The Canadian Association on Gerontology will hold its 42nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting from October 17-19, 2013 at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax, Canada.  Call for abstracts in January!

Chapter President

GNABC’s newest chapter. Congratulations Richmond Nurses!!!

Next meeting is April 17, 2013: “The Aging Process”

Meeting Details:

GNABC Richmond meeting April 17, 2013

Richmond Chapter Meeting

Happy New Year!

You are invited to join us at the GNABC Richmond Chapter meetings.
The Richmond Chapter meetings are scheduled on the third Wednesday of the month in 2013.

Registration starts at 1730 with education session to follow at 1800-1930.
Information on education topics and meeting locations will be posted monthly on the website.

For inquires, please email the Chapter executives:
Felicia Wong: RNFW@hotmail.com
Hersy Yu:       hyu@providencehealth.bc.ca
Irene Esson: Irene_esson@shaw.ca
Ellen Guo:      eyguo@providencehealth.ca

Thank you for your interest in the GNABC Richmond Chapter.

Proposed changes to the current bylaws will be reviewed at the AGM.  The proposed changes are in red and the rationale for same are in green print.  

Please RSVP to GNABC President-elect, Liz Ilczaszyn via email at liz45@shaw.ca. 

We look forward to seeing you in June

Meeting: 4th Thursday of the month

Venue: Care Life Fleetwood, 8265 159th St., Surrey. Phone #: 604.598.7200
Cottonwood Meeting Room, Second Floor

Time:   Education sessions starts at 1700-1800 with a brief  FV GNABC Meeting 1800-1830

Directions: To enter, follow the directions on the intercom to the right of the front door. From the main front entrance – straight ahead, take the elevator (on the right).  At the second floor, turn right out of the elevator to the large room on the left.

The first meeting is free to non members but with the changes in policy for GNABC all chapters will be charging $10.00 to non members attending following meetings.

We have very good educational sessions followed by a short meeting to bring you up to date on the happenings of GNABC

Fraser Valley Chapter has a strong and committed executive.

Membership for LPN is $45.00,$65.00 for RNs and $32.50 for all other disciplines, retirees and students .You can register on line.

Flyers are sent out to all who have attended previous meetings before each monthly educational session

Parking is free.

Education topics:

February 28th, 2013 - “Huntington’s Disease”

Presenter: Marni Chappell, DOC of Evergreen Hamlets and Susan Tolley , Director of the Huntington’s Society of Canada.

March No meeting

April   TBA

Chapter Report – February 2013

The education session in November was presented by Gina Gaspard who outlined the new policy – “MOST: Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment” , which is replacing Levels of Interventions in Fraser Health

It was well attended and as always Gina did a great presentation.

Our appreciation goes out to  educators in the field like Gina who are committed to providing our membership with the most up to date education.

In January heard from Pharmacist Sam Mishriki who spoke with us about Cytotoxic drugs and the effects of other medications on the Older Adult which was most informative and a good review of a knowledge base that some may have forgotten. There were 17 members in attendance with one guest.

Sam works at Mark`s Pharmacy and the pharmacy provided a variety of sandwiches which was appreciated by all.

Submitted by Heather Hutchinson, President FVGNABC

Date: May 27^th, 2013

Time: 5:30-7:00 pm

Place: Yakamovich Wellness Center.

This meeting will be free for all attendees – we are holding chapter elections and planning for our 2014 conference.

Memberships expire March 31^st.  Renewal is due.  Forms will be available at the meeting or sign up online at www.gnabc.com.

Dues for 2013 -2014 are as follows:

$65 for RN’s
$45 for RPN’s and LPN’s
$32.50 for students

Our information sessions are free to members.   Drop in rates are $10 per session.

This is our Annual General Meeting and elections for Executive positions will be held at this meeting.   We encourage new and returning members to stand for election. RN’s, RPN’s and LPN’s are welcome to stand for office.

We have fun within the executive and support each other when learning new roles.  The group was kind enough to let me be President this year – ‘I never knew how little I knew’ about being a board executive until now! It has been a lot of fun and the group has held my hand throughout the process.

We have 3 positions available this year –

Treasurer

Secretary

Education

We alternate ‘electable’ positions each year – your chance to be President is coming in 2014.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the May 27th.

Contact me if you have questions about the Executive positions that are up for election - arlenehunter@rocketmail.com

Arlene Hunter RN, BN

In January, we had our “after Christmas” meeting that included pizza; in June we are hosting a dinner meeting at La Cucina in North Vancouver. Please contact Susan Madlung or Cheryl Irwin for tickets as seating is limited.

The attendance at our meetings has been down, with the majority of those attending being members who in North Vancouver. As well, I am taking a 1 year leave as president to complete my Masters and my replacement also lives in North Vancouver.  Barb Barham has agreed to fill in for the next year. Cheryl Irwinis stepping down as secretary and current nominees also live in North Vancouver. (You might be seeing the theme here.)

At our last meeting it was presented that we move our meeting to North Vancouver in September. They will be held the last Monday of each month from 1730 pm to 1930 pm at Lions Gate Hospital and we hope to offer pizza at our meetings as well. Education will be provided monthly as well as lively discussions. We are considering membership initiatives to encourage members to attend these sessions in greater numbers. Our first membership drive will be in June – stay tuned!

In the fall we are hoping to have one of the LPN program coordinators from Vancouver Community College come to speak about the new program/competencies/scope of practice for LPNs as well as a practice consultant from CRNBC to speak about social media and professionalism.

We will continue to have our meetings and education sessions posted on this website.

Vancouver Chapter – poster

Susan Madlung
Chapter Past-President

Time: 5pm

Date: 3rd Monday of every month

We at the North/Central Vancouver Island Chapter have been very encouraged by the attendance we have seen at our monthly meetings from September to May.  At our last meeting we had over 40 people in attendance!

Our topics over the last year have included:

• hoarding and self neglect;
• pain management;
•  dealing with responsive behaviors;
• understanding the different types of dementia;
• sex and older adults;
• dealing with grief;
• assessment strategies; and
• medications to manage responsive behaviors.

We are winding up the year with a social event in June to plan next year’s educational events.  We hope to see many old friends and new members in the coming year.

Out last meeting before summertime will be on June 10th, 5pm at Fibermagees – 321 Selby St., Nanaimo

Respectfully submitted by,

Sherry Dahlke

Chapter President

Sherry Dahlke - Chapter President

Linda Borza - President-elect

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion salute the cenotaph after laying their wreaths on Remembrance Day 2009 at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. Photo courtesy of Department of National Defence.

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