According to the MN Department of Human Services & Health Report Card, Trinity Care Center has been ranked #2 out of 350 Care Centers in the State of MN for highly satisfied residents and families! We want to take a moment to sincerely thank you for helping us to achieve such success, but more importantly that we are working as a team to bring happiness and health to our residents. Here’s to many more years of helping the elderly of MN find care and love that they deserve. Thank you again!!
Trinity Campus is a non-profit campus comprised of *Skilled Care Center*10 Bed Memory Care*54 Unit Independent and Assisted living*Outpatient Therapy Services.
The first rounds of the COVID 19 vaccinations were given this past Tuesday!! Hooray! We had a great day! Thank you to Bluestone Physicians for administering the vaccinations. No doses went to waste. A commonly asked question is: when can I see my loved one? The answer to this question: we are still awaiting direction from the Department of Health and the CDC.
Farmington Health Services, an affiliate of St. Francis Health Services of Morris (SFHS), is pleased to announce we were recently awarded a Minnesota Nursing Facility Performance-based Incentive Payment Program (PIPP) grant by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) focused on preventing falls. The initiative for fall prevention and fall reduction began January 1, 2021 and will continue through December 31, 2022 within our care center and related SFHS’ skilled nursing care centers.
The Falls Prevention Project will provide our care center with additional resources to make positive system improvements to prevent falls for individuals receiving services that is focused on each individual’s preferences and needs. This program will have three components; expanding falls prevention and person centered education, implementing Safe Being technology, and increasing exercise program opportunities.
The education component of the Falls Prevention Project comes to us with a new partnership with Pioneer Network to expand our work force knowledge of Person Centered/Directed care. Pioneer Network is the national leader for culture change that advocates and builds a culture of aging where individual choices are respected and fosters care that is directed by the person receiving it. Staff will learn how to better address needs and lifestyle choices to reduce an individual receiving services’ risk for falls.
In the second part of our Falls Prevention Project, we will be installing Safe Being technology in our care centers. The Safe Being system provides the capability for real time remote monitoring while respecting the person’s privacy. Safe Being uses a watch-like device that provides data on lifestyles and daily activities and interprets gestures identifying how/when a resident is moving, eating, drinking and sleeping. Each person wearing the device will send an alert when there is a change in status or has been identified as being at risk for a potential fall or has fallen.
The third component of the Falls Prevention Project will be increasing exercise program opportunities such as Bingocize and Otago to improve strength, flexibility, and balance to help reduce falls.
The Falls Prevention Project is intended to build sustainable practices throughout our care center beyond the original two year grant period. SFHS is a faith-based, not-for-profit healthcare organization. In addition to their skilled nursing care centers, they offer a variety of services that include customized/assisted living, a full range of therapies, senior housing, transitional and skilled nursing care, and behavioral and residential programs throughout the State of Minnesota.
Trinity is pleased to introduce Sandy Glau our newest employee in chaplain care. Sandy has been a volunteer at Trinity for 25 years so she knows this campus and people like the back of her hand! Sandy worked at St Michael’s Church for 13 years in Pastoral Care. As a retiree she likes to volunteer, read and go for walks.We are excited to have Sandy here as an employee as she is able to do 1:1 visits, Catholic/Ecumenical prayer. Thanks for joining the team Sandy! Residents light up when they see you and that’s most important!!
Testing is a critical component to ensuring identification and treatment of aging services residents and staff with COVID-19 and protection of others near them. We strongly urge Congress to establish a federally administered and financed aging services testing program. Tell Congress that they must provide testing funds for aging services providers in the next COVID-19 relief bill. Contact your lawmakers in Washington, D.C. today. Take action here.
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