Providence Care is one of the three university hospitals in Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

, Ontario

Ontario

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 affiliated with Queen’s University. Providence Care is a not-for-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and sponsored by the Catholic Health Corporation of Ontario.

Providence Care specializes in rehabilitation, geriatric care, complex continuing care, specialized mental health care, palliative care, and long-term care. Being affiliated with Queen’s University, it is a major centre for teaching and research.

History

Providence Care was founded in 1861 by the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul

Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul

The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul are a congregation of Roman Catholic religious sisters with their motherhouse in Kingston, Ontario. On December 13, 1861, the Sisters of Charity from Montreal sent sisters to Kingston to begin a new religious congregation at the request of the bishop...

to meet the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of its patients with respect, dignity and compassion.

The centre has three sites. The budget and range of programs and services are a result of government-directed hospital restructuring that consolidated rehabilitation programs, specialized mental health services, and forensics at the Providence Care Corporation.

Providence Manor

Providence Manor (44°14′07"N 076°29′10"W) is a 243-bed long-term care home, located in downtown Kingston. It is where, in 1861, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul first began their mission. Providence Manor has a secure Alzheimer unit and two beds for short, respite stays. The Hildegarde Centre and Adult Day Away program provide a variety of recreational, physical, social and spiritual activities in a structured setting, offering respite to clients and their caregivers.

Mental Health Services

Providence Care's Mental Health Services site (44°13′21"N 076°30′22"W) is a 198-bed facility that provides specialized services to adults in southeastern Ontario with serious mental illness. Providence Care Mental Health Services is a teaching hospital, providing treatment through three clinical program areas: Adult Treatment and Rehabilitation, Geriatric Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry.

St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital

St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital (44°13′31"N 076°30′23"W) provides non-acute health care for people living in southeastern Ontario. Established in 1946, it is a teaching hospital specializing in rehabilitation, specialized geriatric services, complex continuing care and palliative care. The hospital has 144 beds: 72 complex continuing care, 6 palliative care, 46 rehabilitation, 16 geriatric medicine, and 4 respite care beds.

Services

• Rehabilitation
  Physical medicine and rehabilitation
  Physical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...
  
  
• Palliative care
  Palliative care
  Palliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...
  
  
• Complex continuing care
  Continuing care
  A continuing care community, also known as a life-care community, is a type of retirement community where a number of aging care needs, from assisted living, independent living and nursing home care, may all be met in a single residence, whether in an apartment in a congregate housing facility, a...
  
  
• Specialized mental health services
  Mental health
  Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
  
   (Adult Treatment and Rehabilitation)
• Geriatric Psychiatry
  Psychiatry
  Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
  
   & Forensic Psychiatry
  Psychiatry
  Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
  
  
• Long term care
• Geriatric medicine programs.