Redwater Health Centre
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The Redwater Health Centre is a 21-bed facility, 14-bed acute care
including 1 palliative care
bed and 7 long term care bed facility located in Redwater, 65 kilometers northeast of The City Edmonton
. The health centre offers many of the main services to the community of Redwater including public health, rehabilitation, mental health, and environmental health services. The health center opened six long-term beds in 2006 due to the increasing amount of wait times in the Fort Saskatchewan
health facility. All of the six beds were taken up within days of their opening.
The Redwater facility is known for recruiting physicians from around the world, most recently from South Africa
.
, it will house the medical professionals of Redwater and surrounding areas. The construction is set to begin within the next months.
. Their goal is not to cure the illness, but to make the last stages of life as comfortable as possible.
is able to provide nutritional counseling
for patients, outpatients, and people on home care
.
therapists are able to provide help one day a week at Redwater. Either through physician or self-referral. They specialize in crisis intervention (suicide risk
assessments, and urgent assessments). And offer counseling for those who suffer from depression
, bipolar
, and schizophrenia
.
provides programming for alcohol-related trauma, etc.
Acute care
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...
including 1 palliative care
Palliative care
Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...
bed and 7 long term care bed facility located in Redwater, 65 kilometers northeast of The City Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
. The health centre offers many of the main services to the community of Redwater including public health, rehabilitation, mental health, and environmental health services. The health center opened six long-term beds in 2006 due to the increasing amount of wait times in the Fort Saskatchewan
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
Fort Saskatchewan is a city in Alberta, Canada, located northeast of downtown Edmonton, Alberta's capital city, along the North Saskatchewan River. Fort Saskatchewan is part of the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area and is one of 24 municipalities on the Capital Region Board...
health facility. All of the six beds were taken up within days of their opening.
The Redwater facility is known for recruiting physicians from around the world, most recently from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
History
The facility first opened on January 1, 1973, to serve Redwater and its surrounding communities. The health center employs 95 full-time, part-time, and casual staff.Future plans
Sarja Master Builder Inc. is a construction company that has undertaken a project to build a Medi-Clinic in Terragold Square, next to the hospital that will be affiliated with it. This will be Redwater's first power centre. The Medi-Clinic project is a two-story commercial buildingCommercial building
A commercial building is a building that is used for commercial use. Types can include office buildings, warehouses, or retail . In urban locations, a commercial building often combines functions, such as an office on levels 2-10, with retail on floor 1...
, it will house the medical professionals of Redwater and surrounding areas. The construction is set to begin within the next months.
Palliative care
The hospital has specially designed programs for people who are in the final stages of an incurable illnessTerminal illness
Terminal illness is a medical term popularized in the 20th century to describe a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as...
. Their goal is not to cure the illness, but to make the last stages of life as comfortable as possible.
Continuing Care Program
On March 7, 2006, six continuing care beds were opened in the hospital. The project was funded through the Health Sustainability Initiative (HSI), and government funding. More beds were opened on June 16, 2008.Nutritional Counseling
A dietitianDietitian
Dietitians supervise the preparation and service of food, develop modified diets, participate in research, and educate individuals and groups on good nutritional habits. The goals of dietitians are to provide medical nutritional intervention, and to obtain, safely prepare, serve and advise on...
is able to provide nutritional counseling
Nutritionist
A nutritionist is a person who advises on matters of food and nutrition impacts on health. Different professional terms are used in different countries, employment settings and contexts — some examples include: nutrition scientist, public health nutritionist, dietitian-nutritionist, clinical...
for patients, outpatients, and people on home care
Home care
Home Care, , is health care or supportive care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals Home Care, (also referred to as domiciliary care or social care), is health care or supportive care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals Home Care, (also referred to as...
.
Mental health services
Mental HealthMental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
therapists are able to provide help one day a week at Redwater. Either through physician or self-referral. They specialize in crisis intervention (suicide risk
Assessment of suicide risk
Suicide risk assessment is ethically complex: the concept of "imminent suicide" is a legal construct in a clinical guise, which can be used to justify rationing of emergency psychiatric resources or intrusion into patients' civil liberties...
assessments, and urgent assessments). And offer counseling for those who suffer from depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
, bipolar
Bipolar
-Medicine:* Bipolar cell* Bipolar cell of the retina* Bipolar disorder** Bipolar I disorder** Bipolar II disorder** Bipolar NOS* Bipolar spectrum-Astronomy:* Bipolar nebula, a two-lobed, axially symmetric nebula...
, and schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
.
Optometrist services
The fist optometrist office opened in Redwater in February, 1996. They provide total optometry services to the residents of Redwater, and surrounding communities.PARTY program
The Redwater and District PARTY Program (Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth)PARTY Program (Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth)
The acronym P.A.R.T.Y. refers to an evidence-based international health promotion program. The model, initially developed in 1987 at Sunnybrook Hospital in Ontario, Canada, targets adolescents, an age group at particularly high likelihood of sustaining trauma related to alcohol use and other...
provides programming for alcohol-related trauma, etc.
Other services
Other services include:- Telehealth
- Clinical/Student Placements
- Redwater Home Care
- Community RehabilitationPhysical medicine and rehabilitationPhysical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...
Services - Community Health Services: Health Unit Staff
- Health Unit Nursing
- Dental Health Services
- AudiologyAudiologyAudiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Its practitioners, who treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage are audiologists. Employing various testing strategies Audiology (from Latin , "to hear"; and from Greek , -logia) is...
- Environmental HealthEnvironmental healthEnvironmental health is the branch of public health that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health...
Services - Redwater Health Centre Auxiliary