Providence Care is a major regional provider of rehabilitation medicine and therapies in Southeastern Ontario. Rehabilitation services span the full continuum of care - inpatient, outpatient, and community. Each person has an individualized program of rehabilitation carried out by an interdisciplinary team.

Rehabilitation services are based at the St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital site in Kingston. Providence Care staff also provide rehabilitation in acute-care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and community settings throughout the region. Consultation, liaison with hospitals, outreach, education and research are integral to the service. Specialized care for people recovering from physical illness, injury or disease.

Rehabilitation services are provided in collaboration with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University.

What is physical medicine and rehabilitation?

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is often called the quality of life profession because its aim is to restore optimal patient functioning. The focus is not on one part of the body but instead on the development of a comprehensive program for putting the pieces of a person's life back together - medically, socially, emotionally and vocationally after injury or disease.

Research and teaching

Providence Care and Queen's University are dedicated to rehabilitation research to meet the growing needs in Ontario. Areas of interest include stroke, amputee, brain injury, spinal cord injury, cognitive behavioural management of low back pain, cardiac, musculoskeletal, respiratory, and community-based rehabilitation. All clinical programs participate in undergraduate and graduate training of students from Canadian universities and colleges. For more information on research and teaching activities, please visit the Queen's University web sites for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and the School of Rehabilitation Therapy.