St. Joseph’s received two awards and one honourable mention at the 2022 Green Health Care Awards presented by the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (CCGHC). Recognition through the Green Health Care Awards is predicated upon the results of a completed Green Hospital Scorecard survey, a...

Geriatricians are doctors that specialize in providing medical care for older adults. They start by assessing the person to find out what medical conditions they may have. They also review their medications and care needs. They then make suggestions for care options and services in the community...

Chaired by Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, a group of 96 experts from 39 countries and 36 societies and agencies in Geriatric Medicine and Aging have come together to develop the “World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A...

St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute Rehabilitation Program is the proud recipient of the 2022 Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN) Employer Award of Excellence. The WeRPN Employer Award of Excellence recognizes an employer that has demonstrated outstanding achievement in improving...

St. Joseph’s Food and Nutrition Services recently teamed up with Urban Roots London to create a pilot garden at Parkwood Institute. The collaboration is part of St. Joseph’s Nourish Project, with the goal of harnessing the power of food to build health for people and the planet. Snow might be in the...

In my 25-year career at St. Joseph’s, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing astounding creativity and in5novation in real time. Nothing is more exhilarating than seeing an idea take shape, transformed and perfected through research, and then take flight to improve care and the patient experience...

Fecal transplants are saving lives and their potential is flush with possibility. But there’s a desperate need for donors. It’s quite the conversation starter. At parties or gatherings, when someone asks John Chmiel what he does, he gets a kick out of telling them “I sell poop for money.” It’s true...

A life of trauma would describe Jodi’s turbulent childhood. Repeatedly sexually assaulted, she would go on to be victimized many times in different ways, and become trapped in addiction. Caught in the grips of alcohol, cocaine and ecstasy in high school, Jodi’s world evolved into a whirlwind of...