The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Foundation

The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre is one of Canada’s most progressive and successful long-term care homes. Perley Rideau is home to more than 600 seniors and veterans who access a range of care and living options. The Perley Rideau Foundation raises money to improve the quality of life for seniors and veterans in direct and significant ways. Donations to the Foundation support and meet the long-term needs of our aging population through Canada’s first Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care.

At a glance

Year founded: 1988

Geographic region of focus: Ottawa

Total revenue for last fiscal year: $1,974,316

Top funding sources:

• Donations: 72%
• Capital campaign: 7%
• Other revenue: 21%

How you can help

Fundraising

Answering the Call is a major fundraising campaign to transform care for our country’s fastest-growing population, frail seniors. 

This campaign will invest in much-needed research and evidence-based innovation to improve and influence care for frail, older Canadians at The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre and beyond.  

Canadians in the military, on the front lines of healthcare and elsewhere, have a long history of answering the call in times of conflict, human suffering and crisis.  

We’re hoping our community will answer the call to address this urgent crisis and to help ensure that seniors receive the care they have earned and deserved.

Board members and executives

Carol Ann Banks
Director, operations and finance, International Actuarial Association 

Doug Brousseau (Past-chair)
Former senior policy advisor, Office of the Mayor

Maj. Daniel Charron, (Ret’d) (Campaign co-chair)

Keith De Bellefeuille Percy (Chair)
Past-president, Ottawa Tourism Authority

Steve Desroches
Former deputy mayor and city councillor, City of Ottawa

Lt.-Col. Bob Eagan, (Ret’d) 
Former chief financial officer, Commissionaires Ottawa

Christine Hakim
Senior compliance officer, compliance advisory, MD Management Ltd.

Jeff Hill
Vice-president and managing director, The Strachan-Hill Wealth Advisory Group

J.L. Gilles Levasseur, O.Ont., LLD, LSM, CD. 
Business and law professor, University of Ottawa, President of the Institute of Public Administration

Col. Dominic McAlea (Ret’d)
Vice-chairperson, Military Grievances External Review Committee

Louise Mercier (Liaison board/campaign)
Senior vice-president, Rubicon Strategy Inc.

Maj. Sandra Perron (Ret’d)
Senior partner, A New Dynamic Enterprise Inc.

Nancy Schepers (Vice-chair)
Former deputy city manager, City of Ottawa

Sheila Venman
Principal consultant, Sparked Solutions Inc.

Kristan K. Birchard (Chair)
Perley Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre

Funding Priorities 

Perley Rideau publishes an annual priority needs list comprised of equipment and services not funded by government but essential to excellent care.

One service on the list is our Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts program–among the finest in any Canadian long-term care home— this program contributes greatly to resident’s quality of life and compelling evidence suggests that recreation and creative arts activities trigger significant mental and physical health benefits. 

In appreciation of the important work done by staff at the Perley Rideau, CN Rail donated $10,000 as a matching gift to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund — a gift matched in no time at all thanks to the generosity of the community. The COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund ensures residents, staff and their loved ones stay safe during the pandemic by providing additional PPE and housekeeping staff to enhanced cleaning measures and new meal helpers.