Housing / Accommodations

 

A loving and supportive home environment, one that mirrors a natural family, is proven to have multiple benefits for people with medical, intellectual and developmental disabilities. Various research studies and organizational experiences have shown that the family home model is one of the most effective residential services, based on costs and, more importantly, personal outcomes, that are available for children and adults with disabilities.

 

People who need long-term services and supports want more options to live outside institutions. This makes our family home an attractive option.  

 

We offer:

• A more home-like setting than large residential options

• Services and schedules tailored to the individual’s needs, and

• Greater involvement in the community and access to natural supports.

 

Currently, we have two Residential Care Homes. One for children and the other for adults.  They are located within 1 block of each other (3 houses apart).

 

Children live with Foster Parents/Family Caregivers who are certified Health Care Aids, Health Care Workers, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Registered Nurses and have strong skills and experience in providing health and social services.

 

Adults live in a completely remodeled and handicapped accessible home.  The home is staffed 24/7 with certified Health Care Aids and/or Licensed Practical Nurses.  

 

Residents are provided personal privacy and privacy of possessions to the best of our ability. Family and friends are treated with respect and dignity and are afforded privacy as required during visits.

 

Residents have access to all resident common areas at any time of the day or night where possible.

 

Above all we are committed to providing every resident with a home in a neighbourhood and community, where they can live as independently and comfortably as possible.

 

Children's Home

 

• Space for 4 children

• Wheelchair ramp in the back of the home

• Flat screen tv’s in bedrooms and living room

• High speed Wifi throughout the house

• Premium cable TV

• Large back yard

• Large trampoline with enclosure

• Play structure and swing set

• Hammock

• Video game console & games

• Close to Elementary, Junior & Senior High Schools

• Unlimited long distance calls

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Adult's Home

 

• Space for 3 long-term or 4 short term clients

• Completely wheelchair accessible

• Large handicap washroom

• Wide hallways

• Extra-wide doorways

• Ceiling track lifts in bedrooms and handicap washroom

• Large front and back yard green-spaces

• Flat screen tv’s in bedrooms and living room

• Free, High-Speed WiFi throughout the house

• Unlimited long distance calls

• Premium cable TV

 

 

Transportation

Massey Home provides all transportation services for our residents.  We currently have 3 vehicles for transporting residents:

• a 5 passenger Ford Escape

• a Wheelchair Bus capable of transporting up to 11 passengers

(8 ambulatory residents + 3 wheelchairs or 4 ambulatory passengers +5 wheelchairs).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meals

Massey Home works closely with the Manitoba Home Nutrition Program and Manitoba Feeding Clinics for children and adults to ensure that the dietary needs of our residents are met.  We serve three appetizing meals a day with snacks offered in between meals. All meals are based on the Canada Food Guide.  Special and therapeutic diets and appropriate supplements are provided, if required. We also have Inuit country foods available.  Staff are experienced with enteral (tube) feeding, as well.

 

Activities of Daily Living

Bathing

Clients who are unable to bathe themselves are washed on a daily basis.  We have ceiling lifts in every bedroom in our Adult home to assist us in lifting clients who are immobile.  There is also a ceiling lift in the washroom to assist with getting clients in and out of the bath.  Clients who are able to bathe themselves are given assistance if required.

 

Feeding

Clients who are unable to feed themselves are fed 3 meals a day with snacks in between.  Clients who have gastrointestinal feeding tubes are fed based on the instructions given by their individual doctors.

 

Dressing and Toileting

Clients who are unable to dress and toilet themselves are dressed and have their briefs/diapers changed by our staff members. Clients who are able to dress and toilet themselves are given assistance if requested.  Each client is given the opportunity to decide what he or she would like to wear on a daily basis.

 

Scheduling and accompanying residents to their medical appointments

 

We promote good health routines for residents by taking them to various medical appointments, including at minimum, annual visits to their physician, dentist and optometrist.  We coordinate and oversee a wide variety of additional medical and community services for residents to support their health and well-being.

 

These may include:

• Medical 

  • physicians

  • pediatrics

  • neurology

  • endocrinology

  • feeding clinic

  • audiology

  • ophthalmology

  • gastroenterology

  • audiology

  • cardiology

  • tracheotomy, etc.)

• Dental

• Educational services

• Physiotherapy

• Rehabilitative therapy

• Occupational therapy

• Speech therapy

• Assistive technology / communication devices

• Other specialized services

 

Life Skills Programming / Access to Recreational, Social and Cultural Activities

 

Massey Home’s Life skills programming provides residents with opportunities to develop valuable life skills in areas including:

• Personal and household safety

• Health and healthy lifestyle practices

• Recreation and social skills, and

• Use of public transportation

 

We coordinate a variety of ongoing, planned physical, social and recreational age appropriate activities (e.g., exercise, games, movies, bowling, concerts, etc). These activities are provided both in-house and externally through our professional partners (Society for Manitobans with Disabilities, New Directions, The Movement Centre, etc).

 

Massey Home works closely with a variety of community-based programs that are accessible to our residents with disabilities and provide the supports required for our residents to participate.

 

We are also active members in the Manitoba Inuit Association (MIA).  This association promotes and enhances quality of life through programs and services to help orient Inuit to the southern culture and environment and works to duplicate the Inuit community spirit and cultural surroundings of their familiar homes. We strive to include our residents in MIA activities like Arts and Crafts, Inuit Feasts, concerts, and other cultural and social events organized by the association.

 

Advocacy

We strive to provide the best level of care for everyone of our clients.  We advocate for our clients for various services such as:

• Medication

• Doctor appointments

• Medical devices (oxygen canisters and concentrators, wheelchairs, commodes)

• Communication devices

• Hearing aids

• Physiotherapy, speech therapy, music therapy

• Arm, wrist. knee and leg braces

• Dental work and dentures

• Eye glasses

• Community activities (sports programs, swimming, skating lessons, etc.)

 

Person-Centered Individual Care Plans

 

We believe that people's lives improve when provided with the individual attention and opportunities necessary to support their growth. Each client has the opportunity to learn and develop new skills when afforded the opportunity and they are encouraged to participate fully regarding decisions that will impact his/her life.  We believe that Person-Centered Care is more than meeting the person’s care needs or improving their health outcomes; it is about understanding the person as a whole.

 

We realize that it is both difficult on the individual as well as their family members to be very far from each other.  In order to lessen this worry, we strive to include family members as much as possible and provide them with information on how their loved one is doing.

 

We develop Person-Centered Individual Care Plans and resources in consultation with the individual, Nunavut Family Services, family members, medical professionals, health care providers, community services personnel and our staff to learn about the person’s life history, present, and future aspirations.  

 

We aim to create and deliver high quality programming that is specifically tailored to the strengths and needs of our clients, age appropriate, their expressed interests and is sensitive to the cultural and community issues identified as important by the clients. 

 

We encourage clients to develop positive and meaningful relationships with peers, caregivers and the community.  This also helps to provide clients with a positive sense of self-worth.

 

We are known for creative program development, effective service delivery, strong community roots and good outcomes for the individuals we serve.

 

Aftercare follow-up services

When residents are placed in our care, the underlying goal is to get them well enough to reunite them with their families as soon as possible. We work together with the respective social worker to implement strategies that may include:

• family engagement

• maintaining family and cultural connections

• regular visits among family members and with the worker

• parent education, among others.

 

Returning children home often requires intensive, family-centered services to support a safe and stable family. Services are always tailored to each client and their family's circumstances.  The following resources offer an array of practices and strategies that support family reunification efforts:

 

• Engaging parents in reunification

• Working together with the medical team and home community social worker to assess readiness for reunification

• Educating the family members about the client regarding their health, nutrition program, medication management, sleep patterns, irritability/aggression