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Purpose: to ensure our expert healthcare professionals have the tools to provide the best care possible.

Program/Activity – Replacing out-of-date equipment and adding new equipment across our campus

  • Outputs – Examples of equipment purchases include: a portable ultrasound machine, 10 sleeper chairs, iPads for records access, pivot transfer disc, stethoscopes, bariatric beds and mattresses, beds and mattresses for hospital and long-term care home, 20 low-wheeled walkers, 7 CADD pumps, 18 nursing station chairs, 4 PocketTalkers, 14 chairs with wheels, 2 portable O2 monitors, 8 rollators, 8 Hoyer lifts & slings for moving patients from beds to chairs.
  • Outcomes – Increased mobility, easier accessibility during care, reduced risk of injury for patient or healthcare provider
  • Learnings – We continue to evaluate our equipment and facilities to ensure we have the right tools to maintain a high-level of care throughout our entire campus.

Program/Activity – RealTime Location System

  • Outputs – Installation of building-wide multimillion-dollar system was completed in long-term care home in January 2024 to replace outdated nurse call & WanderGuard in long-term care home
  • Outcomes – Increased patient safety and enhanced nurse response time
  • Learnings – Our previous call bell system was outdated and did not provide the same immediate data that this new system allows for. We continue to innovate where possible to ensure our patients are receiving top-tier care.

Program/Activity – Memory Care floor

  • Outputs – 15 suites, either 5:1 or 2:1 staff to patient ratio depending on time of day
  • Outcomes – Recently renovated, we are providing intimate and highly customized care programs that have produced dramatic results, as featured in the Toronto Star.
  • Learnings – Baycrest has been trialing our Possibilities model on the Memory Care floor to showcase the difference intimate and personalized care can make in moderate to late-stage dementia. The benefit is clear and we hope to be able to scale this project in the coming years.