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2015 AGM
36 years serving Denman and Hornby Islands
• in 1979 a group of volunteers documented over 1000 hours assisting seniors and were successful in securing a home support contract
• added services for children, youth and families, adult mental health, food security, community education and more
• 1993 built our own office on Hornby through grants and fundraising. Opened an office on Denman. 2011 became stewards of the community built clinic on Hornby Island
• one of the largest employers on the islands with over 50 staff
• annual budget of just under $1.2 million 1993
• Home Support
• Home Assist
• Comox Valley Better at Home
• Making Connections –Denman Seniors Lunch
• Equipment Loan Cupboards
• Minding the Gulf – Community Mental Health
• Hospice
‘To optimize the health and health services for residents of Denman and Hornby Islands’
• Child and Youth Mental Health Counselling
• Family Support
• Youth Outreach
• Community Education
• Hornby Hampers
• Hornby Clinic
• Health Networks
Highlights of 2014/15
• Worked with North Island College to hold the Care Aide training course on Hornby Island – all 5 graduates were hired to work in our Home Support program
• Started delivering Better At Home services in the Comox Valley – next step Denman and Hornby Islands!
• Hosted an information session on each island with the Project Manager for the new Comox Valley hospital
• Our Board completed revisions to the Society’s constitution and by-laws
• Hired Gillian Saxby to assist with updating all the policies and procedures for our home care programs to meet all the requirements of our new contract and current regulations – ongoing
• Restructured our C,Y&F Committee to include Community Mental Health
• Hosted a fundraiser by Robert Bateman and Christmas raffle baskets in support of the Home Assist Emergency Fund
• Provided over 242 hours of free Home Assist services to islanders that needed short term assistance (through the Emergency Fund)
• Purchased A Caregiver’s Guide books to distribute to community members caregiving for friends and families and/or supporting them at end of life
• Completed upgrades to the Hornby Clinic to facilitate the new Nurse Practitioner
• Installed a walkway and railings at the Society office to make it more age-friendly
• Incredible staff at all levels!
• Dedicated board and committee members, wonderful community partners!
More highlights of 2014/15
Incredible staff and clients!
We are being noticed and included!
• asked to work with the Ministry of Health to host a F/P/T Ministers Responsible for Seniors event in the Comox Valley
• asked by the health authority to participate in their strategy to assist frail seniors
• included in the Comox Valley Collaborative to address children and youth MHSU issues
What we are excited about
Social Innovation project
• working with partners on Quadra and Gabriola, (Cortes) Islands to develop an inter-island network based on our successful community health networks
• 1 of 12 projects chosen to attend social innovation workshops to further develop our project
• starting with MHSU – potential to collaborate in many other ways
In our communities
• unpredictable hospital discharges; no ferries are running/no resources – youth and seniors
• mental health and substance use supports for ‘older’ youth, adults and seniors
• housing
What we are concerned about
We are being noticed and included!
(but no extra funds come with that….)
• stretching our capacity
• dwindling administration resources
• contract amounts are not increasing to match increasing costs
Succession planning – few people hold large responsibilities
Making Connections Hornby Hampers
‘Monthly’ Denman Seniors Lunch
Partners: BC Gaming / Denman Seniors & Museum Society
• 145 seniors lunches
• 28 volunteers put in 140 hours
• Pat Young – program champion
Funding: BC Gaming, Salvation Army & many community donations
• 38 families and individuals
• 28 volunteers put in 160 hours
• new coordinator, new location and new ‘healthy hamper’ focus
Comox Valley Better at Home
• the program completed its first year of operations
• 74 clients received a total of 737 service moments – housekeeping, yard work, minor home repairs and friendly visits
• the majority of our clients are women, living alone and over the age of 85
• 3 generations qualify for services!
• challenge is supporting a ‘broken’ system of care
• Advisory committee is competent and supportive
Staff: 1 full time (1 temp volunteer coordinator)
Funder: United Way of the Lower Mainland manages the program on behalf of the Ministry of Health
• With support of private donations, local organizations and Island Health, George McFaul (Denman) and Rachelle Chinnery (Hornby) took training to lead local Mental Health First Aid workshops
• 123 individuals have participated so far
Minding the Gulf – Community Mental Health
• Minding the Gulf facebook page – regularly updated with articles, resources
• monthly article in the Flagstone and First Edition
• continued discussion in our Health Networks on each island
• negotiated a new 3 year contract with Island Health
• new contract allowed for staff pay rates to more closely align with union rates
• provided 20,501 hours of Home Support and 4,767 hours of Home Assist (private pay) services
• completion of North Island College partnership to bring Care Aide training to Hornby Island
Home Support & Home Assist
Staff: 4 part time
Funders:
Ministry of Children & Family Development
Island Health – Youth Substance Use
Grants from: Comox Valley Drug Action Committee andGirls Action Foundation
Child, Youth & Family Services
• these free services, delivered at our offices on each island were busy this year
• the art therapy approach of the family support worker was popular with children and parents
• over 350 hours of direct counselling support delivered
• staff participate in various groups to stay informed of appropriate referrals and resources for island families
Child and Youth Mental Health Counselling & Family Support Services
Youth Outreach
• girls and boys groups in community schools, teen nights, summer events
• grants allowed for purchase of screen printing equipment
• staff work with ‘off-island’ organizations and participate in high school events to stay connected with older youth – this year’s focus - consent, social media, safe texting and drug facilitated sexual assault
Hornby Clinic
• opened in 2011, built entirely with community donations and volunteer labour
• 5 year lease to Island Health, the dental bus and lifelabs
• surplus from the lease goes to a building replacement fund ($50,400) and a generator replacement fund ($3,140) as well as funds for Hornby health equipment/programming