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SH-cnatraining-0408-21 Chelsea Stiggle, CNA, helps with a patient at Northern Light Continuing Care in Mars Hill. Northern Light AR Gould Hospital and MSAD 42 are partnering to offer a seven-week CNA training program beginning in June. (Contributed photo) Chelsea Stiggle, CNA, helps with a patient at Northern Light Continuing Care in Mars Hill. Northern Light AR Gould Hospital and MSAD 42 are partnering to offer a seven-week CNA training program beginning in June. (Contributed photo) CNA training program to be offered; summer session brings opportunity for high school students Contributed •...

Article content Ontario will go into a province-wide, four-week shutdown starting Saturday just after midnight, as cases surge and hospitalizations spike due to COVID-19. Premier Doug Ford on Thursday called it a difficult decision, but that the variants of concern (VOC) meant that the province was “fighting a new enemy, this is a new pandemic,.” Locally, Dr. Paul Roumeliotis — the Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s medical officer of health — in his regularly-scheduled media briefing, said that even though a stay-at-home order was not issued, and no curfew implemented, residents shouldn...

Northern Light AR Gould Hospital, along with its Continuing Care facility in Mars Hill, will reopen for visitors on Wednesday, March 17, on a limited basis.   “This marks an important milestone in our response to the pandemic and underscores the role vaccines play in returning to some normalcy in our lives, particularly in our nursing home,” said Greg LaFrancois, president. “Now that our residents and staff are vaccinated, we feel confident they will be safe with visitors. Of course, we can only have visitors in our facilities if they follow all CDC guidelines.”  Patients in the ho...

September 11, 1934 - February 18, 2021 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of James William Neill. He was born September 11, 1934 and passed away peacefully with family by his side on February 18th, 2021 at the age of 86 years. Jim grew up on the family farm where he farmed with his father and brothers until health issues made it necessary for him to move to Continuing Care in Drumheller. He has resided there for the past 25 years and called it home. He enjoyed all recreational activities. He liked playing crib, singing and dancing. He also enjoyed his church activities a lot. ...

February 22, 2021 Dr. LeJon Poole, Director of the Healthcare Management Program at the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, was elected to the board for Trinity Health’s Continuing Care as chairman beginning January 2021. Trinity Health is an American not-for-profit Catholic health system operating 93 hospitals in 22 states, including 120 continuing care locations encompassing home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities. Based in Livonia, Michigan, Trinity Health employs more than 120,000 people including 5,300 physicians.  In commenting on his new role with Trinity Health, LeJon...