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Vote today for your favourite PWL photo!
It’s time to cast your online ballot in the 2021 Points West Living Annual Photo Contest. Choose your top three picks before the end of the day Friday, November 26. To make your vote count, you need to be an active subscriber to the Points West Living e-newsletter.
CARF Accreditation renewal confirms direction
Points West Living’s operations company Connecting Care has renewed its CARF accreditation for another three year term. Initially awarded a 3 year term in January 2019, the Connecting Care accreditation team worked for the past six months to gather evidence to confirm that the organization’s standards met or surpassed those of CARF.
Photo contest prize pot just got richer
The 7th Annual Points West Living Photo Contest is drawing to a close, and the prize pot for the three top photos just got richer. Get your entry in by Friday November 19th to qualify.
Appreciation for Health Care Aides
'Health Care Aide Day' has been observed on October 18th in British Columbia and Manitoba for a few years, and this year, Alberta joined in the commemoration. Points West Living communities including Drayton Valley, Lloydminster and Stettler were eager to give tribute to their HCA teams on that day.
Points West Living co-founder remembered as a gracious and tireless visionary
Points West Living co-founder Doug Mills passed away on September 11 following a five-year battle with cancer. Over his 66 years, Doug touched countless lives for the better by building a new standard of person-centered care for residents of supportive living communities in Alberta and beyond.
Photo Contest still on!
The 7th Annual Points West Living Photo Contest is still on! Send in your photos of the moments, places, and people that make our Points West Living communities thrive – masks and all!
Entry deadline extended to Friday November 19, 2021
Full details on the Photo Contest webpage
Goin’ on a Lion Hunt…
Residents quickly got into the safari spirit at a recent event at Points West Living Cold Lake. All it took was a lion (costume), some hiding places, eagle-eyed residents, and some toy guns and the hunt was on.
Deadline extended for Photo Contest entries
The entry deadline for the 7th Annual Points West Living Photo Contest has been extended to Friday, November 19, 2021. Since we’re still living in a COVID world, we’ve decided to stretch the submission period out to give our busy care partners (residents, employees, volunteers, family members, friends…) a bit more time to get that perfect shot.
Beautiful dance reflects indigenous culture of caring
Points West Living Cold Lake observed Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th. Residents enjoyed an indigenous dance performance, learned about first nations’ culture, and a commemorated the lost children and survivors of residential schools.
Year 7 for Points West Living Photo Contest
The seventh annual Points West Living Photo Contest gets underway on October 1, 2021. Prizes will be awarded for the top three photos, as decided by PWL News subscribers. Do you have photos to share of your PWL community’s moments, places, and people?
October 23rd, 2021
Goin’ on a Lion Hunt…
Points West Living Cold Lake
Residents quickly got into the safari spirit at a recent event at Points West Living Cold Lake. All it took was a lion (costume), some hiding places, eagle-eyed residents, and some toy guns and the hunt was on.
