Photo submitted by:edenhealthcare.ca

The importance of connecting with loved ones has not changed. However, our ability to connect, and still follow public health orders has. Eden Mental Health Centre has finalized a way to safely allow  those spending extended stays at the facility, to connect with their families, through something called a "Visitor Pod". 

Karma Sheppard, Program Director with Eden Mental Health Centre joined us for a conversation about the completed project at Winkler's Eden Mental Health Centre (EMHC).

This is a great idea for those receiving extended care:

It's no secret that a visit with our loved ones is crucial to our mental state:

So how does the Visitor Pod work?

Because EMHC is not a long-term care facility, it didn’t qualify for a provincially provided pod, so they had to find a way to do this on their own. It was made possible due to the generosity of community members and businesses:

The pod will still be useful post-covid:

And courtesy of edenhealthcare.ca, here's a tour of the latest addition: