{"id":2290,"date":"2022-04-25T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safecarebc.ca\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T19:54:27","slug":"bringing-empathy-and-joy-to-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/?p=2290","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Empathy and Joy to Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How did you decide what you wanted to do for a living? Sometimes choosing a career path is a long, strenuous process, but for Tonya Neufeld, a Care Aide at Menno Hospital, the choice was easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since she was a teenager, Tonya felt drawn to the seniors in her community. Being in their presence and hearing their stories brought her joy and quickly cemented her decision to become a Care Aide. Now she gets to return the favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best part of my job is bringing joy, empathy, understanding and a listening ear to the residents, families and my coworkers,\u201d Tonya says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonya\u2019s passion for those she cares for is obvious. Using a person-centred care approach, she always makes sure her residents\u2019 needs are addressed with respect and compassion. Her empathetic approach helps build a connection with them. And it was this strong connection that has made the effects of the pandemic hit so hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest challenges for me in the past two years was seeing residents separated from their loved ones and the lack of physical contact. Staff members were told to social distance as much as possible\u2014it was a struggle for me and felt unnatural, seeing the residents I cared deeply for and not being able to hug them. I saw anniversaries and a 100th birthday celebrated 6-feet apart with no physical contact,\u201d Tonya says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing in the presence of residents is a source of tremendous joy, it\u2019s heartbreaking to distance yourself from those you care deeply about. Thankfully, protective layers such as vaccinations allow us to be closer but mindful,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now working in a screener position at Menno Hospital, Tonya plays an important role in allowing residents to see their loved ones safely. In many ways, this position is an extension of the reason she became a care aide\u2014allowing the community to be in the presence of seniors and hear their stories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did you decide what you wanted to do for a living? Sometimes choosing a career path is a long, strenuous process, but for Tonya Neufeld, a Care Aide at Menno Hospital, the choice was easy. Ever since she was a teenager, Tonya felt drawn to the seniors in her community. Being in their presence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-you-do-matters"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-15 22:45:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/2293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}