When I talk to people outside of the People of Bethany team, I often find myself explaining to them all of the different types of services we perform in meeting our mission of Creating Caring Communities. I sometimes wonder, however, if this is something I should be sharing, as well, with all of you – the Bethany team.
Many of you will remember that, back in February, Bethany was reviewed in detail by a team of surveyors from Accreditation Canada. This review was conducted in all of our care centres and was intended to evaluate how Bethany, as a care provider, was performing in that role. As you know, Bethany received its award of ‘Accredited with Exemplary Standing’ – a result of which we are all justifiably proud, especially those of us who contribute to the continuing care parts of Bethany’s work.
It is important as well that we all have an understanding and appreciation of the other parts of Bethany’s work. One of these other parts is Bethany’s role as a housing management body. This is the part of Bethany that is recognized by the provincial government (under a Ministerial order) to manage several affordable housing projects on behalf of the Alberta Social Housing Corporation. It is also the mechanism by which the government oversees the operations of Bethany’s affordable supportive living programs. This week, it is the turn of the People of Bethany working in this area to be reviewed. A small team of reviewers will be on site at Bethany (in Corporate Services and at some of our sites) to review our records and processes to ensure we are meeting the high standards that the government expects of all housing management bodies in the province.
I hope you will join me in providing a warm welcome to the review team as they go about their work. I feel confident that Bethany will again be held in high regard by the reviewers who visit us.
As always, I welcome ideas, suggestions and any questions that you may have. Please feel free to send them to me at alasdair.smith@bethanyseniors.com.
Take care,
– Alasdair
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