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COMMUNITY NEWS
CONESTOGA-LISAARD HOUSE PARTNERSHIP RECOGNIZED “We appreciate the partnership with Conestoga not just for the land,”
AT COMMUNITY AWARDS EVENT explained Dwyer as she accepted the award on behalf of Lisaard House/
The partnership between Conestoga and Lisaard House/Innisfree House to Innisfree House, “but also for their support in the development and delivery
provide professional, compassionate, residential hospice care in Waterloo of education programs that help ensure that we can deliver the best possible
Region was recognized as the Best Corporate/Not-for-Proit Partnership at palliative care. We look forward to continued work with Conestoga as we go
the third annual Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Awards event held forward to serve the needs of our community.”
on November 24 at the Dunield Theatre in Cambridge.
The two organizations worked with experts in palliative care and nursing to
The awards event, hosted by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, is create specialized training programs for the new hospice’s nurses and per-
designed to acknowledge, recognize and appreciate the many volunteers, sonal support workers. The certiicate programs, supported through funding
not-for-proits, charities and service groups that contribute to building the from the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network, include prac-
community. This year’s event attracted 51 nominations across nine catego- tical training and focus on key areas of palliative care not covered in much
ries. depth in regular training, such as pain management and psychosocial issues.
Conestoga and Lisaard House/Innisfree House have a unique partnership to The training programs are also available to nurses and personal support
support the growing need for palliative care in our community for those who workers throughout the region through Conestoga’s Continuing Education
do not wish to spend their inal days in hospital, but require more support division.
than can be provided at home.
Conestoga provided land for the construction of Innisfree House, a new 10- Goranka Vukelich, chair of Community Services in Conestoga’s School of
bed hospice opened in July, 2015. The new hospice is an expansion of six- Health & Life Sciences and Community Services, accepted the award on be-
bed Lisaard House in Cambridge, which has turned away more than double half of Conestoga. She expressed gratitude for the recognition, and afirmed
the number of people they've cared for since opening in 2000 because of the the college’s ongoing commitment to working with partners such as Lisaard
lack of beds. It is expected that the new hospice will allow for end-of-life care House/Innisfree House to build a better community.
for 200 additional residents and their families each year.
“We are privileged to be part of such a tremendous community,” Vukelich
But as Connie Dwyer, executive director of Lisaard House/Innisfree House, said, “and we look forward to many more opportunities to contribute to its
explained at the Community Awards event, the partnership between the two success in the future.”
organizations goes far beyond the land itself.
28 Winter 2016 www.cambridgechamber.com
CONESTOGA-LISAARD HOUSE PARTNERSHIP RECOGNIZED “We appreciate the partnership with Conestoga not just for the land,”
AT COMMUNITY AWARDS EVENT explained Dwyer as she accepted the award on behalf of Lisaard House/
The partnership between Conestoga and Lisaard House/Innisfree House to Innisfree House, “but also for their support in the development and delivery
provide professional, compassionate, residential hospice care in Waterloo of education programs that help ensure that we can deliver the best possible
Region was recognized as the Best Corporate/Not-for-Proit Partnership at palliative care. We look forward to continued work with Conestoga as we go
the third annual Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Awards event held forward to serve the needs of our community.”
on November 24 at the Dunield Theatre in Cambridge.
The two organizations worked with experts in palliative care and nursing to
The awards event, hosted by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, is create specialized training programs for the new hospice’s nurses and per-
designed to acknowledge, recognize and appreciate the many volunteers, sonal support workers. The certiicate programs, supported through funding
not-for-proits, charities and service groups that contribute to building the from the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network, include prac-
community. This year’s event attracted 51 nominations across nine catego- tical training and focus on key areas of palliative care not covered in much
ries. depth in regular training, such as pain management and psychosocial issues.
Conestoga and Lisaard House/Innisfree House have a unique partnership to The training programs are also available to nurses and personal support
support the growing need for palliative care in our community for those who workers throughout the region through Conestoga’s Continuing Education
do not wish to spend their inal days in hospital, but require more support division.
than can be provided at home.
Conestoga provided land for the construction of Innisfree House, a new 10- Goranka Vukelich, chair of Community Services in Conestoga’s School of
bed hospice opened in July, 2015. The new hospice is an expansion of six- Health & Life Sciences and Community Services, accepted the award on be-
bed Lisaard House in Cambridge, which has turned away more than double half of Conestoga. She expressed gratitude for the recognition, and afirmed
the number of people they've cared for since opening in 2000 because of the the college’s ongoing commitment to working with partners such as Lisaard
lack of beds. It is expected that the new hospice will allow for end-of-life care House/Innisfree House to build a better community.
for 200 additional residents and their families each year.
“We are privileged to be part of such a tremendous community,” Vukelich
But as Connie Dwyer, executive director of Lisaard House/Innisfree House, said, “and we look forward to many more opportunities to contribute to its
explained at the Community Awards event, the partnership between the two success in the future.”
organizations goes far beyond the land itself.
28 Winter 2016 www.cambridgechamber.com
