Assist in managing mental health/psychiatric concerns and responsive behaviours in the geriatric population

Provide the following specialized services for residents:

1. Assessment
2. Consultation / Treatment
3. Short-term follow-up.

The team is made up of:

• Advanced Practice Nurse
• Masters Prepared Nurse Clinicians
• Register Nurses
• Psychogeriatrician (a specially-trained doctor in this area)

Provides service in the following long-term care homes:

• Carefree Lodge
• Chartwell Gibson Long Term Care and Retirement Home
• Cheltenham Care Community
• Cummer Lodge
• Downsview Long-Term Care Centre
• Extendicare Bayview
• Harold & Grace Baker Centre
• Hawthorne Place Care Centre
• Norfinch Care Community
• North Park Nursing Home
• North York General - Seniors Health Centre
• Valleyview Residence
• Villa Colombo
• Village of Humber Heights
• Weston Terrace Care Community

Team works with residents, family, staff and other health care professionals at individual long-term care homes to:

• manage/treat challenging behaviours and mental health / psychiatry concerns at site
• avoid unnecessary visits to the Emergency Department
• ensure safe transfers to and from the hospital, when appropriate
• enhance support and build knowledge capacity, as needed