Specialized Care for the Elderly
The Geriatric program at TADH provides specialized care for the elderly. Learn more about the programs and services offered for your loved ones.
Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) Program
The Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) Program has been up and running at TADH since the Spring of 2023. The program has a team of two social workers, one speech language pathologist, one occupational therapist, one rehab assistant and one recreation therapist. The program supports patients at our main site, and offsite at St. Mary’s Gardens.
The goal of GEM is to provide expert clinical resources and targeted comprehensive geriatric assessments to help identify patient needs and concerns, which then leads to education and referrals to community services and resources.
GEM nurses will help reduce hospitalizations, minimize repeat visits to the emergency department, help maintain functional abilities, and connect seniors in hospital with community supports to return home safely. In addition, the program provides intervention and prevention strategies that help maintain a senior’s level of independence and well being.
Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO)
The BSO Program provides behavioural health care services, helping improve care for older adults in Ontario with, or at-risk of, responsive behaviours or personal expressions associated with dementia, complex mental health, substance use and/or other neurological conditions.
At TADH, our patients are supported by BSO personal support workers and transitional clinical behavioural response specialists. This amazing team provides specialized on-site services for older adults with or at-risk of responsive behaviours or personal expression and, through BSO, offers behavioural assessments and treatment, transitional care planning, education, support and links to specialized care.
Our BSO Program team aims to ensure individual care plans are implemented, provide supports to patients and help model strategies to help lower responsive behaviours.
