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“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...

When Kenneth Lampman talks about living with type 1 diabetes, he speaks with the calm certainty of someone who has managed the disease since childhood. Lampman, a patient at St. Joseph's Health Care London (St. Joseph's), has been living with type 1 diabetes for 73 years, but his experience with...

St. Joseph’s is setting a long-time vision into motion. “Five years ago, we had a vision of leveraging our long history and expertise in providing innovative rehabilitation treatments to improve the lives of people with mobility needs on a larger scale,” says Roy Butler, President and CEO of St...

At a gathering of breast cancer survivors – a summer camp of sorts – Stephanie Knowles spotted a wooden trail post sign with the words: “Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. Your words could become a page in someone else’s survival guide.” For 37-year-old Knowles, that motivational sign has...

He was dealing with a stubborn foot injury at the time and his parents had difficulty finding a physiotherapist- when they finally did, he recalls feeling enthralled. “I remember being impressed at how present he was with me, how skilled he was.” Today, Raj works as a physiotherapist in the...

St. Joseph’s is celebrating the remarkable impact music therapists make in the lives of our patients and residents. Learn how music therapy creates a meaningful healing legacy for veterans through recordings.

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer for women. However, early detection and new treatment options have improved the survival rate for breast cancer patients. On this episode of the DocTalks Podcast, host Ian Gillespie chats with...

In a quaint courtyard outside of Mount Hope Centre for Long Term Care (Mount Hope) lies an oasis of flowers, gardening tools, watering cans – and the occasional fluttering butterfly. The garden, named the Butterfly Garden, is a recently renovated outdoor space that gives Mount Hope residents the...