More Than Just A Room With A View – Accommodating Residents With Dementia

When Giroux’s mother passed, Stephanie promised her father that she would see to it that a proper green space was made available for the residents of Linden View.

After raising money for medical and recreation equipment, Giroux got to work organizing a dedicated group of community members to raise an impressive $67,000 to-date, for a project that she noted will do wonders for improving resident quality of life.

“Now residents have a place where their family can come with a new gazebo. When spring comes, we will have some flower beds put in and maybe some of the residents can help put that in. Now it will be more of a Linden View that Taber gave to them (the residents) and not a Linden View that they were simply put into.”

The space will also see a commemorative wall with the names of residents who have lived there, including Giroux’s mother.

Laurel Syryda, Linden View Site Manager says that the project will help family and staff caring for the residents to integrate more activities that may trigger positive reactions from residents.

“We have a lot of individuals who were farmers and they were always outside so being able to provide those things that will stimulate those sensory needs is really going to create a more optimal quality of life for individuals.”

As construction for the project enters Phase 2, Giroux and her team have a goal of $115,000 with a grand opening scheduled for summer 2017.

According to Statistics Canada as of 2016, there are an estimated 564,000 Canadians living with dementia – plus about 25,000 new cases diagnosed every year.

By 2031, that number is expected to rise to 937,000, an increase of 66 per cent.

by Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs - (@morrittjacobs on Twitter)

More Than Just A Room With A View – Accommodating Residents With Dementia

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