Story of the Week
Skill and passion. Faith and courage. These are the factors that add up to the true measure of our strength as a provincial team.
Discover more about our team in the following stories:
Residents at Edmonton General receive special valentines from Lynnwood School — Valentine’s Day called for a special delivery and over 500 residents at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre received handmade valentines from students at Lynnwood School...
Research Day brings together diverse health care professionals — Nearly 120 engaged students, health care practitioners, researchers and Covenant Health physicians and staff participated in Research Day 2012. The event, titled Caring for a New Generation of Seniors – What Does the Research Say?, focused on research in all areas of seniors care, featuring lectures, poster presentations and a discussion panel...
Edmonton General residents celebrate their culture with Chinese New Year festivities — Each year, residents of the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre’s Ming Ai program celebrate the Chinese New Year with festivities and performances including a lion dance, singers and dancers...
Covenant Health selected to demonstrate new continuing care model — Government of Alberta has partnered with Covenant Health to demonstrate a new continuing care model for our aging population. New 100-bed continuing care facilities will soon be constructed in Calgary and Red Deer to provide more stability for seniors as they age, providing a one-stop facility for all their needs - no matter what their level of care...
Edmonton's first baby of the New Year arrives at Misericordia — Edmonton's first baby of the New Year, Alyza Venice, was born at Covenant Health’s Misericordia Community Hospital on Sunday, January 1, 2012...
Covenant Health earns high marks—and praise—from Accreditation Canada — In the final report from Accreditation Canada dated December 8, 2011, Covenant Health was awarded Accreditation with Condition—and an overall score of 96 per cent...
Edmonton Oilers share Christmas joy at Covenant Health facilities — The Edmonton Oilers shared Christmas joy with patients at Covenant Health facilities on December 21, 2011. The team visited Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Misericordia Community Hospital and Villa Caritas. View photos from their visits in our photo gallery! Read more
Lights of Hope brightens up the Edmonton General — The switch has been flipped on 400 Christmas light displays at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre...
2011 Respiratory Therapy Week a Success — Lunch and Learn sessions were the highlight of this year’s Respiratory Therapy Week held from October 23 to 30 2011, during which members from the community enjoyed engaging learning opportunities while being treated to a sponsored lunch. ..
Just like premature babies, Santa came by early this year too — On November 17, 2011, Covenant Health celebrated World Prematurity Awareness Day at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital – bringing together premature babies born at our hospitals, their family, friends, and Covenant Health staff...
Volunteers and staff revive hallways at Covenant Health hospitals — From August 8 to 25 and November 3 to 5, 2011, volunteers and staff, through Covenant Health’s Volunteer Services, painted murals in the hallways of the Misericordia Community Hospital and the Grey Nuns Community Hospital for patients, residents and visitors to enjoy. Read more about Volunteer Services’ mural painting projects and view photos of some of the participants...
Annual Prime Time for Women Conference — Covenant Health’s 2011 Annual Prime Time for Women Conference will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011. Read more about the conference and watch Shelly Hagen, Health Educator at Covenant Health, and Jeanne Kuhn, Make-up Artist discuss the conference on CTV News Edmonton...
Ethics Made Real — Gordon Self, Vice President, Mission, Ethics and Spirituality, writes a regular column on ethics in the Western Catholic Reporter. Read his articles...
Accreditation Canada recognizes Covenant Health's Mission Discernment Tool — Accreditation Canada has named the Covenant Health Mission Discernment Tool as a Leading Practice for Canada...
Improving practices for patient safety — Covenant Health received its first Accreditation status from Accreditation Canada in December 2010, meeting 98.6 per cent of the standards reviewed by the surveyors. The Accreditation audits present our organization with an opportunity to focus on standardizing policies and procedures and sharing best practices across all our facilities. Accreditation Canada surveyors will be visiting Covenant Health sites from October 30 through to November 3 to complete the 2011 Accreditation. For more information on Covenant Health's 2010 Accreditation results, please view our January 2011 newsletter.
Following their visit and assessment of Covenant Health compliance to standards, a final report will be released by Accreditation Canada.
2011 Annual Community Meeting luncheon — More than 270 community members attended Covenant Health’s third Annual Community Meeting (ACM) held on October 5, 2011. The ACM is an opportunity for Covenant Health to share with its partners and stakeholders highlights from the last year and to showcase progress towards its vision. Read the 2011 Annual Report to the Community, news release, and view photos from the event!
New monument honours the contributions of Catholic Sisters in Alberta — The Catholic Sisters’ Legacy Recognition Project was held yesterday to recognize Catholic Sisters for their historical contribution to public life in Alberta. Catholic sisters were honoured for their pioneering role in education, health care and social welfare over the past 150 years...
Yan He – triple amputee beats the odds and continues to thrive — Yan He played 18 inspiring holes at the St. Michael’s Foundation golf tournament this summer. She credits the care staff in the Post Acute Rehabilitation Program (P.A.R.P.) at Covenant Health’s St. Michael’s Health Centre in Lethbridge for her incredible recovery...
Listen to a CBC Radio interview with Dr. Michael Chatenay, a surgeon at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, on how dealing with Tourette’s Syndrome makes him more focused in the operating room.
Students get OR experience in hospital-based summer camp — The Covenant Health Youth Healthcare Camp is a week-long camp designed for students between 14 – 17 years of age. It allows the teens to interact with staff in a hospital setting and get a taste of the types of career options that exist in health care...
NEW Program: Language Interpretative Services — As part of Covenant Health's strategic direction to be of greater service to vulnerable populations by responding to those in need, a Language Interpretative Services program has been developed...
Team ‘Zach Attack’ tackles TransRockies Challenge — Team Zach Attack, including a group from Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, is raising funds for Make-A-Wish in memory of 13-year-old Zach Laird who died of brain tumour...
PaintFest Canada makes a stop in Banff — On Thursday, July 28, Banff Mineral Springs Hospital residents, staff, and volunteers painted two murals to give comfort and hope to those in care...
Covenant Health Show Your Colours PowerPoint — Take a look at just a few of these inspiring team members who are "Showing their Colours" across Alberta and around the world...
