To date, more than $2.3 million has been awarded to senior living workers. TORONTO, March 22, 2021 – Today the Senior Living CaRES Fund (the CaRES Fund) welcomes two new partners, Southbridge Care Homes and OMNI Health Care, and announced that it is now accepting new applications to the fund. Established in May 2020
2020 - Three residents at Pinecrest, Mr. James Lewis, Mrs. Aline Tessier and Mrs. Claire Paquin-Lussier decided to achieve their dreams together. It consisted a meal of St-Hubert restaurant including chicken breasts, chicken wings, sweet potatoes, creamy coleslaw and soft drinks. One of the participants is vegetarian and has had the pleasure to eat veggie
A very special day for our Regency resident Mavis on Saturday, August 22nd when she attended her granddaughter’s wedding. Much love and care went into making this wedding a special day for Mavis during these unprecedented times. Staff members, Rita and Bev, ensured Mavis looked beautiful, colouring and curling her hair and doing her
Southbridge is excited to announce that it is partnering with Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology to provide further IPAC training to Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses across its retirement and long-term care homes. The training will be conducted through a series of courses and workshops over four days, for a total
As a teen growing up, we find ourselves forming interests, hobbies, friendships, and passions that develop our character and often last a lifetime. For many, role-playing games are a way to explore their identity and create a shared experience with others. For one of our residents at Hope Street Terrace, he and his friends
Jenny and Clarence have been married for over 63 years and they’ve hardly been apart for a day. Jenny was 24 and Clarence 23 when they married. Jenny said, "they fell in love and have stayed that way through thick and thin. They lived at the Regency Retirement Community in Port Hope from July
Thanks to Southbridge Care Homes “Bridge to Dreams” program, Chelsey Park was able to help resident Emmeline fulfill her dream of a holiday makeover. Emmeline lost her beloved husband Gerald a few years ago on Christmas day. This has made the holiday season incredibly hard on Emmeline every year. It was her dream to
Chelsey Park has been recognized as the Runner Up for the 2020 Best Of London award for Best Nursing Home in an annual survey conducted by the London Free Press. The home has been first or runner up for 7 consecutive years! Congratulations to our team at Chelsey Park!
Building on its work to enhance infection prevention and control practices across all its retirement and long-term care homes, Southbridge is supporting staff members looking to obtain their Certification in Infection Control (CIC), a voluntary, periodic certification for all Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Professionals meeting the required educational and practice requirements. Infection Prevention
We received a shipment from Public Health of 62 doses of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine for our residents at 12:30 pm Friday January 1, 2021. With the help of several of our Registered Nurses, along with the Executive Director, Director of Care and the Medical Director, we were able to immunize 62 of our
