Providence Care Hospital
Providence Care is Southeastern Ontario’s leading provider of specialized care in aging, mental health and rehabilitation.
Continuing the legacy of our Founders, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Providence Care consists of Providence Care Hospital, Providence Transitional Care Centre and Providence Manor long-term care home, as well as community sites across the region.
Program Description:
The inpatient Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program at Providence Care Hospital serves adults who have experienced a spinal cord injury (SCI)/disease either due to a traumatic injury or non-traumatic condition. The program offers both high and low intensity rehabilitation to patients admitted from Kingston, Belleville, Brockville and surrounding areas.
The unit serves approximately 50 inpatients/year. Patients are served by a multidisciplinary team consisting of physiatrists, hospitalists, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and assistants, social worker, pharmacist, behavioural technologist, dietitian, speech-language pathologist and spiritual health practitioners.
Co-ordination of community services upon discharge is also provided. Some patients continue their therapy program in the outpatient programs offered in our Rehabilitation Therapy Centre. While involved in the inpatient and outpatient programming, patients may also participate in our hydrotherapy programs.
Implementation in Action
Consortium Team Members
Site Leads
Patti Harvey – Director
Dr. Sussan Askari – Physiatrist
Dr. Karen Smith – Physiatrist (former)
Implementation & Evaluation Specialists (IES)
Tracy Down– Professional Practice Lead, PT
Site Implementation Team
Kate Morris – Program Manager
Nicole Ball – Charge Nurse
Crystal Clark – Education Facilitator
Alysa Lafleur – Education Facilitator
Kate Andrusko– Occupational Therapist (primary)
Teresa Broers – Occupational Therapist (back-up)
Nancy Louwagie – Physiotherapist (primary)
Andrew Puckrin – Physiotherapist (back-up)
Nicole Leonarduzzi – OTA/PTA
Danica Ivimey – OTA/PTA
Paula Downie – OTA/PTA
Julie-Ann Murray OTA/PTA
Lindsay Lajoie OTA/PTA
Mckae Kutanzi – SLP interim
Maciej Zaborowski – Spiritual Health Practitioner
Meghan Redfearn (ne Herrington) – Behavioural Technologist
Heather Brown – Behavioural Technologist
June Fransblow – Dietitian
Darlington Etumni – Pharmacist
Joanne Jones – CCRS/Nurse Coordinator
Jolene Heil – Advance Practice Nurse Wound Care
Leila Malone - Social Worker (discharge planning role)
Wilma Shatraw – Nurse
Sherry Gowdy – Nurse
Jana Roth – Performance Indicator Specialist - Decision Support
Bryce Donald – Community Partner - Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
Andrea Andrecyk – Community Partner - Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
Kayla Gauley – Speech Language Pathologist (on leave)