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GANS Lunch and Learn Oct 29

Cheryl Cook — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:51:12 +0000

GANS is pleased to announce the second Lunch and Learn of the fall season, on October 29, 2010.

Dr. Mary McNally from the Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry and Karen McNeil from Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre will give a talk entitled Oral Care in Continuing Care Settings.

“Discussing a research project taking place in the Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry seeking to strengthen the delivery daily oral care services provided to residents living in long term care facilities. We are working with three nursing homes in the Eastern Shore to pilot a number of resources we have developed to raise awareness of oral health and educate staff and residents on the importance of adequate mouth care.”

Please join us at the Royal Bank Theatre, 1st floor of the Halifax Infirmary Hospital, Summer St, Halifax.

The session begins at noon – all are welcome!

GANS Networking Tuesday Oct 12

Cheryl Cook — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:50:54 +0000

This month’s Networking Night is Oct 12, 5pm.

Gail Bruhm will give a five minute talk on Family Caregiving in the Workplace, and then we mingle, eat and drink.

Drop by the Foggy Goggle on Argyle St in Halifax to meet with colleagues old and new. All are welcome.

GANS Lunch and Learn: Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization Clinic

Cheryl Cook — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:03:29 +0000

Please join us this Friday, May 21 for an informative Lunch and Learn about the new Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization Clinic at Capital Health.

Dr. Paige Moorhouse, who founded the clinic with Dr. Laurie Mallery, will explain the process:

“There are times when a person is frail and nearing the end of life that medical treatments meant to improve health can actually create new problems or prolong dying,” says Dr. Moorhouse.

The PATH process involves three clinic visits, which include:

a comprehensive physical, psychological and social assessment,
an exchange of expectations and information between the patient, family and health care providers,
learning new skills, to help the patient and their family with future health decisions

The Lunch and Learn is at 12pm, Friday May 21 at the Royal Bank Theatre, 1st flr Halifax Infirmary, 1769 Summer St.

Please feel free to bring a friend!

Social Media – what is it good for?

Cheryl Cook — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:00:47 +0000

Confused by Twitter, Facebook, Digg, YouTube? Curious but don’t know where to start? Wondering how any of these could be important to your work or your group/association?

Come the the GANS Brown Bag Lunch & Learn on February 12th and Joel Kelly, a digital strategist with Halifax firm Colour will demystify social media and how you how you can use it to share information, spread knowledge and even manage events.

This event is open to the public, so come along and bring a friend! For those outside HRM, this will be uploaded as a video to this site in the near future.

Topic: Demystifying Social Media – how can it benefit you and your group?

Presenter: Joel Kelly, Digital Strategist

Date: February 12, 2010

Time: 12-1pm

Place: Royal Bank Theatre, 1^st floor, Halifax Infirmary Building.