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
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Setting a new benchmark for long-term care
New Comox, BC care village will give residents freedom to choose, move and connect. June 14, 2022 - A new kind of long-term care is coming to Comox and none too soon for the residents and families who are watching Providence [...]
