Francisco is sitting up in bed wearing ear phones focused on his iPad. Wendy, his granddaughter, says, “He’s watching a YouTube video,” and smiles at my reaction. My preconceived notions of a ninety-one-year-old man diagnosed with terminal cancer…
Zahida, an early childhood educator, worked for over fifteen years at a daycare, but for years she has struggled with fibromyalgia and has taken medication for her illness. Fibromyalgia causes widespread body pain, muscle stiffness and extreme fatigue….
Teresa is the primary caregiver for her son Albert — “We Gained strength in seeing hope”. Albert is an acquired brain injury (ABI) patient who was admitted in February 2017 for rehabilitation to The Salvation…
Maria is the primary caregiver for her son, Jeffrey (“Maria, A Mother’s Story”). Jeffrey was admitted to the acquired brain injury (ABI) program at The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre (TGHC) in August 2017….
Jeffrey was in the Canadian Army Reserves for six years and then began working in construction. Today, he is twenty-seven years old and an acquired brain injury (ABI) patient at The Salvation Army Toronto Grace…
Recovering from a critical illness or an accident can have a huge impact on a person’s life, both physically and emotionally. After an acute care stay due to an illness or accident the goal of…