Ground breaking for the new Providence Manor is tentatively scheduled for April 2022. The Y childcare centre will be located on the main level of the new long-term care home. Providence Care and the YMCA of Eastern Ontario are teaming up to bring seniors and children together under...

https://youtu.be/7Mh6q5FqwhE   For more than a decade, students with Canta Arya School for Strings have been performing for residents at Providence Manor. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school would host as many as 20 concerts a year at the long-term care home. “It...

Lucille Langevin and Kevan Yuck are two of the 31 veterans who now call Providence Manor home. When Kevan Yuck first stepped into the Veterans’ Lounge at Providence Manor six years ago, he says he was blown away. “I was overcome with emotion,” smiled Yuck, who lives in the...

The University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) announces BMO Financial Group’s pledge of $1 million, over ten years, which will support redevelopment projects at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site and Providence Care’s...

The Knights of Columbus raised a whopping $14,000 for the Providence Manor redevelopment project, during its charity golf tournament in June. It was the perfect day to hit the greens for the 7th Annual Knights of Columbus Charity Golf Tournament, hosted by the St. Paul the Apostle...

Connie Cordeiro is celebrating 44 years with Providence Manor, but the RPN started working with the elderly when she was only 5-years-old. When Connie Cordeiro was 5-years-old she began feeding residents at Providence Manor. It was 1961, and her family lived a few doors down on...

Bill Hunter and his ‘pawtner’ Guinness have been volunteering with the Pet Therapy Program at Providence Care Hospital and Providence Manor for a year a half.   Every volunteer at Providence Care has their own reason why they give back. “Anytime you can bring joy to a...

Bob Boles has been serving up double doubles and zingers at The Coffee Shop at Providence Manor for 10 years.   He may not be a professional comedian, but Bob Boles knows how to tell a joke. And if you’re looking for a laugh, look no further than The Coffee Shop at...

Dr. Barber and Medical Residents at Providence Manor For nearly a decade, Queen’s Family Medicine has partnered with Providence Care’s long-term care home, Providence Manor, to offer an innovative medical residency program. “We have about 50 new medical residents coming in every...

Providence Manor is the first long-term care home to offer virtual reality for its residents.   Imagine starting your day off at a café in Rome, spending your afternoon snorkeling along the Great Barrier Reef and taking a quick trip to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower at night,...

When a person is diagnosed with a physical disability, dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, it not only impacts them but also their loved ones. Many times family members step up and become caregivers. But it can be difficult to balance being a caregiver with daily...

When Grace Cecile Teresa McGibbon moved into Providence Manor she signed up for the Resident Life Story Project.   If you’ve ever walked down the halls of Providence Manor you may have noticed little biographies hanging outside some residents’ rooms. At first glance...

Emergency preparedness is a top priority at Providence Care, that's why at least once a month, fire drills are held at Providence Care Hospital and Providence Manor.   At least once a month you’ll hear ‘Code Red’ plus a location, over the public address system at...