One of the great challenges faced by those who provide care and support for Ontario’s aging population is ensuring there are enough high quality, dedicated team members available. In the past 20 months, the urgent staffing needs in long-term care and retirement settings were exacerbated as COVID-19... Read more
Latest Village Voice
November 10, 2021
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November 5, 2021
- Village Voice
Some 30 years ago after The Village of Winston Park first opened in Kitchener, a small group of The Village’s leaders gathered around the dining room table in the home of Ron Schlegel to envision the year ahead. This first incarnation of the Schlegel Villages Operational Planning Retreat was the... Read more
November 3, 2021
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As the late October rains hammer down from the sky outside The Village of Wentworth Heights in Hamilton, a celebration is underway in The Ruby, the Village’s restaurant-style dining room upon the 10th Floor. On this night, Schlegel Villages marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the long-term... Read more
October 21, 2021
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When one walks into Elizabeth Pusztai’s suite in the Village of Wentworth Heights, the eye and mind are instantly drawn to the artistry of the space. Landscape paintings are tastefully spread out along the walls and in two glass cabinets, some two dozen Barbie dolls are displayed, each adorned in... Read more
October 20, 2021
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Stuart Beattie is a man of the world. He holds citizenship in three countries; he has lived in or visited several corners of the planet; the first people he ever lived with in Australia decades ago are still like family today. Now he calls The Village at University Gates home and from his suite on... Read more
October 18, 2021
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“I know at the end of every tunnel there is some light,” says Rita Vollick as she reflects on the first half of 2021 after moving into her new home in The Village of Erin Meadows. Rita has an inherently optimistic nature that comes across as she talks in her quiet voice. Rita's kind nature and... Read more
October 14, 2021
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Ken Snelson’s suite on the 4th Floor of The Village of Humber Heights is filled with signs of his passion for British postal history. His collection fills some 50 volumes and, as the secretary of the Philatelic Society of Canada, Ken produces a monthly newsletter. He’s also written two books on the... Read more
September 15, 2021
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Branka Urosevic has worked in support of seniors in one capacity or another for different providers for nearly 20 years, but when she joined Schlegel Villages, her love of seniors was able to flourish in ways it hadn’t in her previous roles. Branka and friends in the days before COVID during a... Read more
September 8, 2021
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Ross and Elizabeth Skippon carry with them the meticulous sense of organization that comes with decades of experience in business. Together they ran a successful medical supply company and, until recently, Ross continued to support the business from the financial side when his son took over, though... Read more
September 2, 2021
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Staci Wale is a neighbourhood coordinator at The Village of Taunton Mills in Whitby. We thank her for sharing her story of how vaccine doubt and hesitancy was transformed to conviction. Misinformation made her question her ability to become a mother if she took the vaccine and today, she's carrying... Read more
