Oak Care Centre

Oak Care Centre
Vancouver Coastal Health
Geography
LocationMarpole, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Coordinates49°13′09″N 123°07′15″W / 49.219041°N 123.120972°W / 49.219041; -123.120972
Organization
TypeResidential Care
Services
Beds119
History
Founded1952
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Oak Care Centre (formerly George Pearson Centre) is a long term residential care facility located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is currently owned and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health. George Pearson Centre was initially named after former BC Minister of Health, George S. Pearson, and renamed in 2025. Built in 1952 to originally treat tuberculosis patients and then polio patients, in the 1960s the focus of George Pearson Centre changed to long term care for adults with disabilities.

Oak Care Centre now operates as a residential care facility. Care services are provided by Vancouver Coastal Health, food services were formerly privatized in 2003 and repatriated back into VCH as of 2024, housekeeping services to Compass Group Canada, laundry to K-Bro Linen.

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