New assisted living
site for seniors opens in Vancouver
By Laureen McMahon
Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, and Coadjutor Archbishop J.
Michael Miller, CSB, were among the special guests on the morning of
Oct. 27 for the opening of Providence Health Care's new Honoria
Conway Residence, a four-storey assisted-living residence with space
for 60 seniors and eight adults with disabilities. It sits on the
site of the former St. Vincent's Hospital on 33rd Avenue, a block
east of Cambie Street, in Vancouver.
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Special to The B.C.
Catholic
Dignitaries help cut the ribbon
for the opening of Honoria Conway Residence: Dianne Doyle,
Providence Health Care President & CEO; Hon. Rich Coleman,
Minister of Housing and Social Development; Archbishops
Raymond Roussin and Michael Miller; Lynn Buhler, Vancouver
Coastal Health; Sister Sandra Barrett, Sisters of Charity
Leader; Jeryl Taylor, a resident; Mayor Sam Sullivan. |
The facility is named for Sister Honoria Conway, a
religious of Welsh-Irish descent who founded the Sisters of Charity
of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 in St. John, N.B.
Mayor Sam Sullivan represented the city of Vancouver, and the Hon.
Rich Coleman, the B.C. Housing and Social Development Minister, was
on hand on behalf of the province for the ceremonial blessing by
Archbishop Roussin.
Honoria Conway Residence stands on land owned by Catholic Charities,
which is the trustee of the legacy of the Sisters of Charity of the
Immaculate Conception. Catholic Charities gave permission to
Providence Health Care to build on the property, which is valued at
more than $5 million.
The housing units are the first component of a redevelopment plan
for the 7.5-acre former St. Vincent's site, making it a new "campus
of care," a model for the care of seniors, with a range of levels of
services to enable seniors to say in their homes longer.
The total capital cost of the development is $18.9 million, with the
province providing $12.4 million in the form of a mortgage through
Independent Living B.C. in addition to housing subsidies of $17.8
million over 35 years.
Vancouver Coastal Health will give $1.1 million annually for
personal care and hospitality services for the 68 units, while the
Tapestry Foundation for Health Care has provided a $1.5 million
grant for the new housing development. Tapestry is a new foundation
that brings together three organizations with a long history of
support for health care in Vancouver: St. Vincent's, Holy Family,
and Mount Saint Joseph Hospital Foundations.
Honoria Conway Residence has now been added to the roster of
Providence Health Care facilities, which include St. Paul's, Mount
Saint Joseph's, Holy Family, and St. Vincent's Hospitals (Brock
Fahrni Pavilion and Langara); Youville Residence; Marion Hospice;
and community dialysis clinics in Vancouver, North Vancouver,
Richmond, Sechelt, Squamish, and Powell River.
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