The Redwater Health Centre is a 21-bed facility, 14-bed
acute care
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including 1
palliative care
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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
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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
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.
History
The facility first opened on January 1, 1973, to serve Redwater and its surrounding communities. The
health center
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employs 95
full-time
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,
part-time
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* Part-time job, a job that has fewer hours a week than a full-time job
* Part-time student, a student, usually in higher education, who takes fewer course credits than a full-time student
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, 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 building which will house the medical professionals of Redwater and surrounding areas. The construction is set to begin within the next months.
Services
The Redwater Health Centre offers many services.
Programs & Services
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Palliative care
The hospital has specially designed programs for people who are in the final stages of an incurable illness. Their goal is not to cure the illness, but to make the last stages of life as comfortable as possible.[Information Sheet](_blank)
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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
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funding. More beds were opened on June 16, 2008.
Nutritional counseling
A dietitian
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is able to provide nutritional counseling for patients, outpatients, and people on home care.
Mental health services
Mental health
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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). They offer counseling for those who suffer from depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis. Major symptoms include hallucinations (typically hearing voices), delusions, and disorganized thinking. Other symptoms include social wit ...
.
Optometrist services
The first 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 provides programming for alcohol-related trauma, etc.
Other services
Other services include:Dental health
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services
*Audiology
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*Environmental health
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services
*Redwater Health Centre Auxiliary
References
External links
Town of Redwater
* ttp://www.rpap.ab.ca/images/upload/RPAP-Hotsheet-January2007.pdf Article on Centrebr>Article on Centre 2
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Hospital buildings completed in 1973
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