Northwood LiveMore Agent Program: Meet Darlene

Humans crave meaningful activity, purpose, positive community engagement, and achievement. These aspects are inherent to personhood and motivates individuals to maintain independence as they age. Residents living in Long-Term Care have historically struggled with the lack of appropriate

How Infection Spreads

opportunities for success in meaningful volunteering or “working” type roles once they leave the formal workforce or enter care.

We at Northwood feel that quality of life should be the outcome experienced by an individual, NOT the absence of negative outcomes (less falls, less bedsores, less depression). PersonCentered Care allows us to work with residents to discover their values, morals, and goals in life, and create meaningful opportunities for belonging to the Northwood Community.

Please try this free virtual simulation scenario which introduces participants to Ross, a resident in a care home It explores the potential for the spread of infection in his room and within the care home.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize factors that potentially contribute to the spread of infection.

Darlene has lived at Northwood for 8 years and has been a Northwood LiveMore Agent since the program’s inception in 2018. As a Northwood LiveMore Agent, Darlene ensures that the Fish on Main Street are fed and cared for so that all residents and visitors may enjoy them. She also cares for the many plants scattered throughout Northwood’s Halifax site and delivers the Northwood Newspapers to residents in the facility.

Darlene loves living at Northwood and enjoys the independence and autonomy that her living circumstances allow her. Her role as a LiveMore Agent has allowed her to become more confident in herself, add a positive date/activity to her regular schedule to look forward to, and develop meaningful relationships with other staff, clients, families, and visitors to Northwood.