Christmas came on November 28 for three residents of the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre, a CHSLD that is part of the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal! A Vaudreuil-area senior, Ms. Gisele Laforce, generously gave each of the randomly selected seniors a beautiful quilt she made herself.
These lovely gifts were presented to the residents at a small gathering organized by the facility’s site manager Rinda Hartner, which brought together the three happy recipients and the kind-hearted quilter.
This wonderful initiative is a perfect example of the fifth axis of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux’s Action Plan on Long-term Care, which focuses on ties with the community.
It was a delightful moment of sharing to start off the holiday season!
- These beautiful quilts created by the talented Gisele Laforce were presented to three lucky residents.
- Ms. Laforce was very pleased to present a gift to resident Olga Kurelchuck.
- Inuk resident Stella Atsynia received one of the three quilts. She is accompanied by Gisele Laforce and residential unit chief Nadia Zouari.
- Some of the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre family. In the front row are the three seniors who received quilts: Stella Atsynia, Olga Kurelchuck, and Daniel Filiatrault. In the back, from left to right: to the background (left to right): Nadia Zouari, residential unit chief; Gisele Laforce, Claudline Elusme, beneficiary attendant “coach”; Rinda Hartner, site manager; and Marie Tran, beneficiary attendant “coach”.