Every Friday, twenty printed copies of your regional edition arrive at your facility. Eight pages of large-print stories, local history, puzzles, and conversation starters, ready to hand out.
Free printed sample, shipped to your facility. No cost, no commitment.
Download sample PDF Prairie Weekly · 8 pages · large print
No printing, collating, or stapling. Twenty copies arrive every Friday, ready to hand out.
Large-print body type, generous spacing, high-contrast on warm paper. Built for reading, not for show.
Three regional editions across Western Canada with the towns, weather, work, and small details they remember.
Every issue follows a familiar rhythm so your residents always know what to look forward to.
Three short pieces tied to your residents' region, events they lived through, people and places they knew.
A full-page nostalgia story written at a comfortable reading level, dignified, never patronizing.
Oversized crossword and word search with regional themes. Answer keys provided separately for staff.
Questions and prompts staff can use to spark group sessions and shared memories among residents.
From party-line telephones to smartphones, wood stoves to microwaves, a gentle, familiar look back.
Hit songs, favourite products, period advertisements, and brands they grew up with: Coca-Cola, Eaton's, and the jingles they still hum.
Public domain poetry from Robert Service, Pauline Johnson, and other voices of the west.
Weekly themes and prompts for recreation programming, one-on-one visits, and group activities.
Melisa Crandlemire, co-founder of Hearth & Home Post, is a former Registered Nurse with a BScN with Honors from UBC. She practiced at Vancouver General Hospital in bone-marrow transplant and leukemia care, working every day with patients facing serious illness and their families.
She reviews every issue before it ships: for dignity, for reading comfort, and for suitability for residents living with dementia. If a story, puzzle, or prompt would not work in a real care home, it does not go to print.
Choose the regional edition for your home. Each subscription includes 20 printed copies delivered every Friday. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
Wheat fields, Chinook winds, oil-patch towns, family farms, and the long highways that tie the prairies together.
Fishing villages, ferry runs, rainforest valleys, and the working harbours that built the BC coast.
Orchard towns, mountain passes, ranch country, and the small communities of the Okanagan and Kootenays.
Subscribe from the card above that matches where your residents grew up. One regional edition per care home.
Your 20-pack arrives by Canada Post, ready to hand out. Answer keys for puzzles are included each week. Month-to-month billing. Cancel anytime.
Larger homes can order a 40-pack for $279/month. Same regional edition, twice the copies.
A 20-pack works out to about $2.65 per reading resident per week, less than most single activity supplies. Prices in Canadian dollars. Taxes extra where applicable.
Pick the regional edition that fits your home and click Subscribe on the card above. Setup takes about three minutes.
Printed copies ship to your facility by Canada Post each week, ready to hand out. No prep required.
Distribute at lunch, after activities, or wherever your residents gather. Use the conversation prompts for group sessions.
Care homes, retirement residences, and assisted-living communities across Western Canada. Most homes receive printed copies every Friday and hand them out at meals or during recreation programming.
Each weekly issue is written by our editorial team and reviewed before publication. Content is regionally tailored, dignified, and avoids distressing or partisan material.
Printed copies arrive at your facility every Friday by Canada Post. Staff hand them out. No printing, collating, or stapling required.
You subscribe to the edition for your region: Prairie Weekly, Coastal Weekly, or Interior Weekly. Each plan includes 20 printed copies of that edition every week.
Yes. Subscriptions are month-to-month. Cancel from your account dashboard or by emailing us.
Yes. Grids are oversized, clues use general knowledge rather than wordplay, and themes are regional and familiar. Answer keys are provided separately.
Yes. Our co-founder Melisa Crandlemire is a former Registered Nurse (BScN, UBC) who practiced at Vancouver General Hospital, and she reviews every issue for suitability before it ships. Content is dignified and familiar, avoids distressing material, and the reminiscence prompts are written to work well in memory care programming. Many homes use the paper one-on-one with residents living with dementia.
We print and mail every Friday by Canada Post. Most facilities in Western Canada receive their copies within 2 to 4 business days. Your delivery day stays consistent from week to week.
Yes. Request a free printed sample pack and we will ship your region's edition to your facility at no cost, with no commitment. One sample pack per facility. You can also download a sample PDF to preview an issue right away.
Start with a free printed sample pack, or choose your regional edition and subscribe from $159/month. No long-term contract.
