No more visiting hour restrictions at Providence hospitals
Posted July 3, 2014 12:37 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – You now have the freedom to visit your loved ones in whenever you want at certain Metro Vancouver hospitals.
Providence Health Care facilities is scrapping visiting hour restrictions.
Nurse Shannon Parsons was the lead on bringing in the change.
“The family presence policy is just one component of a culture of care that’s changing at Providence Health, and how much we’re committed to family and patient-centred care, and we’re fully committed to it as an organization,” she tells us.
“The benefit of having your family there is evident to all of us when you look at how important our family is on a daily basis,” she tells us.
Providence Health Care operates 16 facilities, including St. Paul’s, Mount St. Joseph, and Holy Family hospitals.