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Vermont Square, A Long Term Care HomeAddress: 914 Bathurst St, Toronto, M5R 3G5Phone: 416-533-9473 Fax: 416-538-2685 Email: Website: www.vermontsquare.ca Major Intersection: Bathurst St - Bloor St W Map: LHIN: Toronto Central LHIN Subregion: North Central Predominant Culture: Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese Formerly: Barton Place Nursing Home |
| Long Term Care Homes | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Rates at Long-Term Care Facilities |
| Who is eligible: | A person must be 18 years of age or older; possess a valid Ontario Health Card; have health care needs that cannot be met with any combination of caregiving or community-based services in the home; have health care needs that can be met in a long-term care facility. |
| Area Served: | Open catchment area |
| Additional Information: | |
| Application: | Applications must originate in the CCAC where the individual (applicant) resides. Individuals (applicants) may choose Long Term Care facilities from outside their own CCAC area. |
| How to apply: | Contact your local Community Care Access Centre. |
| Unit description: | Dementia specific unit/floor. Secure unit for individuals who wander and/or have complex behavioural problems - 21 beds. Beds also available in unsecured units as required - clients equipped with wanderguard bracelets. |
| Safety features: | Alarm on unit, alarm on exit doors, camera at main entrance monitored on the 2nd floor 24 hours a day, Wanderguard bracelets, locks on elevators, Maglocks on dementia floor. No safe outdoor wandering area - staff accompany them. |
| Total beds: | 130 |
| Dementia beds: | 21 |
| Predominant Culture: | Multicultural. |
| Last Updated: | March 2009 |
| Short Term Stay | |
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| Cost: | Short term bed is not funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Contact organization for price. |
| Who is eligible: | A person must be 18 years of age or older; possess a valid Ontario Health Card; have health care needs that cannot be met with any combination of caregiving or community-based services in the home; have health care needs that can be met in a long-term care facility. |
| Area Served: | Open catchment area |
| Additional Information: | |
| Application: | Applications must originate in the CCAC where the individual (applicant) resides. Individuals (applicants) may choose Short Stay Beds from outside their own CCAC area. |
| How to apply: | Contact your local Community Care Access Centre. |
| Unit description: | Dementia specific unit/floor. Secure unit for individuals who wander and/or have complex behavioural problems - 21 beds. Beds also available in unsecured units as required - clients equipped with wanderguard bracelets. |
| Safety features: | Alarm on unit, alarm on exit doors, camera at main entrance monitored on the 2nd floor 24 hours a day, Wanderguard bracelets, locks on elevators, Maglocks on dementia floor. No safe outdoor wandering area - staff accompany them. |
| Total respite beds: | 1 |
| Predominant Culture: | Multicultural. |
| Last Updated: | March 2009 |
Organizations in Toronto offering dementia related programs and services are invited to send us the details so that they can be posted on our website. Just send the completed survey to mcameron@alzheimertoronto.org OR fax: 416-322-6656 For more information on how to be added to the database, or to update your organization's existing records, please contact Margaret Cameron at: mcameron@alzheimertoronto.org or tel: 416-640-6320. |
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