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Paulette Wagenvoort, the new acute and long-term care manager at the Vulcan Community Health Centre says she has “big shoes to fill” replacing her predecessor, Brenda Findlay.
“But I have a wonderful group of staff to work with,” the Champion resident said during a recent interview.
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She added she’s fortunate to have around patient care manager Lynne Rhodes, who Wagenvoort says has a “wealth of knowledge.”
Wagenvoort, originally from Claresholm, has been working in health care since she was in high school, when she did housekeeping at the Claresholm General Hospital. She then became health care aide in the late ’80s before taking her nursing training.
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Brenda Findlay is finding a new rhythm after retiring from her “100-mile-an-hour” position at the Vulcan Community Health Centre.
Findlay retired last fall as the VCHC’s manager of acute and long-term care. She was also the program specialist for continuing care in the Calgary Zone.
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Before the Alberta government closed the Little Bow Continuing Care Centre in 2012, Findlay also served as the manager of the Carmangay facility.
And Findlay was also the patient care coordinator in Vulcan’s old hospital, and in that role set up Vulcan’s new hospital.
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Despite the ongoing pandemic, Vulcan saw several major construction projects take place in 2020.
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The pool was the largest project, coming in at a price tag of roughly $5 million.
“They’ve started on the water slides,” said Mayor Tom Grant, providing an update, and the two slides should be done in the next week or so.
There are few other things to tidy up at the pool site before the project is complete, he said.
Hopefully COVID-19 gathering restrictions can be loosened by the time the pool is scheduled to open during the May long weekend, said Grant.
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Community members are letting local seniors and shut-ins know that the community cares about them.
About 40 Christmas cards have been collected so far at the Town of Vulcan’s office, and Town staff were sending the cards to Extendicare Vulcan, Peter Dawson Lodge and Vulcan Community Health Centre. Staff at those facilities were to give out the cards to residents.
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In addition to some Vulcan Prairieview Elementary students providing cards, other VPE students wrote letters. A letter from a Vulcan Prairieview Elementary School student.
“With residential care facilities limiting visitors to protect those who live in them, it is important we share time with them in other ways,” says the Town of Vulcan about the cards. “Sending Christmas cards will let them now a whole community cares about them and wishes them Happy Holidays.”