By Elaya Clark

Dinsdale
a community of
caring
Where is it Located?
o On 510 6
th
Street Brandon, MB

What Is Dinsdale Personal
Care Home?
Care home for the elderly
Make quality of life as good as possible
Variety of recreation activities for residents
to do


Dinsdale a community of
caring
A little bit of history
Salvation army*** has been around for
over 130 years
DPCH opened on October 4
th
, 1985
Named after the late George and his Son
Walter Dinsdale
They were both Salvationists

The Jobs at DPCH
There are approximately 100 employees.
There are many different jobs
For example cooks, hairstylists, janitors,
nurses etc.
In recreation - 3 part time recreation
coordinators
Recreation Coordinators are responsible
for volunteers and recreation aides.
Recreation Coordinator
at DPCH
Shelly Hargreaves
Recreation aides
Responsible for volunteers
2 years - recreation facilitator training at
ACC
Volunteer management level 1 and 2
Skills outgoing, motivated, good work
ethics and need to use common sense



Confidentiality
Everyone must sign a confidentiality form
The workplace atmosphere is
Friendly
Caring
Professional
Clean
What I did
Getting to Know You pages

I also
Learned how to play shuffleboard
Helped handout cake for the birthday
party
Attended a church service
What I Learned
What goes on in a care home
Lots about publisher
Health care is not something I would go
into
I am more likely to go into the psychology
part of it

Overall
DPCH was a great experience
I learned a lot about care homes
I learned about commitment and
volunteering
Samaritan
House
Ministries
Labouring
together with
one vision
to help those in
need
The Location
o 630 Rosser Avenue
What does the Samaritan
House do?
They help people on a
Physical Level Provide hampers of food
Emotional Level 2
nd
stage safe housing
and counselling to abused women and
children
Intellectual Level Adult upgrading, help
find jobs
Spiritual Level Devotions, referrals to
churches
History
Has been around since 1986
Governed by a Board of Directors
The Jobs
There are lots of levels of jobs
Two admin executives
Social worker
Book keeper
Program coordinator
Teachers
One full time and one time clerk
Driver
Four teachers
And many more
The Employees/Volunteers

The Workplace Atmosphere
Hampers busy and lots of working
together
Not a lot going on
Lots of people trying to find something to
do
What I did
Helped Organize Items

Food Hampers

Weighed Food

What I Learned
I really like doing volunteer work
I prefer to hand out hampers than work in
the back organizing