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Andrea Ruiz is a multi-talented health care professional who helps when and where she is needed. When the pandemic struck in mid-March 2020, she was working as a PSW at Helen Henderson Care Centre and studying to become a Recreation Professional; her dream-job. Shortly after beginning her new position in the home’s Recreation Department, she was asked to return to work as a PSW to shore-up the lack of health care workers caused by the pandemic. Andrea said yes. A few months later in April 2021, she returned to the…

Kathryn McCartney has been helping others as long as she can remember. When she was little, her grandmother was diagnosed with dementia and Kathryn was there to help. After her grandmother died when she was 14, Kathryn embarked on a career to help seniors at Providence Manor. She has been helping the elderly ever since. “I love it,” says the 37-year-old Kingston woman about her job caring for almost 40 residents in Carveth Retirement Lodge where she has worked as a Residential Aide for almost two years. “I work a…

A new program at Helen Henderson Care Centre is helping residents with dementia through sensory based art. Called Visions Through Art, the program was launched last week to the delight of residents on Reception Three, the home’s secure unit. The program incorporates painting and tactile items such as butterflies as illustrated in these spring portraits. The program will be repeated every month with a new theme. When enough artwork is made, residents will host an exhibit. Organizers describe the program as inclusive, allowing residents with restrictions to participate. “It’s important…

The Gananoque Lions Club is making the world a better place, one act of kindness at a time. Recently, the club obtained a government grant of $5,000 to upgrade technology for seniors at Carveth Retirement Lodge. The money will provide new equipment to entertain seniors and keep them connected to their families and community. Club members were delighted to receive the New Horizons for Seniors grant which will help the retirement lodge persevere the pandemic that has raged for more than one-year. The Government of Canada declared the pandemic in…

Kari Purvis is thrilled to win her first workplace award at 42 years old. Speaking from Helen Henderson Care Centre where she works as a Housekeeper, the Yarker woman smiles at the news she is the home’s Employee of the Month for April 2021. “I love it,” she says with a smile about her job. “This is what I was meant to be. I’ve been a cleaner all of my life, but I feel like I fit here.” When she was younger, Kari was close to becoming a Personal Support…

A front-line health care worker has won her first workplace award, one-year after the COVID-19 pandemic began in Canada. Krista Whaley smiles when informed she is the Employee of the Month for April at Carveth Care Centre, a retirement lodge and long-term care home in Gananoque. “It’s good,” she says when asked about her work. “I like spending time with the residents and getting to know them.” For the past 16 years, Krista has provided front-line health care to 104 residents in the nursing home. She has been a Personal…

A temporary pandemic worker is receiving accolades for her work to help seniors persevere the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking from Carveth Care Centre in mid-February, Nancy Harrington calls the recognition a pleasant surprise. “I really didn’t know what to expect,” she says with a smile about her arrival at Carveth Care Centre as a Universal Worker in August 2020; five months after the pandemic was declared in Canada. “I never worked in long-term care before,” explains the 63-year-old. “It’s been quite an education.” Named Employee of the Month for March 2021,…