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September 9 to 15 • 2013
Thank you to
barbecue cooks
Denis Filion, Darrell
Dexter, Dave Gohier,
and all staff members
who helped us say
‘Thank You’ during last
Friday’s Appreciation
Barbecue. We’re
thankful for everyone’s
effort in our delivery
of patient and family
centred care.
CEO Open
Staff Forum
Wednesday • September 11
2:30 p.m. • Cafeteria
Show leadership
Use hand sanitizer every time
you enter and leave
the health centre.
Openings available in the
annual ladies’ golf tournament
Support
theGir s
Parry Sound Golf
& Country Club
Saturday • September 28
contact Cathy Knox, Foundation Office
ext. 3348 or [email protected]
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September 9 to 15 • 2013
Free seminar! Estate planning
The West Parry Sound Health Centre Foundation is
pleased to invite you to a free seminar on the tricky
questions surrounding taxes, trusts, and wills. Finally,
hear from professionals who will answer all your
questions.
You will leave knowing there are ways to protect your
family, ensure your wishes, and minimize taxes at death. Where there is a will, there is a way!
As Chair of the
First Nations
Healing Room
Advisory
Committee,
John Lee is
shown here
speaking at the
official opening
ceremony.
Join the Foundation for this free seminar
Monday, September 9 • 5 pm
The Museum on Tower Hill • Seating is limited
Please contact Lynne to reserve your spot
705-746-4540 x 3346 or email [email protected]
Join a century celebration!
You are invited to join with
Ethel McRoberts, family and
friends, as she celebrates her
100th birthday.
Bring along Best Wishes
only to the Wellness Room at
Lakeland Long Term Care on
Saturday, September 14
from 2 to 4 p.m.
Supporting
patient and
family centred
care
There is an electronic feedback page under the
‘Contact Us’ button at www.wpshc.com.
By using ‘My concern,’ public comments - concerns
and compliments - can be sent anonymously, or people
can request a response by supplying us with their
contact information. We know that learning from our
patients’ experiences is an important way to create
quality improvement.
‘Thank you’ to my colleagues
and community partners
I would like to take this opportunity to convey my thanks
and appreciation to board members, volunteers, staff, and
community partners for their compassion, friendship, and
support over the past twelve-and-a-half years at West Parry
Sound Health Centre. I've had the privilege of working
with many across our system, on capital projects, clinical
IT networks, as well as educational and employment
subsidies for clinical and support staff.
Close to my heart is the engagement with community
service partners and our First Nation communities. I
have been touched deeply by telephone conversations
and emails thanking me for what I have been able to
accomplish.
During my retirement I will continue to promote our
community and to work on a number of regional projects
that include support for health care. We all know the
challenges we face, but I know many can be overcome
through continued compassion and perseverance by
everyone at West Parry Sound Health Centre.
It is with this note that I say, "see you later" - in Ojibway
tradition - not "goodbye!”
Thanks and take care.
John Lee, Grants Development Officer
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SWAT - Staff Welcoming and Activities Team
supporting Quality Worklife at WPSHC
September 9 to 15 • 2013
FAMILY
Fun Day
Join us for our
upcoming bus trips
Mandarin Restaurant and
Georgian Downs in Barrie
Saturday, Sept.14 • leaving WPSHC at 4:15 p.m.
leaving Georgian Downs at 11 p.m.
$15 per person (includes $10 cash back at the
casino) Dinner will be separate
There will be no horse racing available at this time
Please call ext. 3606 or 1302 to register
Casino Rama
Friday, October 25 • leaving WPSHC at 4:15 p.m.
leaving the casino at 11 p.m.
$15 per person (includes $15 cash back)
Tony Bennett is playing in the Concert Hall,
tickets must be purchased separately
Please call ext. 3606 or 1302 to register
Nobel Beach
September 14
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hot dogs • Hamburgers • Games
Your RSVP is important so we can prepare
to provide food and refreshments.
Please RSVP to Barb Langford at [email protected]
Register for Georgian Bay
cruise to Craganmor
Departing from Parry Sound Town Dock 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 14
$10 return fare for cruise only
Special dinner menu available for pre-ordering
Available for the first 28 people paid and registered
with Cathy Knox, Foundation Office, ext. 3348
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September 9 to 15 • 2013
NE LHIN continues to recognize Healthy Change Champions
NE LHIN – Long-serving North East
Local Health Integration Network
committee member Alice Radley,
Executive Director of North Baybased Physically Handicapped Adults’
Rehabilitation Association (PHARA),
is the newest northerner to be named
North East LHIN Healthy Change
Champion.
This award recognizes the leadership
of citizens from northeastern
communities who are helping to build
strong local health care systems.
Similar to her own career’s transition
Here’s some interesting
information regarding our
local participation in the Run/
Walk for a Cure, taking place in
Bracebridge, October 6.
We have a display (and a
draw) at Parry Sound Family
Physicians. A $2 donation gets
you one ballot for the draw and
a $5 donation gets you three
ballots. The two prize baskets
(each with a pampering theme)
go to one winner.
I also have a container ready
for Bras Across the Bridge. If
anyone has any bras they no
from 1986 as PHARA’s secretary/
bookkeeper, to her appointment as its
Executive Director in 1993, Alice has
experienced many health care system
changes.
Alice has been involved in
PHARA’s three housing projects, and
ensured that supportive housing has
been an integral part of each one.
“Health care should be available
for people when needed,” Alice says
about her philosophy of care. “In order
for this to happen, it means supporting
clients/patients as they move across
the continuum of care. All partners
in the delivery of services must work
together toward the common goal of
providing the best care possible at the
right time and place.”
Alice says that health care should
focus more on the needs of our
growing seniors’ population, which
currently stands at 19 percent of the
northeast’s population, and will grow
to 30 percent in the next two decades.
To read more visit online
at www.nelhin.on.ca
longer want, they can decorate
(or not) and drop them off at the
office, including a $2 donation
for the bra to be hung from the
bridge in Bracebridge on the
day of the run. Decoration does
not have to be elaborate. They
can be decorated in memory of
someone, can just say Run for a
Cure, or something similar.
Registration deadline is
Sept. 20 as t-shirts have to be
ordered. We’re hoping to get
a least 100 participants for
Corrine’s Team this year and our
goal is to raise $15,000.
Thank you for your support, Annette Turriff
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September 9 to 15 • 2013
September Education Calendar
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OUR DAILY LUNCH MENU 
What’s cooking
this week...
Open for lunch service from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Soup: Tomato macaroni soup • Cream of chicken
Entree: Cabbage rolls • Turkey pot pie
TUESDAY
Soup: Cream of carrot • Hearty beef vegetable
Entree: Little Charlie’s pizza • Shepherd’s pie
WEDNESDAY
Soup: Meatball and spinach • Low-sodium turkey vegetable
Entree: BBQ pulled pork on a bun • Salad bar
THURSDAY
Soup: Pasta fagioli • Bean & bacon
Entree: Chicken finger wrap • Chili hot dog
FRIDAY
Soup: French onion • Cream of cauliflower
Entree: Fish & fries • Salad bar
SATURDAY
Soup: Minestrone
Entree: Chicken burger
SUNDAY
Soup: Cream of vegetable
Entree: Pizza
Delicious selection of made-to-order
sandwiches available at our Sandwich Bar
during lunch hours Monday to Friday
Meal Cards can be purchased in the Cafeteria, or from the Finance Department
during regular office hours - Monday to Friday - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
September 9 to 15 • 2013

DINNER menu
Open for dinner service
from 5 to 7 p.m.
MONDAY
Honey mustard
pork drummies
Lemon rice
Broccoli
TUESDAY
Turkey dressing casserole
Seasoned green beans
WEDNESDAY
Hot beef sandwich
Peas
THURSDAY
Baked glazed ham
Scalloped potatoes
Vegetable medley
FRIDAY
Chicken stir-fry
Rice
SATURDAY
Turkey schnitzel
Roasted potatoes
Carrots
SUNDAY
Honey garlic chicken
Rice pilaf
Seasoned asparagus
All weekly menus
can be subject to change
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September 9 to 15 • 2013
weekly newsletter of West Parry Sound Health Centre
September 9 to 15 • 2013
weekly newsletter of West Parry Sound Health Centre
September 9 to 15 • 2013
Staff are strongly encouraged to park in Lot #2
or the back gravel portion of our main entry parking lot
Debbie Junk-Lloyd, Julia Sek, and Jim Hanna show their support for the Park for Patients program. Last
Tuesday morning, health centre and Lakeland staff were greeted on their arrival and presented with a Hava
Java coffee coupon as part of our ongoing effort to ensure patients and families have access to our most
convenient parking spaces.
‘Thank you’ to our Auxiliary for helping us promote Park for Patients; and ‘thank you’ to everyone who takes
those extra steps to show We CARE.
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September 9 to 15 • 2013
Dr. Ian Couper, a Family
Physician and medical
education academic,
visited the health centre on
Wednesday, September 4.
Following a tour of the health
centre, Dr. Couper met with
med students followed by a
presentation to medical staff.
From South Africa, he was
traveling in the North as a
guest of the Northern Ontario
School of Medicine while on
sabbatical at the University of
Washington.
International NOSM guest visits health centre
Dr. Ian Couper has international experience in medical
education systems, and speaks strongly in favour of
training medical learners within the context where they will
likely practice. He has studied medical education models in
many countries around the world.
Dr. Ian Couper is Professor of Rural Health at the
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg. He
is director of the Wits Centre for Rural Health, which was
launched in 2009, with a focus on human resources for
rural health. He holds a joint appointment in the North West
Provincial Department of Health as Head: Clinical Unit
(rural medicine). He is a family physician by training, and
is currently the academic head of the Wits Department of
Family Medicine. His areas of activity are in health service
development, undergraduate and postgraduate education,
research and advocacy.
He was active in the formation of the Rural Doctors
Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) about 15 years
ago, and recently completed two terms as chair of the
international working party on rural practice for the World
Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca). He was a
member of the national task team to develop the physician
assistant program in South Africa, and led the development
of PA training at Wits.
He serves as editor of the African section of the
international journal Rural and Remote Health.
He was a member of the expert panel that produced the
WHO Global Policy recommendations ‘Increasing access
to health workers in remote and rural areas through
improved retention’ and of the WHO Core Guidelines
Group developing the recommendations on ‘Scaling up of
Transformative Health Professional Education.’
He has been involved in supporting the family medicine
education initiatives at universities in Malawi and
Mozambique, and is a consultant for CapacityPlus to the
Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in Africa,
in the field of community-based education.
He is currently on sabbatical, and is spending time as a
visiting professor in the Department of Family Medicine,
University of Washington.