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Riverview Health Centre |
| Address |
One Morley Avenue |
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Winnipeg |
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Manitoba |
| Country |
Canada |
| Post Code |
R3L 2P4 |
| Phone |
204 478 6203 |
| Fax |
204 478 6212 |
| Email |
rhcinfo@rhc.mb.ca |
| Website |
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Specialization Of Riverview Health Centre
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About Riverview Health Centre
Riverview Health Centre is a world class facility located on the banks of the Red River near the heart of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides innovative and compassionate care to those in need.
Riverview's 388-beds cater to those with rehabilitation and long term care needs. The Centre supports progressive programming for patients and residents in hospital and personal care home units, as well as in outpatient and community programs.
This website, which includes a virtual tour, offers general information about the philosophy, the people, the services and the programs at Riverview Health Centre. For those who require more comprehensive information, contact numbers and e-mail addresses are provided throughout the site.
Riverview Health Centre's Mission, Vision and Values
Riverview Health Centre provides specialized therapeutic and restorative health services to adult residents of Manitoba in a supportive environment that recognizes the cultural, spiritual and ethnic diversity of our community. Innovation through education and research activities in collaboration with community partners is integral to the achievement of this mission.
The Centre collaborates within the regional health structure to ensure the services provided meet identified community needs. The Centre provides specialized inpatient, outpatient and outreach services which include rehabilitation, respiratory care, palliative care, behaviour management, chronic care, personal care, psychogeriatric outreach, continence promotion, adult day programs and respite care.
** Vision **
Building on its legacy of care and tradition of excellence, Riverview Health Centre will be a leader in providing innovative programs that promote the health and well-being of adult Manitobans.
** Our Values **
We believe that our values are the foundation upon which our success is built. It is through the contribution of our staff and volunteers that we strive to live these values daily.
* Patient focused Care & Service
The resident/patient and their family are at the center of all activities and are entitled to personalized, compassionate and competent care and service which optimizes independence and quality of life. Patients and residents are unique individuals with goals, strengths and limitations, rights and responsibilities who, to the extent of their ability, are empowered by freedom of choice to participate in decision making regarding their care.
* Compassionate, competent, knowledgeable staff
We believe that the unique and important contributions made by all staff and volunteers are essential to the provision of quality care and service. Through provision of a supportive, learning work environment, we aim to promote staff competence, effectiveness and knowledge.
* Excellence and Innovation in Care & Service
We strive for excellence in care and innovation in programming. We actualize this value through the provision of education and the promotion of research.
* Collaboration & Team Work
We believe that through cooperation and collaboration, individuals and teams achieve quality and innovation in care and service.
* Trust, Honesty & Integrity
We believe that these are the values that guide our interactions with our patients, residents, families, employees and volunteers.
* Responsible Resource Management
Effective and efficient use of available resources ensures that the Centre's tradition of providing excellence in care will be sustained from the present into the future.
* Recognition & Celebration of Achievements
Recognition of the contributions of individuals to the achievements of the organization is a source of pride and pleasure. Good work is celebrated.
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History Of Riverview Health Centre
Riverview Health Centre is known for its ability to change with the times. Over the years, it has not only responded to the health care needs of the day, but it has also anticipated the needs of the future. The result was, and continues to be, ongoing development and updating of indispensable programs for Manitobans.
The facility was founded in 1911 by the City of Winnipeg as the Winnipeg Municipal Hospital. Two buildings, the King Edward Memorial Hospital (1911) and the King George Hospital (1914) were considered at the time to be the most modern hospitals in the world for the care of people with communicable diseases, such as typhoid fever, diphtheria, small pox and tuberculosis.
Riverview gained international prominence for the services it provided to victims of poliomyelitis during a tragic epidemic in 1953 (two years before the discovery of the Salk Vaccine). Doctors and nurses at Riverview worked around the clock to care for both adults and children, many of whom were confined to iron lungs. A number of polio patients from that epidemic still live at the Centre today and proudly refer to Riverview as their home.
As the incidence of infectious diseases started to decline, Riverview turned its attention to providing long term care to an increasingly aging population. Plans turned to action when, in 1950, the Princess Elizabeth Hospital opened as the first long term care facility in Canada.
By the 1960s, the Centre specialized in the treatment of such diseases as arthritis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cancer and postpoliomyelitis. Even then, its goal was modern in its realm: to tailor the programs to the patient in order to restore and preserve the dignity, happiness and physical independence of the individual.
In 1983, the first purpose-built day hospital was built. The availability of this facility's programs enables elderly people to remain living at home instead of being admitted to hospital.
The facility became known as Riverview Health Centre in 1993, when it separated from the City of Winnipeg to be incorporated as a community hospital. Then, in 1995, construction began on a comprehensive renewal project, which entailed the demolition of the turn-of-the-century hospital buildings to make way for a new complex.
Today, Riverview Health Centre is a 388-bed rehabilitation and long term care facility that offers progressive programming for patients and residents in both hospital and personal care home units. Its redeveloped complex is one of the first of its kind to incorporate a residential design on an all encompassing scale. The home-like, nurturing space supports, enhances and complements patients' healing and care.
Riverview Health Centre has maintained continuous accredited services since 1924. The Centre has accomplished this because those committed to its mission had the ability to adapt and change. Past administrators were not only responsive to the health care needs of the day, but they also anticipated and planned for the needs of the future.
The legacy continues...
The Archival Project
Archival material, including photograph albums and publications dating from the early days of the facility until the present, is currently being sorted and categorized for display in the Archives Room, located in Room 436 of the Princess Elizabeth Building. When it opens, this room will be a valuable resource for film makers, health professionals and members of the community who are working on historical projects.
Historical Video
Interested individuals can purchase a historical video depicting the Centre's history at Financial Services, Level 2, Princess Elizabeth Building.
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