The Ontario government is opening a new Specialized Care Centre to provide care for long-term care residents in the Greater Toronto Area who must be temporarily relocated due to the challenging situation in their long-term care home.
The new Specialized Care Centre will operate as a temporary extension of The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre to offer surge capacity for long-term care homes across the Greater Toronto Area that are managing a COVID-19 outbreak or experiencing other challenges in the home. These could include crowding, shortage of staff, lack of supplies, or other outbreaks in the long-term care home, such as influenza. The Specialized Care Centre is located at the Toronto Congress Centre (650 Dixon Road, Etobicoke).
“The Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre is pleased to set up the Specialized Care Centre to assist long-term care homes in Toronto and the GTA to manage the challenges of COVID-19 in partnership with the University Health Network,” said Jake Tran, President and CEO, Toronto Grace Health Centre. “The Grace’s physicians, nurses, PSWs, therapists and staff have much experience and expertise in the care of seniors and are at the ready, to provide care to long-term care home residents who may need to be transferred temporarily to the Specialized Care Centre. Our role in helping establish the Specialized Care Centre for long-term care residents comes from The Salvation Army’s experience and deep mission of service to Ontarians in times of need.”
Ontario government press release – December 28, 2020