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Residents enjoy the hands-on gallery
at PWL Lloydminster’s new ‘sensory wall’

We live our lives in a rich ever-changing multisensory environment. Sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste place us in our world and stimulate us to engage with our surroundings and community. A new 'sensory wall' in a memory care cottage at Points West Living Lloydminster is bringing back that stimulation.

November 20th, 2018

Second-place winning photo
evokes fond memories

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This second-place photo from the 2018 Points West Living Photo Contest was taken this past spring and illustrates the heartwarming story of two old friends, reunited at Points West Living Wainwright. The friendship between Hazel Dalton (left) and Dot Pomeroy goes back more than six decades and has bridged many years of living far from each other. It’s something they’ll have to get used to once again.

November 13th, 2018

Residents will get first look at PWL Wainwright expansion

Points West Living Wainwright

The new Interim General Manager of Points West Living Wainwright is looking forward to construction wrapping up on the community’s brand new Independent Supportive Living expansion. The contractor hand-over date is scheduled for the end of November, and Allyn Andrews says soon after that, current residents will be invited to take a preview tour of the finished building.

November 6th, 2018

Time-change Monday is the perfect day
to stay in one’s pyjamas

Points West Living Wainwright

Even though we get an extra hour of sleep when our clocks ‘fall back’ with the return of daylight standard time, the time change can be a little unsettling. That’s why employee care partners at Points West Living Wainwright decided to declare Monday November 5 ‘Pyjama Day’.

November 6th, 2018

Prizes and surprises at PWL Slave Lake
Halloween party

Points West Living Slave Lake

A few masks, a witch’s hat, and some silly headbands gave every resident at Points West Living Slave Lake the chance to be in disguise for a few moments during the community’s Halloween party. Most employee care partners wore their costume for the day, and had a friendly competition going for best costume.

November 2nd, 2018

Surprise visit by dental clinic brings out
some beautiful smiles

Points West Living Slave Lake

Residents and care partners at Points West Living Slave Lake were treated to a surprise visit recently from Slave Lake Dental. There were no picks, polish or drills, just some very pleasant ladies who took their break time from the clinic to give back to their community.

November 2nd, 2018

Four days of borscht and perogi prep makes
enough to share and to benefit the food bank

Points West Living Vegreville Heritage House

Residents at Points West Living Heritage House in Vegreville, along with family, friends, and employee care partners prepared a huge batch of perogies (1440 dumplings) and a huge caldron of borscht (45 litres) to share with their community. They even sold off ‘Ukrainian plates’ of the perogies as a fundraiser for the Vegreville Food Bank.