With vital donor funding, the QEII Foundation continues to support patient and family needs through Comfort & Care grants, gift cards for immediate personal necessities through the QEII Patient Essentials program, and the education of tomorrow’s healthcare professionals through the Diversity in Health Care Bursary program.

One example of this support is a new six-foot-tall anatomical skeleton, funded with a QEII Foundation Comfort & Care grant, that is helping physiotherapists in their work with orthopaedic geriatric patients.

The life-sized skeleton, with its 206 moveable bones, spinal nerves and intervertebral discs, stands on a rolling base, making it easy to move around the rehabilitation gym at the QEII’s Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building. This visual asset prompts patients to ask questions and builds rapport and trust as physiotherapists support patients in their rehabilitation.