News Release Date: September 29, 2023 Providence Care continues to monitor the rising COVID-19 and respiratory illness prevalence rates.  On Sept. 19, 2023, the organization implemented masking measures in clinical areas and throughout our long-term-care home. As a tiered response,...

Social Worker, Kristen Beattie demonstrates what a session of accelerated resolution therapy looks like. 44-year-old Dawn Quelch is a criminal defense lawyer in Napanee and has an expansive 17-year-long career. She struggles with her mental health and has lived with a...

Providence Care, in collaboration with Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), is facilitating research that hopes to change the way patients receive care in their homes post-hip fracture. Senior Associate Researcher with Providence Care, Dr. Mohammad Auais...

Beau Conley has no recollection of the night he was involved in a serious, single motor vehicle collision in February 2018 when he was 27 years old. Beau was driving a friend’s car alone the night of the accident with no identification when he lost control and suffered life-threatening...

Amy Albertson is a member of Providence Manor’s Housekeeping and Laundry team and has been for the last three years. She calls the team the eyes and ears of the home. Amy enjoys interacting with the residents while she’s hard at work, taking the time to get to know everyone she...

Ryan Fitzgibbon is a professional photographer who just recently reignited his love for the craft. He’s now picking up a camera for the first time in more than 18 months thanks to Chris Miner, a Providence Care volunteer and photographer who runs the ‘Inner Lives’ photography...

Melissa Summers is a Personal Support Worker (PSW) with Providence Care working with the Mobile Response Team in Lanark, Leeds & Grenville. She is an invaluable resource in the community, assisting with assessment, behavioural care planning, and transitional support for residents...

In a classroom at one of Providence Care’s Community Programs buildings at 533 Montreal Street, Occupational Therapist and Recovery College Coordinator Ellie Lambert teaches a lesson about the thinking brain versus the feeling brain. She asks the class of about 10 people spanning...

Terrilyn McLaren works on her balance in the therapy gym with Registered Physiotherapist, Nancy Louwagie as part of the Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program. It has been six months since 34-year-old Terrilyn McLaren had a stroke while on a solo vacation in Vienna...

Dr. Felicia Iftene and Ms. Adriana Farcas and their team recently co-authored a publication in the journal “Frontiers in Psychiatry” to examine the role of befriending or one-on-one companionship in providing emotional support in people with schizophrenia. This publication reviewed...

Dr. Benjamin Ritsma and Dr. Nancy Dalgarno who are both Associate Researchers in Providence Care, were part of a team that co-authored a publication in the journal SSM - Qualitative Research in Health that highlighted the virtual care experience of non-physician clinicians. Clinicians who...

Resting-state EEG delta and alpha power predict response to cognitive behavioral therapy in depression: a Canadian biomarker integration network for depression study Dr. Roumen Milev and Dr. Claudio Soares recently co-authored a publication in “Scientific Reports”, a prestigious...

A two-week long art exhibit at Providence Care Hospital showcased a stunning display of various artwork that clients at Providence Care Hospital created with the assistance of Lisa Hewitt, who is a Direct Peer Support Worker with Peer Support South East Ontario. Through her unique art...

Pictured Left to Right: Mayor Bryan Paterson, Evelyn Maizen, Krista Wells Pearce, Sr. Francis O’Brien, Sr. Gayle Desarmia, Sr. Sandra Shannon, Sr. Diane Brennen, Michelle Podhy, Cathy Szabo, Laurie French. Second Row: Peter Kingston, Tom Zsolnay On Tuesday, June 20, after a...

David Hardie sits in his living room, strumming his guitar and sings a song he wrote himself, all about finding meaning and new opportunities within the struggle of life. When he was eight-years-old, he restrung his guitar and retaught himself how to play it left handed. This is just...

The lunch rush is through and Jeffery Smith is washing dishes inside the kitchen of Breaking Ground Café. Located within the YMCA on Wright Crescent in Kingston’s mid-town, Breaking Ground Café is one of several businesses run by Jobwell, a not-for-profit organization supported...

Once a month, health care professionals and community members invested in the health and wellness of our aging population, come together to plan and consider how to support, advocate for, and coordinate the regional programs and services designed to help aging adults thrive at home....

The next generation of health care professionals are gaining hands on experience through a unique partnership with St. Lawrence College. The “Living Classroom,” located at Providence Manor long-term care home, is an innovative educational experience that sees personal support worker...

Now that spring has officially sprung, Bryan Hewitt spends his days enjoying the fresh outdoors and rebuilding his strength following his stay at Providence Transitional Care Centre (PTCC) and experiencing very positive health outcomes resulting from the Providence Care Transitions Home...