The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

HHS gets `Exemplar' status for second consecutive year Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) was recently awarded the "Exemplar" status for its Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) program for the second consecutive year. NICHE is an international program designed to help hospitals improve the care of older adults. "We were the first community hospital in Ontario to be designated as a NICHE hospital in 2009," said Kim Kohlberger, HHS program director of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics. "Since then, we established our Safer Elder Care Steering Committee and with the leadership of our HHS NICHE program co-ordinator and nurse Colleen Silver, (we) successfully developed a strong network of elder care mentors and champions among our healthcare providers." According to a news release issued by HHS, the hospital network has also implemented a range of clinical assessment tools, management protocols and best practices 39 | Thursday, November 27, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com We were honoured to receive the Exemplar designation last year and we are absolutely thrilled to receive it again this year. This designation recognizes our ongoing commitment to achieving excellence with our Safer Elder Care Initiative by establishing a culture of care that is sensitive to the needs of this population.... HHS interim senior vice-president of clinical programs, chief nursing officer and professional practice leader Sylvia Rodgers Georgetown Hospital. "Exemplar status, the highest of four possible program levels, recognizes your facility's ongoing, high-level dedication to geriatric care," Barbara Bricoli, NICHE executive director, and Linda Bub, NICHE director of Education and Program Development, said in their congratulatory letter. "The Exemplar level was achieved because your facility demonstrates that its goals align with the dimensions we use to gauge excellence specifically in the areas of organizational structure, leadership and geriatric competence." "We were honoured to receive the Exemplar designation last year and we are absolutely thrilled to receive it again this year," said Sylvia Rodgers, HHS interim senior vice-president of clinical programs, chief nursing officer and professional practice leader. "This designation recognizes our ongoing commitment to achieving excellence with our Safer Elder Care Initiative by establishing a culture of care that is sensitive to the needs of this population. It reflects the dedication of our elder care mentors, champions and frontline healthcare providers." into its culture of care to address inter-related geriatric issues such as delirium, safe mobility and falls. The Exemplar status recognizes HHS's geriatric care provided through its three community hospitals: Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Milton District Hospital and Dr. Schisler & team welcomes you to our new location. In the South Oakville Centre, across the hall from our previous location. New patients are always welcome Evening & weekend appointments available. CosmetiC & Family Dentistry · orthoDontiCs · implants invisalign · Dentures... From start to Finish! Why Do Oakville Families Trust Us with All Their Dental Needs? OAKVILLE'S ONLY DENTAL OFFICE WITH A LAB ON PREMISES New patients & ChilDren welcoMe 905 827-6102 South Oakville Centre www.HopedaleDentalCare.com CROWN/DENTURE REPAIRS & RELINES, WHILE YOU WAIT Mon. - Fri. 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 1pm seniors DisCount Free Consultations 2274 Lakeshore Rd. W. (at East Street) Oakville 905-827-2066 · www.brontedentist.com Oakville Denture Centre ADITA SHIRZAD, DD To meet all your denture needs, we offer... · Full Dentures · Partial Dentures · Immediate Dentures · Implants · Relines / Same-day Repairs · Sportsguards · Personalized Dentures · Soft Liners for Lower Dentures · We do Housecalls Worried you have a dairy, wheat, or egg sensitivity? A quick and easy health report will give you all the health answers you need. Assess your health risks & screen for over 200 food intolerances Mobile blood & biometric collection comes to your home or office Improve your health with personalized recommendations Get all of your results online & access to our Wellness Tools FRee COnSuLtatIOnS FRee PaRkIng 358 Reynolds st., Suite #1, Oakville L6J 3L9 how healthy are you? Get your custom health report today at www.myhealthreport.ca 905-339-3202 OakvilleaDentureCentre.com