Presentation Manor retirement home endures pandemic with strong community April 9, 2021
The day Presentation Manor went into lockdown for COVID-19 was Charles Hendrick’s birthday, but he wasn’t there to celebrate. He had died the previous October of pancreatic cancer.
Just before he died, Charles and his wife Anne had moved into Presentation Manor a Scarborough retirement home founded by almost two dozen religious orders whose older members are the founding residents, living together in a community of communities with lay people such as the Hendricks.
Charles got his cancer diagnosis in July of 2019. He wanted Anne settled before he had to go. They sold their house a few blocks away, tied up loose ends and moved into Presentation Manor together four days before Charles had to be transferred to hospital.