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HealthCommunity Services has embraced a holistic approach to community health. Programs include nursing, home care, social development, education, recreation, culture, family, elders and youth programs, addictions counseling, and life skills. Additional staff have been hired over the past year to administer several new programs including an Adult Day Program Coordinator, Like Skills Coordinator, Family Support Worker, and Youth Counselor. NursingHome and community care is provided and assessment and monitoring of clients and individual nursing service as needed. The community health nurses work with all aspects of health programs and supervise 4 home support workers who provide homemakiing, personal care, food preperation and transportation services as set out in individualized care plans. Community Health RepresentativeThe Community Health Representative works with the community to facilitate access to timely medical care and information. This includes:
AddictionsWestbank First Nation has a drug & alcohol counselling service through which individuals in need can receive assistance and guidance towards treatment and healing. We provide a supportive cultural-oriented approach. The Addictions Worker is responsible for prevention, assessment and referrals, treatment, one to one counseling, group work, aftercare, community development, liaison, health promotion through education on alcohol and drug abuse, living balanced lifestyles and administration. For more information, please contact: Jim Aleck, Addictions Counselor Life SkillsThis program was developed around the concept of the traditional Medicine Wheel giving the participants the natural way of thinking and seeing their world and the world around them in cycles. The understanding being that we all live in cycles and if that cycle is dysfunctional then we should not break it, but learn how to replace it with healthier choices. The program addresses:
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