THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION AND HYDRATION

Guest Speaker – Maria McKenna, Senior Community Dietician

The evening will commence with the presentation from the Guest Speaker at 7:15PM followed by a facilitated discussion at each table on this topic.

We will also ask for your suggestions for topics of interest that you would like to see discussed in the year ahead.

Date: Monday 25^th September 2017

Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue: Oatland’s College, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.

Oatland’s College Secondary School is located on Old Dublin Road, (slip-road) Stillorgan. The event will be held upstairs in the Sports Hall which is directly in front of the main entrance to the school.

This year Deborah Veale again puts on her Fashion Philanthropy hat to help us organise the Irish Fashion Collective to raise funds for Saint Joseph’s Shankill.  Many thanks to Conrad Dublin, Allianz, Sherry Fitzgerald, DHL and all our supporters.

Friday October 13th is the date not to be missed.

Don’O’Neill

Louise Kennedy

Deborah Veale

Umit Kutluck

Helen Cody

Helen Steele

Roisin Linnane

Melissa Curry

Aideen Bodkin

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And what could be more important than making people feel welcome?

You can become a part of our Reception Team?  We are looking for willing volunteers to man the reception in the evenings and weekends.  So let us know if you would like to join the team!

Just call and register your interest call us on 01 282 3000 or drop us an email saintjosephs@sjog.ie

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The well known tunes were sweetly sung by the 40 strong group who all had the time of their lives entertaining the invited guests.

Thanks to the choral director Gerry and his accompanist Andy and all the volunteers who make this weekly activity a favourite for all.

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What a resoundingly successful night raising over €50,000 for Saint Joseph’s Shankill.

Thank you to all our audience, our judges, volunteers, donors and sponsors and of course to Dustin the Turkey!!

But a huge thanks and appreciation goes to the 20 dancers who danced on behalf of Saint Joseph’s this year, a very special experience for everyone involved.

Table Quiz

Brady’s, Shankill

Thursday June 15^th

8.00 p.m.

Table of 4 €40.00

The ‘Friends o Saint Joseph’s’ is a voluntary group whose aim is to raise funds to support Saint Joseph’s Shankill.

The money raised helps us to enhance our residents’ quality of life by supporting additional comforts.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

HSE CHO 6 Dublin South Living Well with Dementia (LWwD) invites you to the following:

THE PRACTICALITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE WHEN LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

Guest Speakers – Occupational Therapy Department 

The evening will commence with the presentation from Guest Speakers at 7:15PM followed by a facilitated discussion at each table on this topic.

 Date: Monday 13^TH March 2017

Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm

Venue: Oatland’s College, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.

Oatland’s College Secondary School is located on Old Dublin Road, (slip-road) Stillorgan. The event will be held upstairs in the Sports Hall which is directly in front of the main entrance to the school.

In the Sunday Independent on the 12^th of February, Saint Joseph’s Shankill was named as receiving the highest per week payment from the State, in the voluntary / private nursing home sector.  €1325 is still 20% less than we need to break even financially, even with the many cost saving initiatives and non-replacement of retiring staff over the last few years.  We only manage to continue to provide care because of the financial support of Saint John of God Hospital CLG.

Saint Joseph’s is the only care home in Ireland solely dedicated to dementia care and with 60 residents; we are the largest dementia specialist care unit in the country.

Three quarters of our residents are classified as ‘maximum dependency’, they require full assistance for all of their needs; washing, dressing, eating, toileting, etc., they depend on our carers to meet these needs.  We are also caring for their many complex social, psychosocial, emotional and other physical needs of people living with dementia and supporting their families too.

This all requires especially skilled and trained staff, all of whom give of themselves completely to provide round the clock care to our precious residents at Saint Joseph’s.

Our pay scales are equivalent to the Department of Health consolidated pay scales and pension contributions.    But it seems the value of our expert care is NOT equivalent in the eyes of the State, if we had access to the same level of funding as HSE funded homes we could break even and indeed implement our expansive plans for further dementia care in the community.

There are 55,000 people living with dementia in the country today, which will increase to 150,000 over the next 20 years.  Dementia is being diagnosed more and more frequently, we want to ensure that everyone living with dementia, feels wanted and needed, supported and loved and most of all that they feel alive.

Our vision is to lead the way in dementia care in Ireland and to become Ireland’s first ever dementia village.  We believe we have the expertise and passion to spearhead a dementia friendly community here in Shankill and beyond, and to truly make our community welcoming to all.

We need the Department of Health and the HSE to believe and value that too.

Siobhan Grant