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Retirees return as volunteers
“When people work for so many years, some don’t want to come back anymore, but to me it was like coming home,” says Joanne Lawson, a retiree-turned-volunteer at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. For most of her 42 years employed at St. Joseph’s, Lawson was a bright presence in patient registration at...
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Unspoken compassion: a volunteer's story
Patricia Mowry has been a calming presence for many women who walk nervously through the door of St. Joseph’s Breast Care Program. Patricia provides them with a gown, helps administer paper work – and more often than not, simply holds their hand. “Sometimes I don’t say anything,” says Patricia....
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A different path through familiar hallways
That's the answer former food service worker Nancy Jennings gives when asked why she chose to return to St. Joseph's Health Care London (St. Joseph's) as a volunteer. For years, Nancy started her mornings the same way. She worked in food services, first in the Tim Hortons at Mount Hope Centre for...
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Bridging the digital divide in health care
Sam Ayoko doesn’t have a health background but for the patients he works with, he plays an invaluable role in their health care journey. In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, technology is playing an increasingly critical role in how we access medical services. Every day at London Heath...
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Better together: a decade of partnership recognized on the national stage
When Kent Lewis walked into a room full of St. Leonard's colleagues from across Canada in Calgary this June, he felt it immediately: a shared sense of purpose. Lewis, director of St. Joseph's Health Care London's Forensic Psychiatry Program, was in Calgary to accept the Community Collaborator Award...
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A deep dive inside the human body
If you were to travel deep inside the human body, you would be able to see the hum of activity inside each tiny cell and the electrical conversation between them. You could visualize miniscule details of the soft tissue that makes you, you. While it may sound like an episode of The Magic School Bus...
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Effective care, less stress
For eight years, Maggie Perquin was a caregiver for her partner, Ruth, as she navigated life with Alzheimer’s. Throughout, Maggie was able to care for Ruth at home, until Ruth passed away in April 2023. During much of that time, Maggie was grateful for virtual care appointments with specialists and...
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Finding the right path: How the GRACE Clinic helps older adults make informed decisions about surgery
When Stuart Powers learned he would need to consider major surgery as part of his cancer treatment, he and his wife, Sharon, were faced with a difficult decision. The procedure could be life-changing, but so could the recovery. Instead of navigating that decision alone, Stuart was referred to the...
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Engineering a better tomorrow
From the classroom to the real-world, Western University engineering students recently teamed up with staff from St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute to design medical devices that help solve present-day patient care issues. The first-year engineering students are part of an innovative course offered at...
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