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Darcy Shenfield, Educator at The Good Samaritan Society, was the 2015 recipient of this award from Norquest College and is featured in the Winter 2015 Care Magazine which is published by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta. Darcy is a 27 year employee currently working as an Educator and her passion is in....

The Good Samaritan Society’s very own Erin Bampton, Director of Quality Improvement, has been published in the Preventative Medicine Reports. Her study helps gain a better understanding of the associations of health-related quality of life and psychosocial factors (e.g. satisfaction with life, level of self-esteem, anxiety, depression) with resistance training and sedentary behavior. For more....

  Penny celebrates her 103rd birthday at Village by the Station in Penticton, BC. Check out this video on YouTube. We wish her the loveliest of birthdays!

The Good Samaritan Society is currently soliciting proposals from licensed public accounting firms to provide external audit services for a 5 year term, with the possibility of extending by 2 additional 1 year options. The term will begin with the annual audit for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. This is subject to the....

Since the Long Term Care Family Experience Survey was conducted by the Health Quality Council of Alberta, The Good Samaritan Society (GSS) has made significant improvements in many of the areas that are highlighted in your story. On October 16, 2014, I wrote to Alberta Health Services (AHS) expressing my concerns with historical funding shortfalls....

A huge shout out to all of sponsors and golfers that came out to the 23rd annual Servus Spirit of Caring Golf Classic! It was another very successful fundraiser for The Good Samaritan Society with a record number of registered golfers, 209, and we  have surpassed our goal of $100,000. We could not have done it without your....

Since 1987 Good Samaritan TeleCare® has been changing lives when they identified a need to assist seniors in their own homes.  We began with a focus on personal emergency response and have evolved into total home monitoring and safety support. Good Samaritan TeleCare® is a 24 hour emergency response service available at the touch of a....

The Board of Directors of The Good Samaritan Society are pleased to announce that they have completed the search for the new President and CEO.  On June 1, 2013, Shawn Terlson will be joining The Society as the new leader of the organization.