Central Alberta
Better than winning the Lotto!
Better than winning the Lotto!
After being rescued and evacuated from the High River flood, I had PTSD. I was relocated to Lethbridge and while living there the stress and my overall mental unwellness played a role in diverticulitis attacks that landed me in emergency several times.
I have had diabetes for some time but at this time of my life looking after it was not a major focus. I couldn’t make myself get off the couch to save my sole. I gained weight and had also had little interest socializing. This summer I moved to Red Deer to be closer to my daughter and son in law.
I read about Diabetes Discussions in the newspaper and decided to go, thinking it couldn’t hurt. I am a very educated person and had taken some education on diabetes over the years. However, I found Diabetes Discussions to be phenomenal!! It gave the nitty gritty on all aspects of diabetes in a way that engaged me. I knew some of this info before but it never engaged me.
Whoever put this program together really knew what they were doing. They put the information together in a really amazing way. In these classes I noted that I had a lot of excuses but they always had an alternative for me to try. I know 2 people who had amputations this year due to poor diabetic control. I decided that I am way more afraid of amputations than I am of getting off the couch. I ended up connecting with the RDPCN Recreation Therapist to help me get off the couch and do some activity that would help my health.
Winning the lottery would not be as good as working with the Rec Therapist. He helped me realize that I needed some socialization to want to come out for activity. These things are linked. He introduced me to the Gary Harris Centre and OMG- amazing. He pushed and challenged me while remaining supportive. Now I can find inspiration in many places, for example, the 80 year old who walks the track every day with his cane. If he can do it, so can I.
I also get energy from the many young people working out at the Gary Harris gym. I want to go the gym; I plan to walk the track the rest of my life! It is all so much better than lying on the couch. Between these two programs and the family nurse that also gave me inspiration and direction, I feel like they have hit me over the head with a sledge hammer in such a beautiful way. Now I get it! And I am back in the driver’s seat of my life. Thank you big time!!!
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From the Facebook page of The Whistle Stop Cafe
today could be a very big day for us here at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror, Alberta. We’ve got a lot on the go including planning this coming weekends festivities here. Live music, karaoke, and wonderful food prepared with care and attention to detail. All of us here believe strongly in taking every precaution with the way we handle food. As a food “service,” provider our number one priority is ensuring that what we serve its fresh and safe. We also believe in your choice to either venture out in this dangerous world or stay home and limit your exposure to the thousands of risks we encounter every day. Nobody here will ever judge you for making your own choice. As most of you know, Alberta Health Services suspended our food handling permit yesterday, via EMAIL. Now I could have ignored the email and said I didn’t recieved it and made them come out here and deliver themselves, but I didn’t. AHS inspectors are not well received these days. And I’m happy to consider them as human beings and keep them out of situations where they may be subject to abusive language and threats. So I accepted the email as it was written and acknowledge the suspension of my permit. However, as a man and a human being I have the right to engage in commerce. I have the right to Life, Liberty and security. These rights are not conditional on any agency “permitting,” them. We continue to follow best practices in regards to purchase, storage, and preparation of our food. And we continue to maintain a clean environment in which to serve or consume said food. We will not continue to be bullied into submitting to garbage, harmful, baseless restrictions forced on the people of Alberta by those who will never suffer the consequences of their own actions. We are OPEN for business. And we have some great specials today!
Eggs Kenney
our supper special is FREE! And if you feel like donating to our cause we would be very happy to accept it. I heard something about “plague rats,” so all donations will go towards cleaning supplies and a consultation with an exterminator because we want ALBERTA TO REMAIN RAT FREE!!!
Evaluation Assistant – Part-time Casual
The Evaluation Assistant will be part of the Evaluation Team at the Red Deer Primary Care Network (RDPCN) working under the direct supervision of the Evaluator. The main responsibilities include data collection, data entry, as well as supporting both analysis and reporting for a broad spectrum of RDPCN programs and services. The successful candidate should be competent at working both independently and in a team environment; accurately managing data, and contributing to high quality reports and other deliverables.
Key Strengths of Candidates;
- Bachelor degree in social sciences or health-related area
- Experience in applied research or evaluation, quantitative and/or qualitative (minimum 2
- years preferred)
- Excellent command of Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Detail orientated and organized
- Able to work flexible hours with some evenings
- and/or weekends.
- This position is part-time casual, with varying hours
Act now. APPLY
Submit your curriculum vitae to [email protected] (with “Evaluation Assistant” in the subject line), or by fax to 403.342.9502. A full job description can be found at https://rdpcn.pcnpmo.ca/Careers.
Closing date: April 19, 2021 or until a successful candidate is found. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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