Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: April 26, 2004
• Invested on: November 26, 2004

Suellen Beatty, M.S.M., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)

A passionate leader in the cause for improvement in long-term care, Suellen Beatty was instrumental in developing a $15 million project for Saskatoon’s Sherbrooke Community Centre, which now provides a better home-like quality of life for its residents. In 1995, breaking with tradition, she initiated the “village concept”, which groups together residents with similar needs, interests and culture. The innovative changes Mrs. Beatty has implemented have greatly contributed to reducing the monotony, loneliness and frustration that too often are the fate of those in long-term care.