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Bon Secours Place is an assisted living facility
in St. Petersburg, Florida, that offers a range
of care in the Catholic tradition. Among
its distinguished attributes, Bon Secours
Place was the first assisted living facility in
Florida to receive Joint Commission accred-
itation, and it is the only Catholic assisted
living facility in Pinellas County. Licensed
for 105 residents, the facility was developed
with a neighborhood concept in which each
neighborhood has approximately 12 resi-
dents. Bon Secours Place also includes 36
suites dedicated to specialized care for those
with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
As part of Bon Secours Health System,
the mission of Bon Secours Place is to bring
compassion to health care and to be Good
Help to Those in Need®. The Sisters of Bon
Secours initiated their ministry in post-
Revolutionary Paris in 1824 by delivering
bedside care to the poor and dying within
their homes. Since then, the legacy of the
founding sisters has grown as the sisters es-
tablished health care services in the United
States. In 2013, Bon Secours St. Petersburg
Health System celebrates its 25th anniver-