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Team care helps seniors stay at home Baycrest's unique day programs and community services have long supported that all important continuum of care which helps older adults live independently and safely in their own homes for as long as possible and provides them with increased support if and when they need it. primary health-care team and the specialized geriatric services provided by Baycrest. "I work with the team to assess, recommend and connect seniors in the community to appropriate geriatric services at Baycrest," she says. These services include, among others, geriatric medical and psychiatry outreach programs, a day treatment centre, an assessment and treatment unit and an acute care unit in the Baycrest Hospital, Ben and Hilda Katz Building, and outpatient clinics. The integrated team also includes partners from the Toronto CCAC In the past two years, Baycrest has expanded its (Community Care Access Centre) and a number of community-focused programming by becoming a seniors support agencies. key part of new initiatives that support the Ontario government's Aging at Home strategy. "The New Heights Project is a great example of a collaborative aging at home strategy that reaches vulnerable One example is the New Heights Seniors Health Project, seniors living in the community who are at great risk of a collaborative primary care and specialized geriatric hospitalization and emergency department visits," notes care model that serves frail, at-risk and marginalized Linda Jackson, Executive Director of Community and seniors in a number of priority neighbourhoods with Ambulatory Programs at Baycrest. in-home health care and social services. The objectives are to reduce inappropriate admissions to emergency "We are very committed to working with partners who departments and inpatient units in hospitals, and link se- have expertise that complements Baycrest's special- niors to community services that support aging at home. ized knowledge in geriatric medicine and psychogeriatrics. We are very pleased to be part of this innovative Baycrest's role in the program is facilitated by advanced model of community-based care delivery." practice nurse Aysha Bandali who liaises between the 19 Baycrest and baycrest foundation Annual Report 2009 | 2010