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Family caregivers are often the invisible frontline workers in our health care system and act as vital members of the health care team. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many family caregivers were faced with significant challenges as supports within the community dwindled due visitor restrictions in...

For the past 15 years, Santa has taken on a different form at Parkwood Institute’s Mental Health Care Building — arriving through the generosity of community members and partners from Canadian Mental Health Association Middlesex (CMHA). St. Joseph’s Mental Health Care Patient’s Council has teamed up...

Ten years ago, Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care (Southwest Centre) and the St. Leonard’s Society launched a new partnership to help forensic patients transition from hospital to community living. The milestone was marked on Nov. 13 with a celebration event recognizing the meaningful...

Right now, more than 5.8 million people in Canada are living with a type of diabetes – and the prevalence just keeps rising. But St. Joseph’s research teams are studying diabetes at the cellular level to build a better of understanding of the disease and advance care. This work is only possible...

Sheila Ross never wins anything. “It’s a rare occurrence if I even get a free tea during Roll Up the Rim,” says the registered nurse who works at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute. But her luck changed in an instant thanks to the Whole Lotto Love staff lottery. She started participating in the...

St. Joseph’s psychiatrist Dr. Don Richardson couldn’t reconcile what he was seeing in the Parkwood Institute Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic with what he had always understood to be true. “As psychiatrists, we always assumed that the longer you have PTSD, the less likely you are to respond to...

A study of five-year survival rates shows treatment for vulnerable people should include in-hospital addiction support and community care, with special attention to the needs of marginalized young women. LONDON, Ont. and REGINA, Sask. – People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from...