PROVIDENCE LIVING
Redefining Seniors’ Care
We are a faith-based non-profit health care organization established by Providence Health Care in 2017 to redefine our collective expectation of seniors’ care in British Columbia.
Providence Living was formed from a deep desire to completely rethink and reimagine the experience of seniors and others in need of care, replacing care homes with genuine communities.
Providence Living respectfully acknowledges that we provide services on the unceded traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and K’omoks nations.
ANSWERING THE CALL
Our History
More than a century ago there was a profound need for health care in Western Canada. A few answered the call, including six orders of Catholic Sisters from other parts of Canada.
Upon arriving here, they found that the need was greatest among the marginalized — racialized communities, people in poverty, people with disabilities and those unable to care for themselves. The Sisters knew that if they didn’t care for those most in need, no one would.
Today, our growing population of seniors requires our attention. While many seniors are independent and healthy, many others are in need of support. That’s why Providence Health Care, the organization founded by some of these remarkable pioneering Sisters, identified the need to create a new organization that focused solely on seniors’ care.
And, thus, Providence Living was born. Our modern-day mission is to redefine seniors care in BC.
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Latest News
Canada’s First Public Long-term Care Home Based on the Concepts of a Dementia Village Welcomes Inaugural Residents in Emotional Move-in Day
In a historic moment for seniors care in Canada, Providence Living at The Views, the nation’s first public long-term care home based on the concepts of a dementia village, welcomed its inaugural residents on July 8, 2024. The state-of-the-art care home village [...]
Canada’s First Public Long-Term Care Home Based on the Concepts of a Dementia Village Opens Its Doors to BC Seniors
Canada’s first ever public long-term care home based on the concepts of a dementia village opened its doors today in Comox on Vancouver Island. A partnership between Providence Living, the province and Island Health with funding also from St. Paul’s Foundation and [...]
Renowned Canadian Artist Donates Life’s Work to Support Expansion of New Long-Term Care Model for Seniors With and Without Dementia
Judi Wild, a renowned and respected Canadian artist whose husband is currently receiving transformative long-term care for his vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, is donating all proceeds from her art sales to help other BC seniors have access to the same progressive [...]
Made-In-BC Care Model Inspired by Concepts of a Dementia Village Will Be Adopted by New Prince George Long-Term Care Home
Since last November’s Ministry of Health announcement about a new, 200-bed long-term care village coming to Prince George, the approximately 16 per cent of Prince George residents who are 65 and older may be asking themselves: what will life be like [...]
Providence Living Virtual Hiring Fair – Care Team
SAVE THE DATE Join Us on April 25 and 26 for our Virtual Care Team Hiring Fair! Want to learn more about RN, LPN, and Health Care Assistant opportunities at Providence Living at The Views? Join us for [...]
Research on New Seniors Village to Happen in Real Time
A research evaluation of Canada’s first public, non-profit long-term care village based on the concept of a dementia village will demonstrate the impact of an innovative new model of care on residents’ quality of life, staff care practice, and [...]
