Villa Cathay Care Home

Name :

Villa Cathay Care Home

Address  :

970 Union Street

Town  :

Vancouver

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V6A 3V1

Phone  :

604 254 5621

Fax  :

604 254 5230

Web URL  :


Description

We have 25 registered nurses and 62 care attendants providing aroundtheclock nursing care

Our trained attendants help our residents get up in the morning help them wash etc and help them lie on their bed at night

As well all residents retain their own family physicians

The gateway in the main entrance the longevity god mural on the exterior wall the gazebo and the ninedragon wall in the courtyard are all part of the unique atmosphere we provide at the Villa Cathay

Our residents benefit from our own dental clinic Our physiotherapy room is equipped with walk training platforms a treatment bed as well as weights and pulleys for exercises


History

At the end of the 19th Century many Chinese who had completed the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway came to Vancouver British Columbia to settle down

However when they became ill they could not enter the local hospitals Fortunately a Catholic Archbishop set up an Oriental Home on the Citys East Side in 1922

The Canadian Chinese will not forget their humanity and compassion
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