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The journey to where you’re meant to be

For Cassandra Fisher, identifying and addressing gaps in the health care system has shaped her entire career. Her current role as Clinical Manager of the Trauma and Violence Specialized Primary Care Program (TVSPCP) at St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) represents the realization of a long-held vision shared with colleagues. What is now a growing program serving more than 100 individuals began as an idea to better support some of London’s most vulnerable communities. A mental health professional by training, Fisher has spent her career focused on improving care for marginalized...

Walking Beside Families on Life’s Final Journey: Inside St. Joseph’s Palliative Care Program

For more than 25 years, St. Joseph’s Health Care London has walked alongside patients and families during what can be a very challenging time —end of life care. Since opening in 1999, the Palliative Care Unit (PCU) at Parkwood Institute has been a place of dignity and compassion for individuals...

Celebrating 50 Years of Service: Dr. Munro’s Lifelong Commitment to Care

Since March 17, 1975, when he first began assisting fellow family physician Dr. Ross Lewis at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Dr. Munro has embodied the essence of compassionate, person-centered care that defines St. Joseph’s. Back then, St. Joseph’s Family Medical Program was located within the hospital and...

A Celebration of Healing

Sitting across from her surgeon at 35, Genevieve (Gen) Kroeker was facing a scary and personal choice – did she want breast reconstruction after her bilateral mastectomy? In the middle of breast cancer treatment, with little time to think about her choice, Gen’s surgeon, Dr. Sarah Knowles, posed a...

Culture, Community and Commitment

Donna Ladouceur is no stranger to the health care system. She spent 50 years dedicated to a career in nursing – first on the frontlines, caring for patients in clinical units and in the community, then in hospital-based research as a senior leader, before capping off her career as the Vice President...

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Tiny Homes, Big Impact

St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) is building on its legacy of caring for veterans. This time by working with Homes for Heroes to support veterans who find themselves without a home. In collaboration with the City of London and the Homes For Heroes Foundation (H4HF), St. Joseph’s has...

Closing the gap in gender-based violence care

St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) is breaking new ground in Canada with the creation of a specialized primary care clinic for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of trauma. The Trauma and Violence Specialized Primary Care Clinic, with a key focus on care for...

Why healthy aging means caring for both brain and body

This story was first published nationally by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to spotlight health-research stories with impact. Judith and Matthew are among eight million people in Canada aged 65 years and older. Lately, both noticed changes in how they moved and how well they remembered...

The baby Tree- By Christine Boyd

“Several years ago, I was preparing to change to a new psychiatrist. For a number of weeks, my therapist and I talked about this change and the possible impacts to my care. During one of these appointments, my therapist asked me how I would describe my ideal treatment. Then he asked how I would want...

Keeping care close to home

For residents of long-term care (LTC) homes, a trip to the emergency department can be stressful or even frightening, particularly for those with complex health needs. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, about one in three LTC residents visit the emergency department each...