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Geeta Singh is a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) working at the Peter D. Clark long-term care home. She is also a Champion of the person-centred care (PCC) program, an approach to care that focusses on the individual needs of residents and favours care that enriches their quality of life through more choice, autonomy, relationship-building, and home-like environments.
Geeta has been a nurse for more than 30 years, most of which has been in long-term care. She fell in love with long-term care early-on when she realized she could be an advocate for residents. When Peter D. Clark home began adopting the person-centred care approach, Geeta’s passion only grew.
“I was elated that the City had taken on this initiative, and that we were going to implement it here,” said Geeta. “Person-centred care is very individualized. It's really critical to know the person that you're looking after, and to put the person before the disease or diagnosis.”
“The focus has changed from being so institutionalized and task-focussed to more resident-focussed. The resident gets to make the decisions now,” she explained. “With person-centred care, you're really giving them that power back. So that's our whole goal is to empower residents, give them back their autonomy.”
As a Champion of person-centred care, Geeta leads and supports her colleagues with the goal of moving the program’s interventions forward through observation, feedback, and coaching. She shared that she and her colleagues feel they’re able to do their jobs more consciously, tailoring the care they provide to make residents feel more at home.
“This is their home that we work in, so we’re a part of their family,” Geeta shared. “We’re in constant communication with the residents and their families when it comes to care. We work together, we give them options.”
Geeta knew being a PCC Champion would be one of the most rewarding jobs of her career, but she didn’t realize how much of an impact the work would have on the loved ones that she and her colleagues support through PCC.
Geeta emotionally described the t-shirt she was wearing, a gift to her and her colleagues from the daughter of a resident who had passed away. The daughter wanted to express her gratitude to the staff and do something in memory of her mom. “She made them very individualized, just like person-centred care,” Geeta described. “We picked our colours, and they have our names on it with a heart and the name of the neighbourhood her mom belonged to. Mine has a garden gnome, because she knew how much I liked gnomes.”
The staff wear the shirts on Fridays as a simple yet very special reminder that the work they’re doing to support residents, and their families, is making a difference to everyone’s quality of life.
For more information on Ottawa’s long-term care homes and details on person-centred care, visit the City’s long-term care webpage.
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Geeta has been a nurse for more than 30 years, most of which has been in long-term care. She fell in love with long-term care early-on when she realized she could be an advocate for residents. When Peter D. Clark home began adopting the person-centred care approach, Geeta’s passion only grew.
“I was elated that the City had taken on this initiative, and that we were going to implement it here,” said Geeta. “Person-centred care is very individualized. It's really critical to know the person that you're looking after, and to put the person before the disease or diagnosis.”
“The focus has changed from being so institutionalized and task-focussed to more resident-focussed. The resident gets to make the decisions now,” she explained. “With person-centred care, you're really giving them that power back. So that's our whole goal is to empower residents, give them back their autonomy.”
As a Champion of person-centred care, Geeta leads and supports her colleagues with the goal of moving the program’s interventions forward through observation, feedback, and coaching. She shared that she and her colleagues feel they’re able to do their jobs more consciously, tailoring the care they provide to make residents feel more at home.
“This is their home that we work in, so we’re a part of their family,” Geeta shared. “We’re in constant communication with the residents and their families when it comes to care. We work together, we give them options.”
Geeta knew being a PCC Champion would be one of the most rewarding jobs of her career, but she didn’t realize how much of an impact the work would have on the loved ones that she and her colleagues support through PCC.
Geeta emotionally described the t-shirt she was wearing, a gift to her and her colleagues from the daughter of a resident who had passed away. The daughter wanted to express her gratitude to the staff and do something in memory of her mom. “She made them very individualized, just like person-centred care,” Geeta described. “We picked our colours, and they have our names on it with a heart and the name of the neighbourhood her mom belonged to. Mine has a garden gnome, because she knew how much I liked gnomes.”
The staff wear the shirts on Fridays as a simple yet very special reminder that the work they’re doing to support residents, and their families, is making a difference to everyone’s quality of life.
For more information on Ottawa’s long-term care homes and details on person-centred care, visit the City’s long-term care webpage.
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