Baycrest

Our previous Strategic Plan helped build a strong foundation for the future. Over the last few years we have made substantial progress in achieving our commitments. New programs and innovations are enhancing the well-being and quality of care of residents and clients. Baycrest now stands firmly as a highly respected international research and learning partner in the field of aging and brain health. It is from these strengths, and our work to build a stable foundation for growth, that we are now in a positon to offer something uniquely valuable: an organization that is greater than the sum of its parts. Our new Strategic Plan reflects the understanding that what makes Baycrest extraordinary for clients, residents and employees is the combination of all these aspects – our spectrum of excellent health care services, best-in-class education and research programs, and wide- ranging local and international partnerships. This idea came through loud and clear during the engagement process for the Inspired Aging plan. Across Baycrest's diverse programs and services we are all united by a deeply shared commitment to improving the lives of older adults and transforming the aging experience. In the years ahead, Baycrest will continue to build strong partnerships with clients and families. We believe that together we can change the experience of aging. By using our collective power, older adults will be able to find fulfilment and purpose wherever they call home, and in their own way. At the same time we will step up innovation by deepening the linkages between research, education and care, to generate new approaches to predict and respond to diverse needs. And we will be mindful of the long term, ready to discover and create new possibilities for the aging population of tomorrow. Today in Ontario seniors already outnumber children under the age of 14, a trend that will only accelerate in the decades ahead. This seismic shift is forcing the health care system to transform. Dementia, social isolation and loneliness are now serious public health challenges that demand urgent solutions. Every day we work with families who are struggling with these very real issues and seeking more options. As we take on these challenges, Baycrest will remain committed to embracing the reality of aging. We see aging as an opportunity for personal growth, purpose and meaningful connections. We believe that everyone, at every age, should be defined by who they are and how they wish to live – by their potential, not their limitations. This belief is as important to us today as it was in 1918 when Slova Greenberg of the Ezras Noshem women's mutual benefit society spearheaded the first Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home in downtown Toronto. And it has been a constant throughout our 100-year history from opening Canada's first geriatric medicine program through to becoming a global centre of excellence in brain health. 2

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