Edmonton and Area
Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre
Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns), the Edmonton General was Edmonton’s first hospital. The General formed part of Caritas Health Group in 1992 and is now Edmonton’s largest continuing care facility, providing 24-hour care for residents, and sub-acute and palliative patients.
Stats: 1,092 staff and physicians; 420 volunteers; 502 beds (444 continuing care, 22 palliative, 20 sub-acute, 15 hemodialysis, 1 respite)
Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre
Grey Nuns Community Hospitals
Opened in 1988 by the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns), the hospital became a part of Caritas Health Group in 1992. The Grey Nuns offers a full spectrum of health care services to a diverse community in the city’s South East end, including 24-hour emergency, medicine, intensive care, surgery, mental health, women’s health and palliative care.
Stats: 3,873 staff and physicians, 425 volunteers; 347 acute care beds
Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Misericordia Community Hospital
Opened in 1900 downtown by the Misericordia Sisters, the hospital moved to the West end in 1969 and formed part of Caritas Health Group in 1992. Today it serves a diverse urban community, providing care in 24-hour emergency, medicine, intensive care, surgery, mental health, and women’s health.
Staff: 3,518 staff and physicians, 671 volunteers; 306 acute care beds
Misericordia Community Hospital
Villa Caritas
Scheduled to open in Fall 2010, Villa Caritas is a 150-bed facility that will serve our most vulnerable seniors--those with complex mental health and medical needs. Villa Caritas will provide appropriate, timely intervention and care for seniors with a focus on treating their conditions and transferring them back home or to an appropriate care setting. Villa Caritas is located on the Misericordia Community Hospital campus in west Edmonton.
Villa_Caritas_fact_sheet.pdf
St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital
Founded in 1927 by the Sisters of Providence, residents receive compassionate, holistic around the clock nursing care and support, and its patients receive valued hospice care in the Edmonton region.
Stats: 393 staff and physicians, 175 volunteers; 202 beds (continuing care, 14 palliative)
St. Joseph's Auxiliary Hospital
Youville Home, St. Albert
Built on a rich 146-year history, Youville Home provides St. Albert with continuing care and supportive housing options in a new modern facility with a warm, home-like environment. The Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) established the original ministry in 1863. A new building was opened in 1966, and again in 2007. Youville joined Caritas Health Group in April 2008.
Stats: 435 staff and physicians, 173 volunteers; 220 beds (218 continuing care, 2 palliative)
Youville Home, St. Albert
