Transferring from a Rehab Hospital to a Nursing Home in Stouffville, Ontario

    Today was an exciting day for our family! 

    My mom suffered from a stroke a few months ago and      has sustained some serious injury.

Mom was at Providence Rehab Centre in Toronto

Though she has been treated at the Providence  Rehab hospital for the past few months,

 ( since July 2021)  trying to regain some of what she has lost, Mom is far from able to return to her senior apartment living an independent life.

Mom prayed at the Chapel at Providence Centre

     Like so many Canadian families dealing with       aging parents, we struggled with the decision of   where our mom should be. We had two options   presented to us:

  1.To a nursing home so that she would receive 24  hours professional nursing care.

  2. Back to her own senior apartment with personal support worker's assistance while waiting for the nursing home of her choice. 

        Mom was discharged from Providence Rehab. 

It took us quite a while to discuss the pros and cons of both options before deciding on what would be best for mom. At last, we got news that Mom has been accepted into the nursing home of her choice! This news made us so happy! We made all the preparations days before and today was moving day for Mom!

I could not sleep for fear that I might oversleep and miss the time to accompany her on the wheel chair transport taxi. Waking up at 7:00a.m., we arrived at Providence Rehab Centre right on time to get Mom discharge and boarded the transport vehicle to Stouffville, Mom's new home!!!

View from Mom's 7th floor new room - Mom Jeong Centre

  Located in a small town outside of   Toronto, the Stouffville Mon Jeong     Long Term Care Home is a 50 minute     ride from our house. 

 Mom was checking in to a brand new   350 bed state of the art facility. We   signed in at the reception area following   the COVID tracing protocol: - our   temperatures were taken - we had our   rapid COV|ID test done; waited for 15   minutes for the result before being   allowed in the building of the nursing   home - a staff member accompanied us   to Mom's assigned bedroom.

Mom's new bedroom in Mon Jeong Long Term Care

 

We were introduced to the medical staff on Mom's floor. - an RPN demonstrated to us how to wear the PPE properly before visiting Mom After following all the COVID protocol steps, staff from various departments came to see Mom and collect information about her so that they would better look after her. Administrators, nursing supervisor, nurses, dietitians, food service manager, physiotherapists and support workers all showed up to welcome Mom. The first resident admitted to this new home, Mom was treated like a VIP!

Her bedroom is spacious with a single hospital bed       with adjustable height.

It is furnished with a good size closet and drawers for storage.

The bedroom has a lovely view of the field and ponds outside.

The nursing staff were gentle with her, explaining things in detail and patiently. 

They weighed her and gave her some initial tests and assessed her mobility ability. After the initial assessment, it was past 12pm and they served lunch to Mom and us.

   

 I had tears in my eyes. Mom's favourite food - dim  sum dishes were served to her for lunch. 

We stayed to answer questions from the medical staff and before long it was afternoon tea made right outside Mom's room.

Seeing that our mother will be well taken care of in her new home, our family is immensely grateful to God who has answered our prayers! 

 R.T. 

 Mon Jeong Long Term Care Home

 Stouffville, Ontario, Canada