The public can preview the opening of the new Humane Society for
Southwest Washington, Sunday, July 19, at the facilities new
headquarters at 1100 NE 192nd Avenue.
"The $7 million new facility has been put together as a community
effort," says Elaine Killian,
spokesperson for the Humane Society’s fundraising efforts.
Activities Sunday begin at 12:30 p.m. and continue till 4 p.m. The
celebration includes live music, tours of the new facility, and
children's activities.
The Humane Society offers the most up to date facilities for animal
care in the Southwest Washington region.
YWCA clicks to build
future community garden
YWCA
Clark County and Umpqua Bank will launch a community garden if YWCA
receives the most votes from the “Click for a Cause” program.
Pictures from yesterday’s groundbreaking event are below.
“Diggers” are
Steve Stuart, Clark County Commissioner, Pat Jollota, Vancouver City
Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem, and local historian, Barbara Brace,
Vice president and Commercial Relationship Manager at Umpqua bank,
and Debbie Abraham, YWCA Board President.
The diggers
doing the inaugural dig for the garden.
Left is Jennifer
Werdel, YWCA Development and Communications Director listens along
with the crowd to Sherri Bennett, YWCA Programs Director &
SafeChoice Domestic Violence Program Director explain about the
blueprint and future plans of the garden.
Grant provides next step
in supporting Southwest Washington caregivers
Against the backdrop of a tight economy and the expanding need for
caregivers, Clark College has received a $20,000 grant under the
2009 Community College Caregiver TrainingInitiative.
The initiative, which is funded by MetLife Foundation, will expand
home-based caregiving training capacity by making it accessible
online to a greater audience and improve education and access to
home-based caregiving training for family caregivers.
Planning stages are scheduled to begin in September, with training
to begin in spring 2010.
Increased need for caregiving
According to the U.S. Census, there were 35,210,000 people ages 65
and older living in the United States in 2005. By 2020, the national
population aged 65 and older is expected to be 54,632,000 – a 55
percent increase.
According to the Office of Financial Management, the increases will
be larger in Washington state, which will see a 73.3% increase from
710,501 to 1,231,193. In Clark College’s service district, the
increase will be
even larger: 103.1% — an increase from 39,896 to 81,043. This
increasing aging population will result in the critical need for
long-term senior care.
Nine out of 10 Americans ages 60 and over would like to remain in
their own homes as they age (Senior
Journal, January 2007). As a result, according to Economic
Modeling Specialists, Inc. (EMSI), in-home care is one of the
fastest growing segments of all senior care, and the demand for
in-home caregivers will double by 2050. Locally, in-home caregiving
is the second fastest growing occupation within the health care
sector. EMSI data shows that there will be an 82% job growth rate
for in-home caregivers between 2002 and 2018.
According to Todd Oldham,
executive director of corporate and continuing education: “Clark
College intends to meet the demand of this significantly growing
industry by developing a more effective home-based caregiver
training program. The training will also support family caregivers
who want to care for their older relatives.”
Due to cost, Oldham notes, a majority of the older people receive
care from family members. “According to the National Family
Caregiving Association (NFCA), family caregivers are providing 80%
of long term care in the United States, most of which is unpaid,”
says Oldham. “Often the family members are completely unprepared to
provide care for older relatives. Therefore, caregiving training for
the family caregivers is an urgent necessity. Many of these family
caregivers are balancing their work, their family and caring for an
older relative all at the same time. Training in an alternative
format of distance learning will be easier to accommodate in an
already over-crowded schedule.”
In
Washington State, the demand for caregiving training will increase
even more in the future due to changes in educational requirements
for caregivers of the elderly and disabled. The caregiver will be
required to complete a new seventy-five hour entry-level training
and then has 120 calendar days to complete an additional 70 hours of
training consisting of core and patient-specific competencies.
Caregiving training
The program will provide home-based caregiver training content
through a series of ten e-learning modules. The content of the ten
e-learning modules will consist of high definition videos
illustrating the proper techniques for home healthcare, each lasting
between five to ten minutes. It will also include reading
assignments, exercises and online assignments.
Techniques demonstrated on the video portion of the e-learning
modules include, but are not limited to, mobility, changing a
client’s position, transfers, body mechanics, fall prevention,
bathing, toileting, hand washing, cleaning & disinfecting, and safe
food handling practices. Each video vignette will be narrated and
filmed within either a simulated or actual home care setting. The
final videos will be professionally edited and hosted from within
CCE’s Moodle Learning Management System (LMS).
Clark College’s
Corporate and Continuing Education (CCE) Department
With over 8,000 enrollments per year, Clark College’s Corporate and
Continuing Education (CCE) Department is the region's premier
provider of classes, seminars, certificate programs and training
opportunities.
CCE has been providing caregiving training since 1997. It has two
existing caregiving programs: fundamentals of caregiving (FoC)
training and nursing assistant certified (NAC).
Another new program, adult family home care administrator training,
will begin in fall 2009.
Frenchman’s Bar Park
improvement project begun
Clark County Public
Works and Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation began
construction of an
improvement project at Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park on July 20.
The project will add two
covered picnic shelters in the park, which is located at 9612 N.W.
Lower River Road. A large picnic shelter, located west of the
southern parking lot, will include 12 tables, and a concrete counter
with sink and electrical outlets. A small picnic shelter, located
west of the caretaker’s residence, will include six tables and two
electrical outlets.
Construction is
scheduled to be complete in October. Park visitors may experience
some minor impacts during construction, but the park will remain
open.
Calendar
Vancouver City Council workshop meeting, Monday, July 20, 4 to 6
p.m., in the city council chambers at
City Hall, 210 E. Street. <>The Life and Times of General
George Pickett, a two-act play, is being performed tonight at
the Foster Auditorium at Clark College, July 17, 8 to 10 p.m., 1933
Fort Vancouver Way. For information, call
360-816-6230 or email kimm
fox-middleton@nps.gov.
<>The Wind in the Willows isat the Magenta Theater, tonight, July 17, 8:30 p.m., 606 Main
Street. Phone 360-606-0033 or
email director@magentatheater.com for information.
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Movies at Esther Short Park, tonight, July 17,
8:30 p.m., Esther Short Park, 610 Esther Street. For further
information, call 360-487-8630
or email events@ci.vancouver.wa.us.
<>Vancouver Farmers Market, today, July 17, 5 to 9 p.m.,
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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1860s Vintage Baseball, Saturday, July 18, 6 to 8
p.m., on the Parade Ground next to the bandstand, 610 East Reserve
Street.<>
Cruise “The Gut” this Saturday, July 18, at dusk,
Main Street between 28th Street and Mill Plain Boulevard.
<> Relay for Life, Saturday, July 18, 10
a.m., Columbia River High School, 800 NW 99th Street.
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Fire in the Park, July 18, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Esther Short Park, 8th and Esther Streets.
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Soldier’s Bivouac at Vancouver Barracks, Saturday
and Sunday, July 18 and July 19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Event is free of
charge and Bivouac takes place on Parade Ground, 610 East Reserve
Street.
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Midsommer Nights Dreame performed at Esther Short Park,
Sunday, 2 to 4:30 p.m., July 19, 610 Esther Street.
<> Battle
Ground Harvest Days, July 17th through 19th, Friday 10 a.m.:10 p.m.,
Saturday at 7 a.m.:11:30 p.m., and Sunday at 7 a.m.:4 p.m., located
at the Fairgrounds Park.
Friday on the air
Seattle Mariners vs. Cleveland
Indians (live)—4:05 p.m., FSN 710 ESPN
Clark County Animal Control Hearings (7-8)—7 p.m.
CVTV 23
City Minutes-Columbia River Crossing update (6-28)—8
p.m. CVTV 23
Clark College Orchestra: Catalonia (6-7)—8:30 p.m.
CVTV 23
Bravo! Vancouver—100 Years of Jazz (6-20)—10 p.m.
CVTV 23
Regina Pedroza commercial hopeful. <> John A.
Bryden sending questions.
<> Jim
Kreipe remodeling “the
manor”.
<> Friday,sunny, 62-92. Saturday,mostlysunny, 57-85. Sunday,
sunny, 57-82.
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