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Royal Canadian Legion
Charitable Foundation grant to Four Counties Health Services Foundation
On Monday, March 17, 2008, FCHS Foundation
received a cheque for $9366.72 for the purchase of a HillRom VersaCare
bed system to be used in the active care nursing unit. Representatives
from Zone A5 and the Newbury and Glencoe Legion branches were in attendance.
During the presentation and demonstration
of the VersaCare bed it was very evident that it is a state of the art
bed that has many benefits for the patient and care team.
These include improved patient safety
and comfort and continuous delivery of pressure relief to prevent pressure
ulcers. As well the bed assists the care giving team by making it easier
to care and turn patients, thereby preventing staff injuries.
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that increase patient’s safety and comfort include such capabilities as
adjustable bed height (high to very low to increase ease of getting in
and out of bed) and significant configurability which allows the patient
to sit up and reposition as the bed can actually assume a chair position
as well as many different positions. The mattress is also more comfortable
and has different pressure zones and levels which prevent and/or help heal
pressure wounds. As well, the bed can detect and notify the care team when
a patient status or position changes.
The staff are looking forward to
using the bed as patient transfers, examinations, provision of normal
care and transport are all easier with the VersaCare bed. According to
Lynda Robinson, Director of Patient Services at the Four Counties site,
this bed will not only be of great benefit to the care and safety of the
patients, it will add to the health and safety of the nursing staff. |
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The Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Provincial
Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation has been
operating since 1981 and each year reviews applications for medical equipment
and research funding, awarding grants to community medical facilities and
organizations across the province. This is the third such grant to
be awarded to Four Counties. To date including this grant, gifts from the
various local branches of the Legion, the Zone and the Foundation have
totaled in excess of $115,000 and we are most grateful for their support.
Attending the presentation were Steve
Dausett, Commander of Zone A5; Robert Lloyd, President - Glencoe Branch
219; Brenda Nethercott, Secretary - Glencoe Branch 219 and Jerry
Rilett, President - Newbury Branch 583.
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