Regaining freedom, one pedal stroke at a time
Constance Lethbridge helps clients renew their love of cycling Yves Côté vividly remembers his first bicycle: A black-and-white banana bike with a long seat…
CIUSSS News
Connected Health Record reaches milestone: Most JGH nurses use it to record patients’ vital signs
It’s the start of a new era: A majority of nurses at the Jewish General Hospital University Health Centre are now recording patients’ vital…
Fresh from the farm: Putting local food on the hospital menu
Local harvests deliver healthy food for patient meals at the JGH Twice a week, vegetable grower Robin Fortin delivers a bounty of tomatoes, peppers,…
How a volunteer program in eldercare inspires students— year after year
This summer, 28 students considering careers in health care and social services gave four weeks of their time to residents at Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre and Donald Berman…
New team “sprinkles hope” to chronic pain sufferers
Afia Akter can barely recall a time in her life without pain. Aches woke her at night and accompanied her by day, preventing her…
Chop, stir, smile: Cooking up recovery in a rehab kitchen
The kitchen air is filled with garlic, ginger and the hum of good company. Around the room, stroke survivors and other patients chat as…
Mobile team helps stroke survivors in long-term care
Several times each week, Occupational Therapist Aurélie Hawes leaves Richardson Hospital and heads out to long-term care centres across the Santé Québec West-Central Montreal…
In the heart of the action, virtually
New VR lending library immerses staff in realistic scenarios to boost learning At the JGH recently, four nurses were thrust into a pulse-racing emergency…
Your heart’s in the right place—now get it pumping
Introducing the JGH Staff Fitness Studio Employees at the Jewish General Hospital dedicate themselves every day to keeping others healthy and on their feet….
Smarter rooms, safer care: AI enhances resident monitoring
The future has arrived on the fourth floor of the Kastner Pavilion at Donald Berman Jewish Eldercare, where AI‑powered sensors are helping to enhance…
Little visitors, big smiles: Children bring joy to residents at Father Dowd
Jennifer Bruzual has fond childhood memories of accompanying her mother, who worked at Father Dowd Residential Centre, on field trips with residents. Those memories…
From Housekeeping to braille: One employee’s journey of reinvention
For Vittoria Calabrese, a career change happened unexpectedly—and it all started with a friendship. Ms. Calabrese has been a dedicated employee in the facilities…
The faces of exceptional care
Caring Beyond awards expand to sites outside the JGH Meet three employees of our CIUSSS who have been recognized for exceptional service. A nurse,…
Prescription for joy: Family doctor teaches painting to his healthcare team
One evening each month, Dr. Minh-Dung Truong and his colleagues at CLSC de Côte-des-Neiges set aside their thermometers and stethoscopes and pick up paintbrushes…
New team at CLSC Métro offers help, and hope, to people struggling with substance use
Service is vital lifeline for vulnerable population in western downtown Billy was living on the streets, getting by day-by-day with a serious drug habit….
Signing their love: Parents learn sign language to communicate with their Deaf children
When Karabi Sarmah and Tanmoy Pathak found out their newborn daughter was profoundly deaf, they were devastated. “It was heartbreaking,” Ms. Sarmah says. “There…
White Cane Week: Supporting independence at every step
By Melina Giubilaro, Communications Specialist “Being blind doesn’t mean I can’t get around,” says Maryse Théberge. “It means I use different tools to do the…
New JGH Discharge Lounge eases patients’ transition from hospital to home
Relieves pressure from Emergency Department during busy flu season Sheila Cannon, a 68-year-old patient with diabetes, was admitted to the JGH Emergency Department in…
Long-term care centres rolling in the dough
By Richard Dagenais, SAPA Communications Specialist Nothing says home like the smell of freshly baked bread. That’s the premise—and inspiration—for the bread-baking program in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal’s long-term care centres. Alan Maislin, the CIUSSS’s former Board…
A family legacy at Catherine Booth Hospital
Born at “The Booth,” a nurse carries on family tradition of care By Melina Giubilaro, Communications Specialist Every year on New Year’s Eve, Pearl…