Providence Care and Matthew Perry House partnering to bring unique substance use care to Kingston

This program provides compassionate care and focuses on maintaining patient's dignity.

Three organizations are teaming up to help patients in Kingston who are dealing with substance abuse.

Providence Care in Kingston, Matthew Perry House, and CAPSA will be providing services that they say is more compassionate and caring.

Regional Director of Community Mental Health Services at Providence Care, Gord Unsworth, says this is a different type of care than they are normally provide.

Unsworth says there is a great need for this type of care in the community and it was an opportunity for Providence Care to strengthen the overall needs of the community.

This model of care centres on dignity, meaningful relationships and the voices of people with lived and living experience of substance use. 

Unsworth says this eliminates any stigma associated with substance abuse.

Unsworth says more often than not a patient's dignity has been taken away during recovery and this new program puts a focus on maintaining their dignity.

He hopes by having this type of program in Kingston, they are able to help more people dealing with substance abuse.

The new programming is expected to be available at Providence Care starting in April of 2027.

Matthew Perry House is named after the late Canadian actor who died in 2023 at the age of 54. 

Story by Ken Hashizume