Our Stories

While officially, Seniors Month comes around once a year, for us at Sienna, every month is seniors’ month! Over the last year-and-a-half, our teams have done an amazing job adapting programs to help keep residents active, engaged and entertained.

Each month, we’re pausing to recognize some of the outstanding team members who work with us. Thank you for the work you do each day. You are all truly heroes.

Each month, we’re pausing to recognize some of the outstanding team members who work with us. Thank you for the work you do each day. You are all truly heroes.

In an inspiring show of unity, residents and team members at Mayfair Terrace Retirement Residence in Port Coquitlam, BC created care packages for the residents and team at a retirement residence in Burnaby, BC.

There are more than 3.3 million caregivers in Ontario who play a critical role in the delivery of physical, emotional or spiritual support to a family member or friend – Tami Calvert, is one of those special people. Tami’s father is a resident at Rockcliffe Care Community in Scarborough. During the first wave of the pandemic, Tami said, “knowing he was in such good hands was a relief.”

Each month, we’re pausing to recognize some of the outstanding team members who work with us. Thank you for the work you do each day. You are all truly heroes.

10,787 steps — one for each person living with dementia in the Niagara region. To honour the people living with dementia in their community, residents and team members at Lincoln Park Retirement Residence in Grimsby, ON, took 10,787 steps, and raised $4,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Niagara.

*Photos in this post were taken between 2016 and the present. Photos not following proper PPE and infection control protocols were taken prior to the pandemic.

Before the pandemic, pickle parties, carnivals, impromptu kayaking trips, and themed celebrations were a part of every-day life at Peninsula Retirement Residence in Surrey, BC. Even now, with the world in lockdown, Diane Toth does everything she can to bring imaginative and inspiring programs to the residents.

Each month, we’re pausing to recognize some of the outstanding team members who work with us. Thank you for the work you do each day. You are all truly heroes.

Eric Mackenzie always knew he wanted to play baseball. “I always wanted to play baseball,” Eric Mackenzie said. He was born in Glendon, Alberta in 1932 and grew up on the farm. From a young age, he knew that the farming life was not for him, but it was all Glendon really had to offer. So he set his eyes on a seemingly impossible dream: Baseball.

Born in December 1917, Ruth Wilson came into the world after a very long car ride from Sudbury, ON, to Toronto. The over four-hour drive was insisted upon by Ruth’s mother, who was nervous of giving birth in the then rural town.

An overwhelming enthusiasm for life is a strong indication for longevity, according to the centenarians living at Sienna Senior Living’s 87 residences and communities. From riding in the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike for Heart at 107, taking part in a virtual world-wide cycling tour at 101, to finding love at 100, these centenarians prove that life in your 100s can be just as full as life in your 20s — maybe more so.

Happy New Year! The residences and care communities of Sienna rang in the new year with sweet treats, bubbly, and by sharing their hopes for what 2021 will bring. We hope the new year brings you and your families good health, joy, and prosperity!