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Providence Living grows and expands into housing services
December asset transfer results in two new care villages on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Providence Living, a non-profit society focused on meeting the needs of vulnerable people, is bringing its unique brand of caring to Vancouver in full cooperation with the City Centre Care Society (CCCS). Operations and assets were [...]
New name for Comox care village keeps past alive
Providence Living at The Views will retain the community’s connection to history January 23, 2023 - What’s in a name? In the case of The Views at St. Joseph’s, Providence Living’s care village in Comox, BC, there’s a lot. Located of the grounds of the former community hospital, the [...]
Bringing resident choice to long-term care
Project will be tested in real time at two care villages January 10, 2023 - Providence Living is on a mission to transform seniors care into something that truly feels like home. Providence Living, in partnership with Providence Health Care, is redesigning seniors’ care in an initiative called Home for [...]
Providence Living appoints new President and CEO
Mark Blandford will apply his deep knowledge of long-term care to reinvent the system from the inside out. December 2, 2022 - Providence Living’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Mark Blandford has accepted the role as Providence Living’s new President and CEO. Mark has held senior [...]
Encouraging the “re-humanization” of long-term care
The Dutch philosophy will sit at the heart of new Home for Us care model October 28, 2022 - The Dutch care neighbourhood of De Hogeweyk in Weesp, Netherlands, has become a beacon for how seniors can live their final years, regardless of physical or psychological challenges. Here, seniors continue [...]
Canada’s second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
A message from Harmony Johnson, Vice President, Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation Today Canada marks the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. September 30th has been observed as Orange Shirt Day since 2013, and will continue to be a time to commemorate the history of residential schools in Canada, and [...]