PALLIATIVE CARE
CARE AND COMPASSION
The Shirley and Philip Granovsky Palliative Care Unit is
located on 6 West of Baycrest Hospital, Ben and Hilda Katz
Building. It provides care to patients with late or end-stage
disease.
• 31 beds
• Age 55 and over
• 24-hour pain and symptom control
• Emotional and spiritual support to patients
The approach to care is based on the patient's needs, and
reaches across departments to include medicine, nursing,
social work, dietary services, pharmacy, therapeutic
recreation, clergy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy,
speech language pathology, psychology, psychiatry, music
therapy and volunteers.
The unit may also provide respite care for up to two weeks
to enable caregivers to have relief from their caregiving
responsibilities in the community. Respite patients receive
pain and symptom control in a supportive environment.
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An application can be sent by a physician or nurse practitioner to
Baycrest via Resource Matching and Referral (RMR) system or by
fax to 416-785-2471.
