My name is Brad*, and this is my story. It probably starts out a lot like yours. I was born into an average family in an…
Posts Categorized: Clients
Mark asks you to choose compassion over stigma
Casey House gave me back my life. Stigma-free care validated me. I was given health care without judgement, respite with full-time specialized treatment that isn’t available…
Mar: I never should have been at risk for HIV
“Casey House gave me life and hope, important things to me. Casey House took care of me better than my parents.” A newcomer to Canada, Mar’s…
Sam: Acquiring HIV in your sixties
At Casey House, he was able to build up his strength, thanks to great food, physiotherapy and constant attention, “the mothering without the mother”, Sam calls…
Christine: the stigma of cultural prejudice against HIV
There are often tears while she’s on the massage table, but she values each appointment, “I can share, I can have somebody to talk to. I…
Rodney: Isolated and alone, but resilient
Although Rodney has lived with HIV for more than 35 years and has multiple health challenges, it wasn’t until he had a stroke a year and…
Lynn: You feel so much love in this house
You feel so much love in this house, it’s amazing. That heart out there doesn’t stand for nothing; it really is a warm, loving home. Lynn,…
Joy: A change can happen
“I want people to know that they saved my life, and they gave my son back his mother. I want other women to know that they…
Money can’t buy the care and love: Richard and Peter
Watch the Video >> “I’m grateful for the help that we get from Casey House, because now I can concentrate on staying alive. Without Casey House,…
Bringing health care to the family home: Women and HIV
I’m working with her to live in the present and value what she has accomplished; in this case, three healthy kids, a roof over their heads…