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On a recent visit to Youville Home, Jacob Trach reminisces with a group of Sisters. Jacob has a strong connection to the Grey Nuns: he has worked with them, been a patient in their care and donated to their mission.

Sister Dora shows the Grey Nuns original landownership documents of the property around Youville Home. — On a recent visit to Youville Home, Jacob Trach reminisces with a group of Sisters. Jacob has a strong connection to the Grey Nuns: he has worked with them, been a patient in their care and donated to their mission.

November 23, 2016

A walk down memory lane

Carmen Maisonneuve and her husband Gerard stop to look closely at the mural being painted on the wall of the dementia cottage where Gerard lives. The mural camouflages a doorway.

A dementia resident at St. Thomas and his wife stop to enjoy a mural that is being painted to camouflage a door in the care facility. — Carmen Maisonneuve and her husband Gerard stop to look closely at the mural being painted on the wall of the dementia cottage where Gerard lives. The mural camouflages a doorway.

November 9, 2016

Art and culture combine to help dementia residents

Brian Greenwood inside the chapel at the Grey Nuns Hospital. Brian was hospitalized in November 2015 and welcomed back with open arms

November 7, 2016

My community cares

Hospital chaplain Brian Greenwood shares his uplifting journey as a spiritual guide seeking help for depression.

Mary Daubney, dressed in a land girl uniform, proudly displays memorabilia from the Second World War, when she served with the Women's Land Army.

Mary Daubney wears her Land Girl uniform in a resident calendar that celebrates past occupations of seniors who live at Youville Home. — Mary Daubney, dressed in a land girl uniform, proudly displays memorabilia from the Second World War, when she served with the Women's Land Army.

October 27, 2016

Seniors’ colourful past celebrated in calendar fundraiser

Katy Petty, a medical tattoo artist in Edmonton, traces a nipple and areola on Donna, a breast cancer survivor .jpg

October 18, 2016

Healing tattoos

Tattoo artist helps breast cancer survivors feel whole again

Matters of life and death

October 17, 2016

Matters of life and death

Door of Mercy

October 12, 2016

Door of Mercy

Our Lady of the Rosary's Registered Nurse Leona Storch consults with a resident

October 10, 2016

Putting families in the driver’s seat

Our Lady of the Rosary connects physical, spiritual and emotional healing for residents

Kim Drady, Social Worker at Foyer Lacombe, and Peggy Caruana, resident, share a laugh.

Kim Drady, Social Worker from Foyer Lacombe, and Peggy Caruana, resident, share a laugh. — Kim Drady, Social Worker at Foyer Lacombe, and Peggy Caruana, resident, share a laugh.

September 28, 2016

Passion for people

How social workers impact health care

(From left) Kylie, Andrea, Scott, Danielle, Jason, Ruth, Brady and John, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2012.

From left: Kylie, Andrea, Scott, Danielle, Jason, Ruth, Brady, and John who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2012. — (From left) Kylie, Andrea, Scott, Danielle, Jason, Ruth, Brady and John, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2012.

September 19, 2016

Alzheimer's Journey