In January 2018, Gisèle Ayotte, a resident of Actionmarguerite St. Vital, asked our Spiritual Care provider to assist her in writing a thank you note to staff as her ability to speak were diminishing. The resident passed on January 4th, 2020, and, with the permission...
We are pleased to announce that Mgr Albert Fréchette is, as of January 16th, the priest assigned to Actionmarguerite St. Boniface. As we have done in the past, we will be celebrating masses on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Mgr Frechette is coming to us from the...
Christmas is all about family How do we celebrate Christmas when our loved ones are residents at Actionmarguerite? How does it change family traditions? The Morin family, whose parents Léo and Yvette have lived at Actionmarguerite St. Vital for the past three years,...
The residents, families, staff and management team of Actionmarguerite St. Joseph’s would like to offer a sincere thank you to the family committee for its generous contributions to the unit Christmas parties, the gifts that were offered to the residents as well as...
The staff of Actionmarguerite wishes a very special Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the residents, families, volunteers, donors and friends of Actionmarguerite. We hope that the season is filled with joy, peace and happiness. To review our special Winter 2019...
Faced with the challenge of hiring bilingual staff, Actionmarguerite has launched a pilot project to teach French to employees at work. Louise Pinel, Food Services Supervisor at Actionmarguerite St. Vital, explains : “Not all employees have time to go to school to...
Effective October 1, 2019, Dr. Roxanne Beaudette will be responsible for the medical care of the residents living on the 3rd floor at Actionmarguerite St. Vital. The appointment of Dr. Beaudette is due to Dr. Ismael Mohammed’s retirement after more than 42 years of...
Origène and Marie-Lourdes Fillion first became involved with Actionmarguerite Saint-Boniface as volunteers almost 25 years ago. Although Origène can no longer spend time there, due to his health, Marie-Lourdes continues to go twice a week. “Both my parents were...
In the health field, ethicists inform and assist families and medical staff with ethical matters. Katarina Lee has been the clinical ethicist at St. Boniface Hospital (SBH) since September 2018, serving all the Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba’s Communities of...
In 2018-2019, Actionmarguerite’s participation in the Senior Quality Leap Initiative (SQLI) led to significant advances in quality-related initiatives. Here are a few of the projects aimed at positioning the organization for the future: – The reduction of alarms...
