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Wed, 28 Jun 2006
Jun 28, 2006, 14:33
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Don’t Miss Out - Summer Day Camp!
Don’t Miss Out!
Summer Day Camp
A week full of fun activities, Bible stories, skits, crafts, snacks, sports and games for children ages 5-13!
Place: Drop-off and pick-up at Philpott Memorial Church, 84 York Blvd, Hamilton. Weather-permitting we will be walking to Central Park (Bay Street North) together each day.
Date: Monday July 24 - Friday July 28 (Registration Monday 8:45am)
Time: 9am - Noon
All Children Ages 5-13 are welcome
Cost: FREE!!!
Please contact Christine at the church 905.527.4802 ext. *817 with any questions.
Please make sure your child arrives with sunscreen, hat, swimsuit and towel each day for water activities at Central Park.
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Tue, 27 Jun 2006
Jun 27, 2006, 12:01
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Stroke Rehabilitation Team Engages Caregivers in Rehabilitation Process
by Christine Moon
Karen Almas’ life changed in an instant on December 4, 2005, when she collapsed serving coffee behind the counter of the Newcomer’s Café at Philpott Memorial Church. What her husband, Paul, did not realize immediately as he followed his wife’s ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital, was how much his life was also about to change.
It turned out that Karen, a vibrant and seemingly healthy woman in the prime of life, had suffered a stroke. The stroke left her with a number of deficits, including limited control of her left side. It also left her and Paul wondering how they would deal with the consequences of this life-altering experience and prepare themselves for a future they were bound and determined to face together.
They looked to medical staff at the General for information about Karen’s prognosis, and found much comfort in their family, friends, Karen’s colleagues at Firestone and particularly their deep faith in God.
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| Taking care - Karen and Paul Almas are happy to be back together at home. Karen suffered a stroke last December and both she and Paul have received a lot of support from Hamilton Health Sciences’ Stroke Team as they continue the process of recovery. | Less than a month after her stroke, Karen was making good progress and was transferred to the Chedoke Hospital for post-acute rehabilitation. While the Stroke Team at Chedoke began working with Karen, they also worked with Paul to provide him with specific information about the type of stroke Karen had including its impact on her ability to perform in everyday situations.
Equipping family caregivers with the knowledge and resources they need in order to take care of people close to them who are victims of stroke is a key aspect of rehabilitation for the Stroke Team at Chedoke. In fact, involving family caregivers in the rehabilitation process is an important contributor to the caregiver’s satisfaction with rehabilitation, according to a two-year research study by Dr. Marian Belciug, Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Rehabilitation Program.
Dr. Belciug’s research focused on the relationship between the caregiver’s learning experiences with the Stroke Team and his or her subsequent perceptions of rehabilitation. Results clearly indicated that caregivers who participate in educational experiences with the Stroke Team are very satisfied with the patient’s rehabilitation progress; feel well prepared to assist in the recovery; and expect their loved ones to have a high quality of life following discharge from the rehabilitation program.
“The fact that family caregivers feel prepared to assist the patients to overcome their difficulties and expect the patient’s quality of life to be high, are strong motivators for caregivers to assume their caregiving role,” said Dr. Belciug. “The caregiver’s preparedness-one of the prerequisites for their motivation-is something that we can influence.”
Dr. Belciug added that members of the Stroke Team never feel they have accomplished their clinical mandate if family caregivers are not ready to assist their loved ones in the rehabilitation process.
“Our entire team agrees that we have been able to be resourceful in our approach thanks in large part, to the support we receive from Brenda St. Amant, the Clinical Manager, and Christine Anderson, the Director of the Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Program,” he said.
For Karen and Paul, the Stroke Team’s emphasis on ensuring that the patients and their family caregivers feel comfortable with their learning experiences helped strengthen their determination to work together on rehabilitation.
“We both need to be comfortable, and the staff told me immediately that Paul is welcome to come to my physiotherapy and other appointments to learn what’s going on,” said Karen.
Team members worked with the couple to show them a number of exercises and manoeuvres such as simply getting safely into a chair. They supplemented this information with details about available community resources and other community supports.
“We’ve met a lot of people who really like what they do,” said Paul of the staff at Chedoke Hospital and Hamilton General Hospital. “The level of communication has been very good and the willingness of staff to dedicate uninterrupted time to helping us understand the nature and demands of our new world has been absolutely impressive. We have felt like we have been the focus of caring friends at both the General and Chedoke.”
Karen was discharge from Chedoke in early March and continues to make remarkable progress. She is able to walk with a cane and is slowly regaining mobility in her left side. She is also learning to accept some of her limitations; however, that doesn’t mean she plans to live with them. Through persistence and determination she has been able to relearn many of the skills she thought she’d lost, including the ability to make an apple pie from scratch and type with one hand. She is also determined to return to her job at the Firestone Institute.
For his part, Paul is also learning and relearning. He’s had to learn how to balance his job while being involved in Karen’s rehabilitation. And while both he and Karen can smile and laugh about some of the new challenges they are facing, they understand the magnitude of the experience and know it will continue to shape their future.
“The implications reach into all corners of our world,” said Paul, however; they will continue to meet challenges together.
And if Karen has her way, it won’t be long before she can wrap both arms around her husband and hug him like she used to - however long it takes.
This story originally appeared in Seasons, a quarterly publication from Hamilton Health Sciences. Used by permission.
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006
Jun 23, 2006, 12:10
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A Father’s Day Prayer
Let us praise those fathers who have striven to balance the demands of work, marriage, and children with an honest awareness of both joy and sacrifice. Let us praise those fathers who, lacking a good model for a father, have worked to become a good father.
Let us praise those fathers who by their own account were not always there for their children, but who continue to offer those children, now grown, their love and support. Let us pray for those fathers who have been wounded by the neglect and hostility of their children.
Let us praise those fathers who, despite divorce, have remained in their children’s lives. Let us praise those fathers whose children are adopted, and whose love and support has offered healing.
Let us praise those men who have no children, but cherish the next generation as if they were their own.
Let us praise those men who have “fathered” us in their role as mentors and guides.
Let us praise those men who are about to become fathers; may they openly delight in their children.
And let us praise those fathers who have died, but live on in our memory and whose love continues to nurture us.
Kirk Loadman
And, Father God, today we especially praise You from whom all blessings flow.
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Jun 23, 2006, 12:10
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A Summer Prayer
O God of all beginnings and endings,
We praise and thank you for the gift of this school year.
It has been a time filled with grace and blessings,
With challenges and opportunities, joys and sorrows.
The days have passed quickly, O Lord.
The weeks, the months, the seasons, the holidays and holy days,
The exams, vacations, breaks, and assemblies,
All have come forth from your hand.
While we trust that your purposes have always been at work each day,
Sometimes it has seemed difficult to understand and appreciate
Just what you have been up to in our school.
Give us the rest and refreshment we need this summer.
Let our efforts of this past year bear fruit.
Bring all of our plans to a joyful conclusion,
And bless us, according to your will,
With the fulfillment of our summer hopes and dreams.
Watch over us in the weeks of rest ahead,
And guide each day as you have done this past year.
Help us return to school with a new spirit and a new energy.
May we continue to grow
In age, wisdom, knowledge and grace
All the days of our lives.
Amen.
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Tue, 13 Jun 2006
Jun 13, 2006, 16:09
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Wedding Prayer of Spouses for Each Other
June: The Traditional Wedding Month
LORD JESUS, grant that my spouse and I may have a true and understanding love for each other. Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust. Give us the grace to live with each other in peace and harmony.
May we always bear with one another’s weaknesses and grow from each other’s strengths. Help us to forgive one another’s failings and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness and the spirit of placing the well being of one another ahead of self.
May the love that brought us together grow and mature with each passing year. Bring us both ever closer to You through our love for each other. Let our love grow to perfection.
Amen.
We do not pray enough together, as Christian brothers and sisters. We talk, and we forget that our Father is there listening - and that it should be the most natural thing to include Him in our conversation. (Joseph Bayly)
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Thu, 08 Jun 2006
Jun 08, 2006, 11:56
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Prayer of Self Surrender
Lord, what do you want me to do?
What decision do you want me to make?
Where do you want my life to go?
The only way I can decide, Lord,
is to put myself in your hands.
Like a potter takes clay and makes something of it,
like you took a rib and made a woman,
Take me and give me whatever shape you want.
Or if you want, break the clay to pieces and start over again.
Do with me whatever you want.
It doesn’t matter if I am loved or hated,
praised or calumniated, consoled or friendless.
What matters is that your will be done in me.
Help me to follow the example of your Mother and say
“Let it be done to me according to your Word.”
I’m not looking for any big sacrifice, Lord, or any heavy cross.
Something like that would only make me proud.
Help me to do your will in little things.
To put up with misunderstandings, rash judgments,
confusion and frustration.
To be patient and peaceful with those who drive me crazy.
Let me love you by doing the little things
that will not bring me any satisfaction.
Amen.
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Jun 08, 2006, 11:56
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Prayer of Self Surrender
Lord, what do you want me to do?
What decision do you want me to make?
Where do you want my life to go?
The only way I can decide, Lord,
is to put myself in your hands.
Like a potter takes clay and makes something of it,
like you took a rib and made a woman,
Take me and give me whatever shape you want.
Or if you want, break the clay to pieces and start over again.
Do with me whatever you want.
It doesn’t matter if I am loved or hated,
praised or calumniated, consoled or friendless.
What matters is that your will be done in me.
Help me to follow the example of your Mother and say
“Let it be done to me according to your Word.”
I’m not looking for any big sacrifice, Lord, or any heavy cross.
Something like that would only make me proud.
Help me to do your will in little things.
To put up with misunderstandings, rash judgments,
confusion and frustration.
To be patient and peaceful with those who drive me crazy.
Let me love you by doing the little things
that will not bring me any satisfaction.
Amen.
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