Reconnect Health Services

Reconnect Community Health Services is a not-for-profit health service organization located in the west end of Toronto that provides services for seniors, caregivers, and people living with mental health and addictions concerns.

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• Addictions Supportive Housing (ASH) Provides 16 self-contained units to older adults (55 years and up) with problematic substance use as well as complex care needs such as chronic health conditions, mild dementia arising from long-term alcohol use, social isolation, and criminal justice involvement. Provides specialized geriatric addictions case-management.
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• Community Outreach Programs In Addictions (COPA) Helps adults 55 years and over who struggle with addictions that impact their daily lives. Outreach-based treatment. Service provided to clients in their homes. Harm reduction, motivational interviewing/counselling and solution focused therapy is provided.
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• Crisis Outreach Services For Seniors (COSS) Crisis Outreach Services for Seniors (COSS) is an on-call mobile crisis service for older adults (65+ years) with addictions issues or mental illness. The COSS team will come in-person to meet with the client within 24-48 hours either in their home or in their local community. The team can provide crisis counselling, short-term intensive case management, harm reduction, mental health and addictions support, health assessment and care as need by a Nurse Practitioner, and referral to primary care.
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• Family And Caregiver Support Services Individual supportive counselling provided by Family Outreach Workers to support families dealing with mental health issues. Includes referrals to other community resources, education, advocacy, coping strategies, and supportive counselling.
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• Reconnect Assertive Community Treatment Team An intensive community-based mental health service provided by a multidisciplinary team for people with a severe and persistent mental illness, functional impairments and complex needs. The program provides psychiatric assessment and treatment, rehabilitative and support services including advocacy, life skills training and accessing housing, financial and legal services. The service is for adults 16 years and over with severe and persistent mental illness. The individual must have high needs which may include: high use of hospital service; significant impairments in activities of daily living; co-occurring disabilities such as substance use and developmental delay; involvement in the criminal justice system; and inability to participate in other community-based services.
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• Reconnect Famekids And Reconnect Fameyouth A specialized 10-week educational group program for children aged 7-12 who have a family member with mental illness. Provides education and teaches coping skills through artwork, discussion, and games in a safe environment. The program is delivered throughout the year in various locations across Toronto and Peel. One-on-one support is also available for children. Youth support offered for ages 13-17.

Services and Programs:

• Case Management
• Central West Concurrent Disorders Program
• Family And Caregiver Support Services - Toronto
• Family Support Services - Toronto
• Family Support Services - Toronto - St Clair Avenue W
• Psychogeriatric Assertive Community Treatment Team - Toronto - St Clair Avenue W
• Reconnect Famekids And Reconnect Fameyouth - Toronto
• South Toronto Link Team
• Supportive Housing Etobicoke/York
• West Toronto Link Team