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Stewart Memorial Resident and Family Guide
This booklet provides helpful information to assist you and your family with the transition to living at Stewart Memorial.
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Family violence is everyone’s concern
Family Violence Prevention Week is a reminder that violence and abuse are never acceptable in any relationship. Communities across Prince Edward Island are marking the week - February 12 to 18 - by holding walks of silence, information presentations, and family activities to help...
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Family Literacy Day is this Friday
Island families are encouraged to read and learn together for national Family Literacy Day this Friday, January 27. This year’s theme is “Learn at Play Every Day.” Practicing literacy at home helps equip children with skills they will need throughout their lives. “There are many...
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Islanders wanted as health patient, family advisors
Supporting Island families - Being a patient and family advisor has allowed Karen MacLean to help shape how health care policy is delivered on Prince Edward Island. MacLean, of Summerside, is one of 38 Islanders currently volunteering as patient and family advisors on several...
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Island hospitals’ family inclusion policies lead Canada
Prince Edward Island is among Canada’s leaders in making its hospital policies more family friendly. Nearly 50 Canadian hospitals and health care organizations are participating in the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement’s (CFHI) “Better Together” initiative, which is...
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In foster families, love is thicker than blood
Supporting Island Families - Lori Johnston says you don’t need a perfect house with a white picket fence to foster a child. You only need to open your door – and your heart. “Foster parents don’t have to be typical,” says Johnston, who has fostered Island children in need for...
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Handbook helps support employees affected by family violence
A new handbook will help the provincial government recognize and respond to employees affected by family violence. The handbook, Guidelines for Addressing Family Violence and the Workplace, will help managers and supervisors recognize the signs of family violence and provide...
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Family centred approach offers help for addictions
Strengthening mental health services - A family can feel trapped inside a cycle of anger and blame when one of their own suffers from addiction - but a new approach from Prince Edward Island's addiction services offers a way out. Greg Purvis, addictions team lead at the...