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an Outreach Program that provides support and assis-
tance to other facilities throughout the Central Region-
al Health Authority and beyond. The Home’s BTU has
been recognized as a Best Practice by Accreditation
Canada for having met nationally-developed organiza-
tional and care standards.
Like all personal care homes in the province, Salem
Home’s basic capital funding comes from the Provin-
cial Department of Manitoba Health, as well as from
a small per diem paid by the residents, based on
their income. Additional funds are raised by the Sa-
lem Foundation, a charitable organization founded by
ten Anabaptist Churches of Winkler, Manitoba, which
is involved in numerous projects that make a signifi-
cant difference in the lives of the Home’s residents. To
date, the Foundation had brought in close to $5 mil-
lion. Over the years, these contributions have provid-
ed: the implementation of electronic health records;
the purchase of properties with Salem Home for future
development; blanket warming units for each of the
Home’s five “neighborhoods;” permanent ceiling lifts
for resident suites; staff training in QUIS-EH-O for en-
hanced resident care; construction of multi-purpose
room; and duet bicycles for residents.
Salem Home also has a dedicated group of about 200
volunteers who spend time with residents, as well
as local church and community groups that provide
hundreds of programs to the Home’s residents, every
year. The Home also provides practicum experience to
a number of area educational programs - Assiniboine
College Practical Nursing Program, Brandon Univer-
sity Psychiatric Nursing Program, and Red River Com-
munity College Resident Care Attendant Program. In
addition, it teaches its own Resident Care Attendant
course which gives students the opportunity to work
while studying.
Salem Home’s long waiting list, which far out-strips
any of the other regional facilities, is a testament to its
high level of care and attention to its residents’ needs.
Jake Wiebe sums up the Home’s guiding philosophy:
“We stress to our staff that we are working in the resi-
dents’ home, rather than the residents are living in our
facility, and there’s a huge difference between those
two. When you work in someone’s home, their needs,
their concerns are a priority.” And that attitude is what
makes Salem Home one of the most forward-thinking
and innovative, personal care homes in the region.
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