Bonnechere Manor Senior Centres without Walls

Renfrew: Bonnechere Manor Adult Day Program is launching a “Senior Centres without Walls” program to continue to support Adult Day Program clients to stay connected to others during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Following the declaration of the pandemic, Bonnechere Manor had to pause its Adult Day Program related to transportation. However, in the interim, the Adult Day Program staff have continued to touch base with the clients by telephone.

Bonnechere Manor is able to offer this exciting new service as an extension of The Good Companions Seniors Centre without Walls program, which receives the support of the City of Ottawa, United Way East Ontario, the Ontario Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility, and the Older Adult Centres Association of Ontario. The goal is to ensure that agencies in Champlain region and across the province are able to deliver this option to clients affected by COVID-19 disruptions.

Seniors Centre without Walls facilitates interactive group conversations and events via the phone, to help break isolation and forge social connections. The program’s telephone-based format is designed to help reach clients who are feeling increasingly isolated by physical distancing measures, or those who no longer have access to their regular programs like support groups, adult day programs, and other group activities. Beginning June 1st, 2020 Bonnechere Manor launched a Seniors Centres without Walls program. For more information, contact Erin Wilson, Client Programs Supervisor 613-433-8308 or ewilson@countyofrenfrew.on.ca.

Bonnechere Manor, a highly regarded long-term care home in Renfrew, Ontario, is a municipal (not-for-profit) long-term care home owned and operated by the County of Renfrew and City of Pembroke. Since 1958, a wide range of quality long-term programs and services including 24-hour nursing care, accommodation, meals, as well as physiotherapy programs and a variety of social and recreational activities have been provided to the 180 residents who call the Manor ‘home’. Bonnechere Manor was recently awarded a Four-Year Accreditation with Exemplary Standing Award. This represents the highest award granted by Accreditation Canada and provides the Home with the opportunity to benchmark their programs and services to national standards and assists in continuous quality improvements.

For more information, visit our website or call:

Shelley Sheedy Director of Long-Term Care 613 433-8307

Michael Barber Media Relations/Grants Coordinator 613-735-7288