Hillside Pines Home for Special Care

03/05/2026

There’s a lot of hootin’ and hollerin’ coming from the billiards room this afternoon… must be Men’s Club in full swing featuring Dan Hennessey 🎱

03/04/2026

Our seeds are officially started 🌱

The hot house is feeling like a sunny getaway these days! Growth is underway — stay tuned

03/03/2026

Storytime with Virginia 📚

We love seeing family members step in and share their gifts with our community.

Thank you, Virginia, for bringing stories (and smiles!) to every Thursday evening 😊

02/27/2026

Congratulations Charity!

We are so excited to see what you and Sylvia create 🎨

Congratulations to all the pitchers at our first $1000 no-strings-attached giveaway of 2026! And to the winner -- Charity Zwicker who will use the funding for "A Guided Mural Experience for Our Home" -- an art installation at Hillside Pines nursing home. Our next giveaway is at the end of April. Submit a pitch for your awesome idea at www.awesomesouthshore.ca by April 15th and you could the South Shore's next thousandaire!!!

02/26/2026

Potato prep for dinner 🥔

02/25/2026

This afternoon we had the opportunity to armchair travel to Pennsylvania so Katie could share her learning experience with us.

We’re incredibly excited to have a Certified Eden Educator at our home!

Stay tuned to see how we’ll continue growing our philosophy of care 🌱 The Eden Alternative

02/23/2026

We are super excited to be apart of this intergenerational initiative! 😊

Young creators in Lunenburg County are taking their podcast mics into Bridgewater nursing homes to spark engaging intergenerational conversations. Thanks to a $1,600 wellness grant, YMCA youth (ages 13–18) are spending one night a week chatting with residents at Hillside Pines and Shannex.

The idea is to capture stories of wisdom and even some unexpected moments of connection for Season 3 of their Through the Generations podcasts.

“Both groups kind of feel society puts limits on them and this project lets them push past those labels together.”

Read the full story here: https://www.nshealth.ca/news-and-notices/ymca-teens-start-nursing-home-podcast-series



📸 Photo of Lunenburg County YMCA youth pictured during one of their earlier podcast sessions.

[YMCA Lunenburg County]

02/23/2026

Attention Hillside Pines Family & Friends:

Our ice skating outing for this morning has been CANCELED due to the developing snow storm ❄️

We will reschedule for a later date!

02/22/2026

What a game! 🏒 🇨🇦

Win or lose, we’re proud to stand behind Team Canada. That’s hockey. That’s heart. That’s Canada.

02/20/2026

Seaman’s Supersititions with Avery from Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic!

02/19/2026

Cheering on Canada in the gold medal womens hockey game! 🇨🇦