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Carveth Culture Club is excited to study the beautiful Country of British Guiana which changed its name to Guyana in 1966 when it became an independent nation. British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Carveth Resident Teresa Ferreira was born there on April 13, 1930. She was born on Hatfield Street which was covered with white stones at the time. Teresa is the youngest of five children (three brothers and one sister) and attended school…

Judy Covill is having a hard time saying goodbye to her workplace of 34 years. Looking around Carveth Care Centre in late May 2022, a long-term care home where she has worked as a Health Care Aide since 1988, the 66-year-old smiles sadly as she talks about leaving her work and friends. “It’s bittersweet,” she acknowledges about her impending retirement on June 3. “I love it here. I love the residents and I love what I do. That’s what’s going to be so hard – the staff is good here.…

Carveth Culture Club is continuing its study of the world this March with a focus on India. Vikas Kumar is a Security Guard at the popular retirement lodge and long-term care home in Gananoque. He was born and raised in India and moved to Canada in 2019 in Abbotsford. His family remains behind in his home country.  Asked about his fondest memory, he replies, “My fondest memory in India was my bike trip to Leh-ladakh, a tourist place in northwest of Jammu and Kashmir. It’s a serene and a peaceful…

A Gananoque teenager has been recognized for her efforts to help a local nursing home through the COVID-19 pandemic. 19-year-old Gracie Bentley was named Employee of the Month for March 2022 at Carveth Care Centre, a retirement lodge and long-term care home. “I love it here,” she says in mid-February. “I love being around the residents and having people visit their families. It’s more rewarding than I expected. I love to see the happiness of families who are visiting their loved ones.” Smiling and happy, the young woman notes it…

A fun program at Carveth Care Centre will be celebrating everything Dutch this February. “There are a lot of Dutch immigrants and descendants in Canada,” says Shannon Buell, Activity Director at the popular retirement lodge and long-term care home in Gananoque. “We’re looking forward to studying their wonderful culture and celebrating their music, food and customs during our February Culture Club.” Started in the fall of 2021, Carveth Culture Club has been popular with residents and staff who have been learning about other parts of the world such as Poland,…

Madelene Wood of Gananqoue reached a milestone last fall that few people will achieve in their lifetime. In September 2021, she celebrated 30 years of volunteering with Carveth Care Centre, a popular retirement lodge and long-term care home in this gateway town to the Thousand Islands. “My mother was at Carveth Care Centre and my husband used to drive me over there every time there was a bingo,” the friendly woman says from her Stocking Hill apartment in early 2022. “I liked to help her play.” After her mother died,…

The New Year is starting on the right foot for a kitchen worker at Carveth Care Centre. 18-year-old Hunter Cook is the home’s Employee of the Month for January 2022. He has worked at the long-term care home as a Dietary Aide for almost two years. “This is my first job,” he says with a smile during his lunch break late last month. “That’s why this award is so amazing.” Born and raised in Gananoque with three sisters and one brother, Hunter responds when asked about his job, “I love…

Residents of a long-term care home in Gananoque are expanding their understanding of the world by studying different cultures and countries through a program called Culture Club. This month, residents of Carveth Care Centre are studying England which is part of the United Kingdom. Speaking for her 95-year-old mother who has lived at the long-term care home since the spring of 2021, Eleen says Peggy Webb was born in Fishbourne and left England at 19 as a war bride. “My mother loved the flowers there, especially in the spring with…

Shelley Hartley smiles a lot at work. As a Dietary Aide for the past 13 years at Carveth Care Centre, she finds her job fun and satisfying. “I love it,” she says with a smile during a break from her work in the kitchen at the popular retirement lodge and long-term care home in Gananoque. “They say the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach. I enjoy filling the residents’ stomachs and making them happy.” Shelley, 47, considers the home special. “People look out for each other here,”…

A new program has an old face at Carveth Care Centre, a retirement lodge and long-term care home in Gananoque. Known for its innovation and exceptional health care, the popular home launched a Culture Club this October which replaces Roaming Party Carts on Tuesday afternoons. The program celebrates the food, culture, music and traditions of a different country every month starting with Hungary which is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Carveth Resident Elizabeth Nagy reflects fondly on her time living beside Balaton Lake in Hungary, the largest lake in…