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Partners in Safety

Bethany Care Society is committed to maintaining a culture which reflects high standards of care and safety for residents, staff, families, visitors, volunteers and others to live, work, visit and volunteer.

As a family member or visitor, we believe you are an important member of the care team and we welcome your involvement in areas that will inform care decisions, enhance quality of life and improve safety. We hope you will work with us, as a partner in care, to create the safest environment for residents, staff and volunteers to live and work.

 Here are a few things you can do to be a Partner in Care:

• Stop the spread of infection:
  • Wash your hands when entering and leaving the care centre.
  • Stay home if you are, or feel like you are getting sick.
• Be involved but be informed about proper care procedures like wheelchair and walker use. If you don’t know how to use it safely, ask.
• If something doesn’t look right, tell someone.
• You have the right and responsibility to communicate your safety concerns in confidence to a manager.
• Protection for Persons in Care (PPIC) is in place to safeguard vulnerable adults. Under provincial legislation, anyone who has reason to believe that a person in care has been abused, must report the abuse by calling:
  1-888-357-9339 (toll-free).