Your Room
Each room at the Manor is equipped with essentials such as a bed, television, phone, and complimentary WiFi, along with furniture for clothing and personal items. Residents are encouraged to personalize their space with personal items like photos, and the Maintenance team is available to help hang these items safely to avoid wall damage. However, residents are advised not to hang items themselves.
While personalizing rooms with cherished items is encouraged, the Manor advises against bringing valuable items due to security risks posed by public access and wandering residents. Inexpensive substitutes are recommended for valuable jewelry and irreplaceable items. The Manor does not take responsibility for lost personal items. Any additional furniture or electrical items must be approved by the administration and inspected by maintenance for CSA (Canadian Standards Association) approval and safety reasons.
Clothing and Laundry
Wauklehegan Manor has limited closet space, so residents are advised to keep their wardrobe to approximately seven outfits, adhering to a one-in, one-out policy. The facility conducts laundry in-house four times a week using industrial washers and dryers with specific soaps for infection control, which can damage delicate fabrics like wool or silk. All clothing must be machine washable and dryable, and the Manor is not liable for any laundry-related damages.
Upon admission, all clothing is labeled, and housekeeping should be informed of new items to ensure proper labeling, especially important during gift-giving occasions like Mother's Day and Christmas. This helps prevent loss of clothing.
Residents may require adaptive clothing, which is easier for staff to manage and suitable for industrial laundering. A tool used at admission helps identify residents who might benefit from adaptive clothing. Such clothing can be purchased from specialized providers like Amazon, Silverts, and Adaptive Clothing Design.com, and inquiries about adaptive clothing can be directed to the Director of Nursing or the Business Office.
Upon admission, all clothing is labeled, and housekeeping should be informed of new items to ensure proper labeling, especially important during gift-giving occasions like Mother's Day and Christmas. This helps prevent loss of clothing.
Residents may require adaptive clothing, which is easier for staff to manage and suitable for industrial laundering. A tool used at admission helps identify residents who might benefit from adaptive clothing. Such clothing can be purchased from specialized providers like Amazon, Silverts, and Adaptive Clothing Design.com, and inquiries about adaptive clothing can be directed to the Director of Nursing or the Business Office.
Supplied Personal Hygiene Products
The nursing home provides products to meet the personal hygiene and grooming needs of the residents. These supplies include soaps, lotions, oral hygiene items, denture care, nail care equipment, facial tissue, shampoo, toothpaste, and incontinence products. If a resident chooses to use a different product than the one provided by the nursing home, the costs incurred for the preferred product are the financial responsibility of the resident
Prohibited Items
A few items are prohibited for resident and staff safety: powder, straight razors, heating pads, electric blankets and hot water bottles. Residents are encouraged to have their name inscribed on their dentures and/or eyeglasses and/or hearing aids to facilitate identification by staff.
Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids
It is the responsibility of the resident to supply and maintain their own wheelchairs and walkers. Families can purchase them privately or obtain assistance through Red Cross. Our rehabilitation LPN will help with the task of ordering a wheelchair, as it is crucial that the correct sizing of the equipment involve Occupational Therapy (OT). Consent for OT services will be obtained on your admission.
Lifts and Transfers
Aging is not a disease; it is a natural process we will all have to face. As we age, our physical abilities decline often at unpredictable rates depending on other conditions/illnesses. When this happens, we need to rely on other ways to support our movements. Although we will try to maintain a resident’s mobility for as long as possible, there may come a time when a resident is no longer able to move about without basic assistance from staff. When it becomes evident that a resident is no longer able to safely move from bed to chair, a mechanical lifting device will be used. This is to ensure the safety of both resident and staff.
Resident Rights
Wauklehegan Manor recognizes the following fundamental rights of residents and is committed to maintain an environment that both fosters and protects these rights
11 Saunders Rd., McAdam , NB E6J 1K9 Tel (506) 784-6303 Fax (506) 784-6344
