Meet Ian and his mother Bernice
Ian is twenty–four years old and is an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) patient at The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre (TGHC). Ian was on his way home late at night on September 7, 2016,…
Patient Stories
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In loving memory of Robert Hamilton
Dana Hamilton has generously gifted to the Grace a beautiful stained glass window for the Chapel in loving memory of his father Robert Hamilton who passed away on our palliative care unit in 2014. This…
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Maxine
Maxine is fifty-three years old and is originally from Jamaica. She has lived in Canada for the last twenty years. Early on, Maxine was diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases. She has lupus, which involves the…
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Maria
Maria is sixty-two years old and has metastatic gastric carcinoma (stomach cancer). She has a developmental delay and does not speak English; still, she is able to communicate verbally in Portuguese with her family and…
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Shirley
Shirley is sixty-four years old and was a patient in the new Post-Transplant Rehabilitation Program at The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre (TGHC). Prior to being admitted to TGHC, Shirley was admitted to the…
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Autumn Tree Women
Val is an aboriginal woman from the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Reserve in Manitoba. She is sixty–four years old and has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the…