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Bruyère Continuing Care is the champion of well-being for aging
Canadians and those requiring Continuing Care, helping them
to become and remain as healthy and independent as possible
through innovative and compassionate care, research,
education and advocacy.
Bruyère Continuing Care provides:
Complex Continuing Care
Palliative Care
Rehabilitation Care
Care of the Elderly
Long-Term Care
Family Medicine Care
Research for Care
Bruyère Continuing Care is:
Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
Saint-Vincent Hospital
Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute
Saint-Louis Residence
Élisabeth Bruyère Residence
Bruyère Family Medicine Centre
Primrose Family Medicine Centre
Bruyère Foundation
www.bruyere.org
Care
of the Elderly
The Care of the Elderly
program, located at the
Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital,
provides bilingual services
to seniors who have had a
recent decline in their ability
to manage daily living activities.
These services are designed
to restore an attainable level
of health and independence
in daily living for the program’s
patients.
INPATIENT SERVICES
Geriatric Rehabilitation
The 60-bed geriatric
rehabilitation inpatient unit
provides rehabilitation to
patients over 65 years of age
who are experiencing a loss
of ability to care for themselves
as a result of a recent onset
illness or accident. Our interprofessional health care team
provides a comprehensive
geriatric assessment. Every
patient and their family,
depending on their needs,
will be in contact with at least
four of the following members
of the team:
• physician
• nurse
• physiotherapist
• occupational therapist
• rehabilitation assistant
• social worker
• social service worker
• speech language
pathologist
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psychologist
spiritual advisor
pharmacist
clinical dietitian
recreation therapist
Working closely with the
patient and their family, the
team establishes a therapeutic
treatment plan that aims to
rehabilitate the patient so that
he or she can attain maximal
improvement in their independence for day to day activities.
Quick Response Unit
The six-bed Quick Response
Unit (QRU) which opened in
2008, is a three-year pilot
project in partnership with
Bruyère Continuing Care,
The Ottawa Hospital and the
Community Care Access
Centre (CCAC). It is funded
through the Champlain LHIN’s
Aging at Home Strategy. The
QRU is for patients over 65
years of age who originally
have gone to the Emergency
Department at either Ottawa
Hospital campus with a
medical condition that might
make it precarious for the
patient to return home safely.
These patients are then
referred for admission to the
QRU by a Geriatric Emergency
Management (GEM) nurse
who determines that they
would benefit from the
unit’s specialized, short-term
geriatric care. The average
length of stay in the QRU is
five to nine days.
The goals of the QRU are to:
• medically stabilize patients;
• provide for the immediate
medical needs of patients;
• promote the functional
abilities of patients; and
• provide patients with
education and counseling
before discharge to the
community.
Visiting Hours
Visitors to the inpatient
services must leave by
9:00 p.m., seven days
a week.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
Geriatric Day Hospital
The Geriatric Day Hospital is
a bilingual outpatient service
Care of the Elderly
for the frail elderly who
are experiencing difficulty
managing at home and
caring for themselves. It
provides assessments and
treatment to seniors with
complex medical issues.
The program’s goal is to give
frail elderly people the tools
needed to enhance their
well-being and ability to
live independently in the
community. It aims to keep
these seniors healthy and
safe in their homes for as
long as possible.
An interprofessional team
including: physicians,
physiotherapists, nurses,
occupational therapists, social
workers and dietitians work
closely with clients to set
goals and implement a
personalized 10 week
therapeutic program. Clients
participate in the program
twice a week. This therapeutic
program can include:
• medical assessment,
diagnosis and treatment
in collaboration with client’s
family physician;
• neuropsychological
assessment for diagnosis
of memory problems;
• functional re-education
in activities of daily living
(e.g. mobility, falls
prevention);
• nursing care;
• evaluation of drug regimen and counselling;
• supportive grief and
caregiver stress
counselling;
• health education and
exercise programs;
• integration into community programs; and
• consultation and liaison
with other organizations
involved in the patient’s
care.
Part of the therapeutic
program is falls prevention.
The Geriatric Day Hospital
educates seniors about living
safely at home by significantly
reducing their risk of falling.
The health care team assesses
patients by reviewing their
medical history, physical
condition and medications
that could be contributing
factors to falling. Occupational
therapists help patients
identify personal risk factors
and strategies to reduce their
risk of falling. Physiotherapists
and rehabilitation assistants
create individual programs
that help with strength and
flexibility, balance, obstacle
and stairs training, as well
as endurance.
Bruyère Helpline
Bruyère Helpline is a bilingual
24-hour emergency response
centre staffed by specially
trained employees. Clients
are connected directly to the
Helpline centre through a
personal alarm system which
Care of the Elderly
in detection of subtle memory
loss, which allows for early
diagnosis and treatment of
disorders such as dementia
and Alzheimer’s disease.
It combines the skills of
nurses, neuropsychologists,
and physicians in providing
patient care.
they wear at all times.
The alarm is activated at the
push of a button and Helpline
employees will identify their
need and implement an
emergency response.
Memory Disorder Clinic
The Memory Disorder
Clinic specializes in the
comprehensive assessment
of memory and cognitive
functioning. The clinic excels
Geriatric Assessment
Outreach Team
A partnership of Bruyère
Continuing Care and the
Regional Geriatric Assessment
Program of Eastern Ontario,
the Geriatric Assessment
Outreach Team provides
comprehensive multidimensional screening assessment
in the client’s home to
identify appropriate treatment
and support for seniors with
complex health problems.
The teams work with clients,
their doctors and caregivers
to optimize seniors’
independence and quality
of life, and prevent or
delay hospitalization and
institutionalization.
For More Information
Contact:
Admissions Coordinator
Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
43 Bruyère Street
Ottawa, ON
K1N 5C8
Tel.: 613-562-6262
www.bruyere.org
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