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(Dan McGann) On today's show, we'll learn about
the new Medical Psychiatry Alliance,
open our new Brachytherapy Treatment Centre,
find out how we're reducing patient falls,
introduce you to our Patient Relations department,
and we'll take you to our comedy gala.
Hi and welcome to Trillium Health Partners Contact.
I'm your host, Dan McGann.
Mental illness is often hidden within the symptoms
of physical disorders, with treatment focusing on
physical illness while the mental illness remains
undiagnosed and untreated.
So, by bringing treatment of the body and mind together,
patients should receive much better care.
Trillium Health Partners has recently entered
into an alliance to do just that.
(Michelle DiEmanuele) Today we launched the Medical Psychiatry Alliance.
This is a partnership with CAMH,
with Sick Kids, with the University of Toronto,
and Trillium Health Partners, all meant to help deal
with some of the issues surrounding those who have
both a mental illness and a physical ailment
or physical illness.
Often, when the mind and body come together,
we don't treat that as a collective problem
or challenge for our patients, so today,
with the help of a donor,
with the Government of Ontario, and our partner hospitals,
we announced a $60 million initiative called
the Medical Psychiatry Alliance.
(applause)
This is the system working together.
This is what we dream of.
This is people recognizing needs of patients and figuring
out a better way to care for those people.
So, the Medical Psychiatry Alliance was born
out of the need of a unique approach to handling patients
with a simultaneous physical and mental illness.
So, I just want to say a big, big congratulations
and I'm delighted that the Government of Ontario
is here to partner with
the generous anonymous philanthropist.
We are matching that donation with $20 million over
the next 6 years, and the partner hospitals
are also raising the money to support this as well.
I think each of our institutions bring expertise,
resources, and a network of relationships to
the Medical Psychiatry Alliance, and that it'll prove
to be a platform for truly integrated care, teaching,
research, and health system innovation.
I want to say very, very clearly today that we are
launching the Medical Psychiatry Alliance
as a $60-million initiative with the Ministry,
with the partners of the alliance,
and with our donor providing equal parts
of that $60 million.
The Medical Psychiatry Alliance is a real life illustration
of the power of partnerships: system players,
government, and generous private citizens.
So, thanks to all of you for helping us deliver
on this very, very important initiative.
Well, today is a remarkable-- I would even say historic day,
because we're celebrating different organizations
with different perspectives coming together
to support patients.
It's a terrific day for Trillium Health Partners
and for the people of the communities we serve.
For this organization to be able to partner with impressive
organizations like CAMH, and Sick Kids,
and U of T as a peer is a true testament to the work that
the senior leadership team has done to be able to bring this
project together and to have it supported by private
philanthropy and by the province equally
is a true testament to the fact that this is a collaboration
for a healthier community.
The funds will be divided into clinical, education,
and research, and the research will be held both at Trillium,
and at Sick Kids, and at the University.
We will be focusing on new models of health service
delivery in particular, and also in the genesis
of psychosomatic mind/body problems.
So, the research will be very broad.
I think it's absolutely sensational,
the vision, the integration, the partnering,
and it's gonna make a huge difference to so many patients
that we've been hoping to help for many, many years.
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Trillium's Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre
has served the Mississauga and Halton communities
since 2005.
The Centre now has a new treatment option
for certain types of cancer.
Let's take a look at what brachytherapy has to offer.
We're here today for the official opening
of the Brachytherapy Suite at the Credit Valley site
of Trillium Health Partners.
Despite huge advances in terms of the way we aim and deliver
radiation therapy, it is still somewhat indiscriminate
and does cause collateral damage to normal tissues.
With brachytherapy, we are able to put high concentrations
of radioactive-emitting particles very,
very close to tumors.
This results in excellent treatment of the cancerous
growth, but also and most importantly,
decreases the collateral damage to normal tissue.
With this Suite comes the elimination of hospitalization.
I'm sure if we asked our patients,
"Do you want to stay in the hospital?"
they would say no.
And so this allows us to help in that journey.
It also provides just more effective treatment.
We know that it's more timely, and we know time is precious
to all of us.
We also know that it's closer to home,
and this is the only suite for this kind of treatment
between Toronto and Hamilton.
So, when we talk about a new kind of healthcare,
one that is closer to home, one that takes less time,
one that's more effective and efficient,
we're talking about the Brachytherapy Suite.
And today I'm really pleased to congratulate the team
for a job well done and a new pathway
as we move forward into the future.
So, thank you Craig and the team.
[applauding and cheering]
This is something that we absolutely need to be able
to offer our patients.
It has real advantages when it comes to the quality of care
we can deliver, from the advantages with respect
to controlling cancer, but also from a side effect profile.
And there's some types of treatments that can only be
given with brachytherapy, so this now means that those
patients which used to have to travel out of our region
for treatment, we can now treat them right here,
so it's remarkable.
It gives us the full spectrum of treatment that you need
for a radiation program.
They all have different applications for different
types of patients and different types of cancers,
but there's some cases where you really need to have
the radiation source right at the site of treatment.
It gives us the biggest difference between the dose
of radiation to the target and the lowest dose possible
to the normal tissue.
They say I was the first patient to receive
the new procedure, which was much contracted
over the old procedure with three sessions--
three weeks of two sessions per week.
It seems to have worked quite successfully.
There was no pain involved.
I was treated with the greatest kindness and respect,
which I much appreciated.
I feel great.
Well, as great as I've ever been in my old age.
I'm 87.
Very proud and very grateful
to be part of this program.
Everything we do in the oncology program
of Trillium Health Partners is related to the patient.
Given that they have cancer, we're trying to make this
experience as smooth, safe, comfortable as possible.
There's been the enthusiasm and the drive from the top,
from the board, through the senior leadership team,
from donors, the staff of the radiation oncology department,
physicists, technicians, physicians driving this forward.
There has to be a close association with anesthesia,
close association with diagnostic imaging
and recovery room nurses.
It's a multifaceted team approach to delivering
this treatment.
I think it's a really important part of treatment
and the people in Mississauga Halton/Central West
should understand that they're getting first-class treatment
if they unfortunately have cancer in this facility.
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As a Best Practice Spotlight Organization under
the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario,
Trillium Health Partners is working to decrease
the single greatest cause of injury among people
of any age: falling.
First, we'll look at what Trillium is doing inside
its hospitals to prevent patient falls,
and then we'll see how we're partnering with the community
to help seniors maintain a healthy,
fall-free lifestyle.
So, one of the features for this bed is that,
first of all, it can go as low as 10 inches from the ground.
(Mary-Lynn Peters) We've had significant success with decreasing
our fall rates and injuries here at Credit Valley Hospital.
Since we've initiated this program,
our fall rates have dropped by over half of what they were.
We implement universal fall prevention precautions
for all patients, but for patients who are found
to be at a higher risk for falling
or a higher risk for injury based
on the initial screening tool,
then get customized or tailored fall prevention strategies
geared to preventing a fall.
We also have a fall prevention clinic that runs here
at Credit Valley Hospital site called Strong and Steady.
The next version of that for people who've graduated
from the Strong and Steady program is called
Stronger and Steadier, and it's run
at Cawthra Community Centre.
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(Laurie Bernick) People come to this program, and usually we have
10 to 14 participants for each circuit.
And they receive an hour of education
and an hour of exercise twice a week for 6 weeks.
So, welcome to the exercise part of your Strong and Steady.
(Laurie Bernick) Part of this program is also-- we meet with them individually
to try to also get them thinking after the program.
So, the program's really just a stepping stone.
What's really more important is what's gonna happen
after the program.
The program is focused on helping them to be more
confident, to strengthen, and also for balance,
and to be knowledgeable so that they're able to carry on
and ideally to carry on with physical activity.
(female) So, try to keep your eyes up.
That's it. Chest is up.
(Laurie Bernick) One of the things that we felt quite passionate about is,
even though it's a hospital-based program,
we felt very strong about having this program
in the community.
The focus is on wellness, the focus is on health,
and the focus is on community integration.
The clinic is actually at the hospital,
but then people come to the community facility
where they participate in this program twice a week.
(Millie) I really enjoyed it because it was friendly,
and I found out that there are a lot of other people in my
condition or in my situation with the same issues.
Two, and one.
(Bob Thornton) We're very, very proud of the Strong and Steady program.
It is a partnership with our Trillium Health Partners,
and we really are trying to bring the community
into our facility.
The senior centre and the programs that we offer
for our older adults are really geared to keeping people active
as they move through their lives.
As people age, there are more knee problems,
there are more hip problems, back problems,
and really, we're trying to keep people involved
in recreation and quality of life.
When I first came, I was using a cane,
and now I don't need it.
I've seen progress and I've here, again,
seen the example of others, how they have come along,
so it's that interchange of encouragement
which really helps everybody.
(Bob Thornton) We gear our programs to help people stay independent
and to stay able and capable of doing day-to-day things.
Even coming into the facility, that's a big step
for a lot of people.
(Cathy) Now he can wash dishes now.
Before he doesn't do anything.
They lose their independence as they lose their mobility.
We want to stop that, turn the clock back,
slow that process down.
(female) Ready team?
(Bob Thornton) What we've started to do is develop more partnerships
with healthcare and develop programs that allow people
to be integrated and to continue to carry out their recreation
in a healthy manner.
(Leon) It was positive, right from the start.
See, when I started, I wasn't able to stand up--
to get up from a chair, but right now,
I'm quite good at it.
(female) Good, everybody.
(Laurie Bernick) We do talk to the people in terms of the experience,
and the feedback we've received from them has been incredible.
They love the social,
the bringing the people together,
the connectiveness.
People don't know each other, and within 6 weeks,
it's unbelievable what transforms.
It's wonderful to have the whole inter-professional team,
we're all working together, and to work in partnership
with parks and recreation.
It's the whole collectiveness that makes it very enjoyable.
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Being admitted to hospital can be hard not only for you,
but for your family.
As one mother found out, Patient Relations Services
can make a loved one's stay at Trillium Health Partners
a more comfortable experience.
Jonathan has cerebral palsy.
He's very, very complex and very fragile at the moment,
and he does require 24-hour care service.
It has been very, very challenging
for the past 30 years.
As a mother, I could detect that there was problems
with Jonathan.
He was very, very floppy and constantly
throwing up his feeds.
It took about 14 months to determine and to label him
as having hypertonic cerebral palsy from Sick Kids Hospital.
He functions like a 9-month-old baby.
So basically, there isn't much communication,
but Jonathan does speak through his eyes,
always smiling in spite of his tremendous pain.
Sandy Dayes has been wonderful to us.
Communication is very important between Sandy Dayes
and the client.
(Sandy Dayes) When I met Angie, it must have been about 9 years ago.
She had brought her son from the community
into our hospital, and it had been the first time
she had been in this hospital in a long time,
and she had some experiences that were not positive,
and she came to me to ask me for assistance.
So, Patient Relations is here to help patients
and their families if they have any concerns,
or they have questions, or they have comments,
or even positive feedback that they have about their
experience, either the care that's being provided
or any of these services we provide at the hospital.
Hi, Angie. Hi.
Nice to see you again. Good seeing you.
How are you doing? Good.
Good. Why don't we come in my office?
(Sandy Dayes) Some of us are social workers,
others are nurses.
There are also healthcare administrators that work
in Patient Relations.
People have a lot of complaints about a lot of things,
and most of all, it usually has to do with communication.
So often, it's not that the healthcare team has done
anything wrong, it is that they have not explained things
in a way that's understood by patients and their families.
So, we have two main offices,
one over at the Credit Valley site and the other
in the Mississauga Hospital site.
Anybody is willing to help if you reach out to us
by walking in, by sending an e-mail, or by calling us.
We would be able to meet with you,
understand what it is that you are requiring.
Is it a family meeting on the unit with the patient
and the healthcare team, or is it some information
that you require on the healthcare system
that we might be able to get from the healthcare leaders?
What I love most about Jonathan is the big smile
when I see him in pictures, or when I've met him.
(Sandy Dayes) A lot of people ask me or say to me,
"How can you possibly work and listen to complaints
all day long?"
but to me, it actually is a privilege to be invited
into the lives of families, and sometimes
their most difficult times, and be able to share
their stories with the rest of the organization
so they can see things from a different perspective.
(Angela) Jonathan is a beautiful, beautiful child.
He's taught us a lot of patience, and...
...that's about it, I can say, just patience.
The Trillium Health Partners has been absolutely phenomenal
to my son and our family.
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For the second year in a row,
the International Centre was transformed into a comedy club
for Laugh Out Loud, a fundraising event
for the Trillium Health Partners Foundation.
The evening was once again emceed by local comedian,
Gerry Dee, and the headline act was Canada's own Martin Short.
The event raised money for the Credit Valley Hospital's
emergency department expansion project.
(Michelle DiEmanuele) Of course, we all know laughter is the best medicine,
and tonight is just a great, great opportunity
to come together as a community, friends,
family, our patients, our doctors, our donors,
everyone coming together to support our hospital,
Trillium Health Partners,
and in particular, building a new emergency department
for our hospital.
It's a wonderful night for the Trillium Health Partners
and the Trillium Health Partners Foundation
in partnership with our second annual Laugh Out Loud.
Over 1,000 guests.
We anticipate beating our record last year
of $1.8 million raised on behalf
of the Trillium Health Partners.
And what we've done is we've brought Broadway
and the spirit of New York to Mississauga,
so you see all kinds of touches in that regard,
both in terms of the decor,
the sumptuous food we're going to enjoy,
but also the live auction items and the silent auction items
as well too.
This is gonna be a great night, a lot of fun,
hence "Laugh Out Loud."
Well, you get to see two world-class comedians
that are Canadian, Gerry Dee, of course, of Mr. D fame,
and also Martin Short.
He's a Tony Award-winning comedian.
He's an actor.
I grew up watching him on SCTV.
My favorite character is Ed Grimley.
In fact, I have special edition Ed Grimley cufflinks
here as you can see.
♪ Just once in a lifetime ♪
♪ Laugh Out Loud Gala ♪
♪ Trillium Health Partner Foundation ♪
♪ has a moment ♪♪
(Eric Letovsky) So, the funds being raised tonight are gonna help us
renovate and expand our emergency departments
to really deliver better care to our patients
so that we can have a specialized area
for patients with mental health,
for example, specialized pods for pediatric population,
specialized rooms for our geriatric population,
and those things really help us deliver better care.
You know, emergency medicine plays such a critical role,
not only for the hospital, but for healthcare.
Everyone needs the emergency department at some point,
so it's great to see so many people out tonight celebrating
and helping to support the emergency medicine program
at Trillium Health Partners.
We're very excited.
Our volunteers are donating $1 million to the redevelopment
of the emergency department.
Our volunteers do that for many opportunities,
through bake sales, through our health lottery,
through our gift shop, and many other fundraisers that we do.
We have a 5-year commitment, so we hope to raise $1 million
in 5 years.
For every dollar that people donate,
we will match that dollar, dollar for dollar.
I think it's such a wonderful thing,
Laugh Out Loud, and you can see the response to it.
I think people are gonna look forward to a little humour.
So often we go to events, and it's, yeah,
very pleasant, but this is different.
This is really different.
(Michelle DiEmanuele) And I understand that you might be a part
of the festivities tonight, maybe making
a guest appearance on stage.
(Hazel McCallion) Yeah, that's what they tell me.
[audience laughing]
I'm just very pleased, on behalf of my colleagues at RBC,
to be providing the hospital, Trillium,
with a $1-million gift.
I just want to mention that the gift is for the pediatric
mental health urgent care unit.
This children's mental health is a cause that we're very
passionate about at RBC, and we have every confidence
that Trillium's going to do a fantastic job in this area.
Thank you so much to RBC.
What a wonderfully generous gift.
That's going to have an immediate impact
on pediatric mental health.
I'd like both Royal Bank tables to stand up if you could.
I want to give you a big round of applause
for your generosity and leadership.
Stand up.
We've got a number of past directors and current directors
for both of our boards.
Thank you so much.
Big round of applause for Royal Bank.
Let's hear it.
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Thanks for joining us.
We hope you enjoyed the show.
For everyone here at Trillium Health Partners,
we wish you good health.
Remember, do your best and life will do the rest.
For Contact, I'm Dan McGann.
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