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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 across London and Middlesex living with life-limiting illness. St. Joseph’s Palliative Care Program provides pain management and relief of symptoms to those experiencing life-threatening, progressive or terminal illness. The PCU care team helps patients find comfort, supporting them body, mind and...

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Advancing recovery across the board

Andrew Fuller was one of the first people to use a new Senaptec Sensory System for brain injury recovery. In 2024, he had a large benign tumour removed from his cerebellum, leaving him with some lingering issues. “My sensory intake is off and it affects my internal balance, particularly when walking...

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The full scope of care

Colonoscopies aren’t exactly pleasant, but they can be vital for someone’s future. They’re a common occurrence in St. Joseph’s Endoscopy Clinic and play a key role in diagnosing, treating and preventing many diseases. With the support of donors, the care team now has additional equipment on hand to...

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Enhancing patient outcomes

"Donors are an essential part of the care team. Without them, we just wouldn’t be able to provide the excellent care we are proud to deliver,” says Dr. Graham King, Site Head Surgery and Medical Director, Roth | McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre (HULC). In his more than three decades at St...

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Two green thumbs up

For years, the Green Thumbs gardening project at St. Joseph’s Mount Hope Centre for Long Term Care has brought joy, purpose and a sense of connection to residents. Supported almost entirely through the generosity of donors, the program has grown into something truly special offering not just plants...

From counter to clinic: pharmacist’s research points to faster care

Celeste Giovanatti, St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s (St. Joseph’s) second pharmacy resident is finding gaps and solutions that simultaneously build better patient health and reduce the strain on urgent care centres. Giovanatti has completed her residency at St. Joseph’s but she’s not ending her...

Future physiotherapists make a lasting impression

A student-led physiotherapy clinic at Parkwood Institute is expanding access to locomotor training, helping patients regain mobility while giving future physiotherapists valuable hands-on experience.

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A vision of hope: St. Joseph’s leads the way with Zero Suicide Initiative

“Zero Suicide.” It’s a bold and thought-provoking name—one that envisions a future where every life touched by despair can find safety, dignity and hope. At St. Joseph’s Health Care London, this vision has been guiding change since 2017, shaping how suicide prevention is understood and delivered...

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Month by month

For Martha and Charles Dutrizac, giving a monthly donation to St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation just makes sense. These two retired educators – Charles spent his career at King’s College, while Martha was the Director of Education for a Catholic school board – have dedicated their lives to helping...

Sarah King and her care team from the NeuroTrauma Rehabilitation program

The right direction

Sarah King’s journey at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute began in 2020, following a life-changing car accident that left her with an injury to her 4th and 5th thoracic vertebrae in her spine. The spinal cord injury resulted in paralysis from the chest down. Ejected from the vehicle, she has few...