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Join us at our Estate Planning Seminar:
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
2:00 - 4:00 pm or 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Garwood-Jones Auditorium
St. Peter’s Hospital
88 Maplewood Ave, Hamilton
- Ensure valuables and assets within your estate are distributed according to your wishes
- Learn who you should have on your “team”
Date:
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 (All day)
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It’s Back!
St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation is happy to announce the re-launch of Jeans Days beginning Friday, February 1st. Click here to find out more!
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Did you know:
• Alzheimer’s disease is the most common dementia affecting older adults.
• More than 100,000 people in Ontario live with the disease.
St. Peter's Hospital is a leader in Alzheimer and dementia care. Click here to learn more about our programs and services, and to watch a moving video, “Lifetime in a Box,” produced by The Shooting Eye for BravoFACT.
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At age 82, Ken has already lived a rich life full of travel, work and family. But, in January 2009, Ken was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and his family had to cope with knowing that aspects of the man they knew were slipping away.
Born in Bombay, India, Ken has lived an eventful life. He played soccer and field hockey at a competitive level, then met the love of his life, Connie, and they married and had four children. Ken and his family immigrated to Canada in 1967 where he worked in the manufacturing industry for most of his professional career as a mechanical engineer finally retiring in 1990.
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At this festive time of year, we often hear that good health is the best gift of all. Jack Walton and Pat, his devoted wife of 39 years, know this better than most. For the past eight years, Jack has fought valiantly to regain his health after suffering a massive heart attack at age 51.
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Donors, staff and friends of St. Peter’s Hospital celebrated the start of the holiday season at the Festival of Lights held December 5 in the Garwood Jones Auditorium.
The Festival of Lights is a cherished annual event at St. Peter’s Hospital. In keeping with tradition, Pearl Veenema, President and CEO of Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation and Charlie Collura, Chair of St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation, officially opened the event by flipping the switch to reveal a festive lighting display in the courtyard.
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Back Row, Left to Right:
Elgin Forth, Kojo Chintoh, Roger Parliament
Front Row, Left to Right:
Tom Marshall; Dave Gibson; Dan Devison; T. Roy Binns; Rebecca Repa, President, St. Peter’s Hospital; Dr. Alex Papaioannou, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University and CIHR Research Chair – Eli Lilly Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention; and Heather Scott, Director, Development, Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation.
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Queen Elizabeth II is a living example of healthy aging. The 86-year-old monarch recently celebrated 60 years on the throne and still maintains a work schedule that would put someone decades younger to shame. What is the secret to her longevity?
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From left to right: Liz Mersereau, Clinical Manager & Site Administrator; Kirsten Krull, Vice President Professional Affairs & Chief Nursing Executive; Paula Alaimo, 2012 Budden Award recipient; Leslie Gillies, Chief of Nursing Practice and Rebecca Reppa, President, St. Peter’s Hospital.
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Nell Carroll enjoys a birthday cupcake with dad, Neil.
The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, which rates the impact of 43 life events on health, ranks the death of a spouse as the most stressful life event. That was certainly the case for Nancy Carroll. On July 21, 2006, her beloved husband of 11 years passed away in the Palliative Care Unit at St. Peter’s Hospital.
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As the home to the largest senior’s population in the province, it is important that we maintain leadership in developing programs and tools to assist with the specialized needs of senior patients in an acute caresetting. One such program is entitled “HELP” Hospital Elder Life Program and Hamilton Health Sciences has been designated as the first international “HELP Centre of Excellence”.
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Wesley Fudge enjoys the freedom of being able to wander throughout St. Peter’s Hospital without being confined to a patient room. He stays busy with visits from family, attending hospital events, and as a member of the St. Peter’s Therapeutic Recreation Services “Guy’s Club”, a social club for men who are patients at St. Peter’s Hospital.
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A Look at Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue. This weakening in the bones can leave a person at a much greater risk for fracturing a wrist, shoulder or hip after a fall. One in four women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis and at least one in eight men over 50 also has the disease, however, it can strike at any age.
Risk factors for bone loss:
• you have previously broken a bone
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St. Peter's Hospital was featured in the Community Profile section of the Hamilton Spectator, Wednesday, September 14th. Read the article here.
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