Top marks for top care – Inpatient Rehab team at St. Mary’s scores 100% for “Overall Quality of Care and Services” in a provincial survey of patients and families
Sept. 27, 2011 – KINGSTON: Providence Care is once again celebrating the dedication and compassion of its frontline health care staff. In a recent survey of former patients and family members of the Inpatient Rehabilitation program at St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital, Providence Care received a 100% satisfaction score for “Overall Quality of Care and Services.” 

A call to the community: Share your photos, letters and memorabilia items related to Providence Care from the last 150 years
July 5, 2011 - Providence Care is calling for the Kingston community to share their photos, letters and memorabilia items related to Providence Care from the last 150 years – it can be as recent as yesterday or from decades ago.

Participants can choose to donate their items, which will have a great home in Providence Care’s Archives Department. Or they may simply lend the item for scanning or photographing. Additionally, Providence Care will need to receive formal consent through the signing of a “Deed of Gift” or a “Consent to Publish” in order to share, use and publish the submissions on our official website (www.providencecare.ca), as well as our Facebook and Flickr accounts. 

To submit an item, please e-mail info@providencecare.ca. This project will run until the fall of 2011. 

There's no place like our Home: Kingston's Providence Manor top-ranked long-term care home in Ontario
May 4, 2011 –  Providence Manor is a provincial leader in long-term care after scoring above the Ontario average in its most recent Resident Satisfaction Survey conducted by NRC Picker. Respondents who participated in the November 2010 independent survey ranked Providence Manor as the “High Performer” in Ontario for overall quality of care/services; activities; medical care/treatment; and all categories combined. Providence Manor’s scores in these categories were higher than the scores of other participating long-term care/complex continuing care organizations.

Providence Care staff support CFB Kingston effort to cycle distance to Kandahar
April 27, 2011 – For the second year in a row Providence Care staff are preparing to get on their bikes to support a Canadian Forces Base Kingston fundraiser. The Kingston 2 Kandahar (K2K) 24-Hour Spin-A-Thon takes place June 4-5 at the K-Rock Centre, and is open to public participation. A portion of the funds raised will support physical medicine and rehabilitation programs at the new Providence Care Hospital, which will be built at King Street West. 

Providence Care makes public commitment to quality improvement in health care
March 31, 2011 - Providence Care is joining health care providers across Ontario this week in a public commitment to quality improvement. New information about patient safety, care and satisfaction is now accessible on the organization’s website, and Providence Care’s senior leadership team has tied a portion of their annual salaries to meeting key indicators. 
 
Providence Care Hospital receives "go-ahead" from province
March 26, 2011 - Providence Care is celebrating news that the Ontario government has approved plans to build a new hospital, to replace the aging Mental Health Services and St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital facilities. MPP for Kingston & the Islands John Gerretsen made the announcement this evening (Saturday) at the annual Providence Care Founders’ Dinner.
 
Providence Care celebrates 150 years through historic photo exhibit
March 21, 2011 - Early photographs of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul caring for sick patients in the House of Providence, and others of the first graduates of a mental health nursing school in Ontario are among the dozens of pictures in a new photo exhibit being launched this weekend. →NEWS RELEASE
 
Celebrating a decade of collaborative care, strong commitment to clients: Providence celebrates 10 years of mental health programs
March 7, 2011 - Providence Care is marking the 10-year anniversary of providing long-term, specialty mental health care to residents of southeastern Ontario. The change in leadership of what was formerly a provincially-run psychiatric hospital to Providence Care occurred officially at midnight on March 5th, 2001. 

New data on hospital website shows patients pleased with Providence Care experience
March 1, 2011 - A consumer-oriented website is helping residents in southeastern Ontario learn more about how their local area hospitals are performing.  The site, myhospitalcare.ca, is posting new ‘Patient Experience’ indicators and data, giving Ontarians an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about how their local hospitals are performing by location, type of care, indicator, or hospital name. 

Providence Care rolls out ePatient Record
February 7, 2011 - Providence Care is beginning a transformation which will result in all patient, client and resident care records being made electronic. The shift from paper?based care records to an “ePatient Record” will mean better and safer care for the thousands of people receiving services at Providence Care's hospital, mental health, community and long?term care sites. 

Research shows collaboration can lead to improved health outcomes in long-term care homes
October 6, 2010 - New research led by the Centre for Studies in Aging & Health at Providence Care in Kingston shows the impact of collaboration can lead to improved health outcomes for elderly residents in long-term care (LTC) homes.

Volunteers donate $250,000 to patient care and redevelopment at Providence Care
September 14, 2010 - Providence Care and the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation are celebrating today with the announcement of a $250,000 pledge from volunteers at St. Mary's of the Lake Hospital and Mental Health Services.