Providence Manor
1990 marked the official opening of a renewed and enlarged Providence Manor. On August 27, 1991, the Providence Continuing Care Centre (PCCC) was formed in order to facilitate relations between St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital and Providence Manor, since both were under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. In 1996, PCCC expanded to include the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Brockville.
St. Mary's of the Lake
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St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital, Taken After the Opening of the Gibson Wing, ca. 1974. Providence Care Picture Collection. V.20-SMOL, Providence Care Archives.
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In the 1980s, the Sisters of Providence began to implement community outreach programs. In 1984 the Sisters made a request to the Ministry of Health to approve the construction of a facility at St Mary’s that would accommodate 260 people instead of 200. Despite government cutbacks in the mid-80s, the Ministry of Health managed to approve a 4.7 million dollar budget for St. Mary’s of the Lake’s 3 to 5 year building project.
In 1984, Agnew Peckham and Associates completed Phase 1 of the planned expansion of St. Mary’s and presented it to the Ministry of Health. In 1988, St. Mary’s successfully reached the funding goal of 3.5 million dollars for the proposed expansion. The 1990s marked the first meeting of the Catholic Mission Effectiveness Committee and St. Mary’s of the Lake began providing care for former Ongwanada patients.
Mental Health Services
In March of 2001, after years of planning, the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital was divested from the province and placed under the authority of the Providence Continuing Care Centre’s Governing Board, joining St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital and Providence Manor. The former psychiatric hospital’s name was changed to Mental Health Services.
Providence Care
In 2006 the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul transferred the sponsorship of PCCC to the Catholic Health Corporation of Ontario Also in 2006 the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Brockville was transferred to the Brockville General Hospital and Providence Continuing Care Centre changed its name to Providence Care.
Today, plans are underway to build a new hospital site near the current location of Mental Health Services. The new facility will replace the aging buildings at MHS and St. Mary’s of the Lake. Inpatient units will be designed with dignity, privacy and accessibility in mind.
Providence Care continues to be a leader in specialized care, in the areas of mental health, geriatric medicine, complex continuing care, palliative care, long-term care and rehabilitation. Our reputation as a compassionate health care provider is based on a strong history of enhancing the quality of life for those we serve.
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