Subarquivo SF4 - McCormick Home

When the renovations to the Aged People’s Home were completed in 1928, the building became officially known as the McCormick Home. As rooms at McCormick Home emptied and struggled to remain full, the province began to send “indigents” from elsewhere in the province starting in 1939.

The Home was beginning to show its age by the 1960s, and inspectors and board members agreed to a complete rebuilding plan for the home. It would remain on the same lot, to be demolished and rebuilt in separate phases to accommodate the residents. The new building was finished in 1967 and was celebrated with an opening gala. It was also at this time, that McCormick and Parkwood began operations under a single Administrator, instead of continuing their operations as two separate institutions. Further construction plans were undertaken in 1983 and changes to the layout of the facilities continued in the following years in order to accommodate the changing needs of the residents, accounting for older residents, a respite program, long term care, and a Day Centre Program with satellite locations at Trinity Place and Bishop Cronyn Church, and the addition of Alzheimer Community Support Services.

McCormick Home continued to be operated by the Women’s Christian Association, and a new location for the home was built between 2004-2006. In 2016, the Women’s Christian Association partnered with McCormick Home and Alzheimer Outreach Services, as rebranded as the McCormick Care Group.