg.N,

Director of Clinical Services/Chief Nursing Executive,

South Huron Hospital Association

 

 

May ~ Prevent Lyme Disease!

Ten Terrific Tick Tips

 

If you are spending time outdoors you should take sensible precautions to try to

avoid exposure to ticks. Ticks can transmit a number of disease to humans and pets

within hours of being bitten, especially if the ticks are not removed properly once

attached. If you are bitten, early and adequate treatment is paramount to help avoid

long term health consequences caused by Lyme and other tick borne diseases.

Here are some suggestions for personal protection from ticks.

 

1. Wear light‐colored clothing and a hat to help spot ticks more easily.

2. Scan clothing or any exposed skin frequently for ticks while outdoors.

3. When possible, stay on cleared, well‐traveled trails.

4. Keep grass cut short and create a tick barrier or “afe zone”on your property.

5. Following instructions on the label, treat clothing with a product that kills ticks.

6. Avoid sitting or lying directly on the ground, even during the cold of winter.

7. Place outdoor clothing in a hot dryer for at least one hour to kill ticks.

8. Make it a habit –check yourself, your children and pets for ticks every day.

9. Learn how to properly remove a tick and about Lyme and tick borne diseases.

10. Shower thoroughly after being outdoors, and don’ forget, do a tick check!

For more information on Lyme and other tick‐borne diseases, visit

www.lymedisease.org