Meetings and Presentations - Family and Friends Council

2026

February 26th, 2026 - "Subsitute Decision Making"

• Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
• Michaela Adams, Perley Health Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care™ and Batool Hayajneh, Master of Design Student, Carleton University
  • Help Share the Design of Perley Health's Intergenerational Child Care Space - Flyer
• Marija Shaw, Perley Health Foundation
  • Ottawa Race weekend
  • Grateful Family Program
• Ali Ladak, Regional Ethicist, and Morgan Wark, Ethics Fellow
  • The role of a Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) - Presentation

2025

• January 16th, 2025 - "Family Survey Results are In!"

  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Melissa Norman, Director, Quality and Interprofessional Care

  • The 2024 Family Survey Results and Quality Improvement Projects
    
    

• February 20th, 2025 - "Meet the Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts Team!"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Michelle Proulx, Manager, Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts
  
  
  
• March 20th, 2025 - "Call Support Services for all your Food & Nutrition, Housekeeping, Laundry, IT,  IPAC needs, and more!"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Lorie Stuckless, Director, Support Services
  
  • Support Services at Perley Health
    
    
    
• April 17th, 2025 - "Volunteers Make Waves"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Rachel Stoparczyk, Coordinator, Volunteer Services
  Nancy Do, Resident Care Liaison
  
  • Volunteer Services Annual Report
  • Introduce the Resident Care Liaison role and outline the engagement of paid caregivers.
    
    
  
  
• May 15th, 2025 - "Mind Your Brain Health"
  Special guest, German Chique-Alfonzo, Education and Programs, the Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County
  
  • General introduction to learn about 8 brain healthy choices to help you prevent and live well with dementia. Learn how to
    recognize the warning signs of dementia and how the Dementia Society can help
    
    
    
• June 19th, 2025 - "Palliative Care at Perley"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Samantha Hallgren, Psychogeriatric and Palliative Care Nurse
  Jessie Stephenson, Spiritual Care
  • Palliative Care Education
    
    
• September 18th, 2025 - "Redesigning Care Conferences - More Resident and Family Focused"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Melissa Norman, Director of Quality & Interprofessional Care
  Rachel de Kemp, Director, Nursing
  
  • Care Conference Redesign Presentation
    
    
• October 16th, 2025 - Meeting Notes (PDF)
  1. What Every Executor and Attorney for Property and Personal Care
     Should Know - Dylan McGuinty, Jr., Mann Lawyers
  2. Innovation Advisory Committee - .Danielle Sinden, Director, Perley Health Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care™ - Notes (PDF) | Presentation (PDF)
  3. Management Update - Tanya MacDonald, Director, Seniors Housing and Community Programs
     
     
• November 20th, 2025 - Meeting Notes (PDF)
  1. Management Update.
  2. Key discussion – Dan Dalton, Clinical Consultant Pharmacist. Dan will provide an overview of CareRx and discuss the objectives and ongoing work of Perley Health's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, including an antimicrobial stewardship quality improvement initiative - Presentation (PDF)

2024

• January 18th, 2024 - "What a Difference a Day Makes!"

  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Jay Innes, Director, Communications
  Special Guest: Grace Welch, the Chair of the Champlain Region Family Council Network - CRFCN

  • The FFC 2003 Annual Report
  • SqLi Focus group flyer – contact Melissa Norman (mnorman@perleyhealth.ca) for further information or to participate
  • The CRFCN 2003 Budget Submission – provided by Grace Welch
    
    
    
• March 21st, 2024 - "Support Services Summary"

   Alanah Hazelwood, Manager, Food and Nutrition/Housekeeping
  Greg Heika, Supervisor, Materials Management & Laundry

  • Food Items That Are Always Available
  • Support Services and Food Service Presentation
  • Family and Friends Council Meeting Notes
  
  
  
• April 18th, 2024 - "Introducing the Perley Post and Perley Blog!"

  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Meg O'Connell, Senior Communications Specialist
  Melissa Norman, Director, Quality and Interprofessional Care
  Danielle Sinden, Director of Center of Excellence & Research Operations

  • Check out the Perley Blog, here!
  • Read the first issue of the Perley Post!
  • Family and Friends Council Meeting Notes
    
    

2023

• January 19th, 2023 - "Everything Including the Kitchen Sink"
  

  Lorie Stuckless, Director, Support Services
  Chad Haffner, Manager, Property Services, Materials Management/Laundry
  Andrea Heuving, Manager, Food & Nutrition/Housekeeping
  Presentation from speakers here

  • Bill of Rights
  • Parking Policy
  • Concerns and Complaints Feedback Form
  • Resident Feedback Form
  • Resident Furnishing and Appliances Policy
    
    
    
• February 16th, 2023 - "Care Plans"
  Stephanie Kim, Resident Care Manager in the Ottawa building.
  Presentation from speakers here
  
  
  
• March 23rd, 2023 - "Perley Program and Policies Update"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Casandra Boushey, Project Lead, Intergenerational Services
  Delphine Hasle, Executive Director, Perley Health Foundation 
  Robyn Orazietti, Manager, Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts
  Rachel Stoparczyk, Coordinator, Volunteer Services 
  Presentation from speakers here
  
  
  • How to request a volunteer
  • EntourAGE
    
    

• April 20th, 2023 - "Results are In!"
  Rachel de Kemp, Director of Nursing 
  Melissa Norman, Director, Quality and Interprofessional Care
  Presentation from speakers here
  
  
  • Family Survey results here
    
    
    
• May 18th, 2023 - "Ministry Updates - Hours of Care"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Presentation from speakers here
  
  
• Perley Health Hours of Care
  
  

• September 21st, 2023 - "Caring for the Caregiver"
  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Jessie Stephenson, Spiritual Health Practitioner
  Dr. Annie Robitaille, Commissionaires Ottawa Chair in Frailty-Informed Care
  Presentation from speakers here
  
  
  • Burnout and Self Care
    
    
    
• October 19th, 2023 - "QIP and IPAC - Where We're At"
  

  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Tania Paolini, Manager, Infection Prevention and Control
  Melissa Norman, Director, Quality and Interprofessional Care
  Presentation from speakers here

  • IPAC update
  • 2023/2024 QIP update
    
    
    
• November 16th, 2023 -"Update on Nursing Care"
  

  Mary Boutette, Chief Operating Officer
  Rachel de Kemp, Director of Nursing
  Dr. Annie Robitaille, Commissionaires Ottawa Chair in Frailty-Informed Care
  Presentation from speakers here