FERGUS – Volunteering isn’t for everyone but for Julie Wheeler Bryant and Rod Irving, the last 20 years have been nothing short of amazing.
Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home
Hundred-year-old veteran Oliver Randall shares Second World War experience
ABOYNE – Oliver Randall is a Second World War veteran who celebrated his 100th birthday in July.
Wellington Terrace staff get into the Halloween Spirit
FERGUS - Staff at the Wellington Terrace long term care home posed for group photos.
County long-term care home recognized for ‘Wellington Wishes’ program
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home was honoured with the Supporting Seniors Award at the AdvantAge Ontario annual convention in Toronto on April 21.
Music awakens minds of long-term care residents
ABOYNE – Music plays an important role in the daily lives of Wellington Terrace residents through activity programming, weekly music therapy service, and the home's music and memory offering.
Advisory committee presents plans for Indigenous Gathering Circle
ABOYNE - Wellington County's Indigenous Advisory Committee made plans for an Indigenous Gathering Circle at the Wellington Place campus public for the first time in an online presentation on June 20.
Update: 15 COVID-19 outbreaks at hospitals, LTC homes across region
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has declared 12 COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities across the region.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Wellington Terrace
ABOYNE – Officials at the Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. During routine testing one resident and one staff member tested positive for the virus.
Ministry inspection results in written notice for county seniors’ care home
WELLINGTON COUNTY - A visit to Wellington Terrace from a Ministry of Long-Term Care inspector resulted in a written notice issued for air temperature monitoring.
Despite major seniors’ care providers mandating staff vaccinations, policies at local homes remain unchanged
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Canada's biggest seniors' care providers are mandating staff vaccinations, but local providers are keeping policies in line with provincial requirements.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Wellington Terrace
ABOYNE – A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home, with up to five employees testing positive. The employees, currently asymptomatic and in isolation at home, will be retested.
Wellington Terrace long-term care staff vaccination rate at 77 per cent
ABOYNE – Staff uptake of COVID-19 vaccines at the Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home is slightly better than the province-wide average and much better than alarmingly low levels reported in some regions.
Wellington Terrace moves to facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak status
ABOYNE – COVID-19 outbreak protocols are now in place throughout the Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home.
Outbreak protocols in place at Wellington Terrace after inconclusive COVID-19 test
ABOYNE – Eleven residents are in isolation at the Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home pending a second COVID-19 test result of an employee whose first test came back inconclusive.
COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Wellington Terrace
ABOYNE – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health declared an end to the outbreak on Dec. 6.