After a cancer diagnosis, Rose Bermanski was told she had a life expectancy of three months. She moved from her retirement home to the Shirley and Philip Granovsky Palliative Care Unit at Baycrest.

But instead of a further decline, her health began to improve after two or three weeks. Rose had survived four concentration camps in the Holocaust, including Auschwitz, and had a strong will to live, says her daughter, Karen Gluckstein.

She enjoyed every moment of her life in Baycrest.

“We had 2-1/2 years with her that we wouldn’t have had – and we really believe it’s because of the care at Baycrest,” Karen says.

To honour Rose, the family asked that donations in her memory be made to Baycrest.