Bariatric Program

The Bariatric Care Program offers bariatric patients comprehensive health care services, including mental health support, customized meal plans (developed with a dietitian), as well as occupational therapy and physiotherapy rehabilitation.  The TGHC’s Bariatric Program allows patients to be admitted from an acute care facility or directly from the community, and encourages them to actively participate in the program with the goal of weight loss, healthy eating, and an exercise regime.

Each patient’s success is based on their commitment to lifestyle changes. This program educates the patients, teaching them how to be self-directed, encourages them to make the right choices related to eating habits, and shows them coping skills, all with the goal of behaviour change.  The interprofessional health care team is sensitive to patient needs and helps guide them to meet their goals in a supportive and caring environment.  The inpatient team also works with outpatient services, like Ontario Health-Toronto, to establish a successful transition back to the community, providing the appropriate support services for them, and following up after the transition to monitor the patient’s progress.

The TGHC continues to develop and improve the Bariatric Program to meet the needs of a growing waitlist.  The collaborative partnership between Ontario Health-Toronto and the TGHC has allowed for the development of a program that addresses a health care gap by providing bariatric patients with a continuum of care to transition patients to the community safely.