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Spiritual Health

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

  • Mental Health,
  • Seniors,
  • Spiritual Health
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.

  • Mental Health,
  • Spiritual Health
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

  • Seniors,
  • Spiritual Health
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

  • Cancer,
  • Women's Health,
  • Spiritual Health
Matters of life and death
October 17, 2016

Matters of life and death

  • Palliative ,
  • Spiritual Health
Door of Mercy
October 12, 2016

Door of Mercy

  • Spiritual Health,
  • General Health,
  • Rehabilitation
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

  • Seniors,
  • Mental Health,
  • Spiritual Health
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

  • Mental Health,
  • Spiritual Health,
  • Health Ethics
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

  • Seniors,
  • Spiritual Health
Vegreville Visual Aritsts
Vegreville Visual Artists group
September 5, 2016

Art with heart

Hospital hosts community gallery

  • Spiritual Health,
  • Rehabilitation,
  • General Health
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