Rehabilitation programs

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention helps people who have had – or are at risk of having – heart disease, diabetes or stroke lead healthier lives.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Canadian men and women. This program is the largest of its kind in Canada. This program offers specialized services, including:
 

• On-site Cardiac Rehab

• Cardiac Rehab @ Home

• Diabetes, Exercise and Lifestyle Service

• Women with Heart

• Heart Health For Life Graduate Program presented by Scotiabank

Geriatric Rehabilitation supports older people to live as safely and independently as possible.

Nearly half a million people over the age of 65 in Canada live with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias and millions more are affected by age-related conditions — from frailty to kidney failure — that prevent them from safely living on their own.

This program offers specialized services, including:

• Geriatric Psychiatry Service

• Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatient Service

• Geriatric Day Hospital

• Psychogeriatric Outreach Service

Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation helps people overcome the physical challenges of trauma and disease.

More patients than ever are being discharged from hospitals with medically complex conditions following treatment for bone and soft-tissue injury. As our population ages, thousands more will undergo complex knee and hip replacements or need support to help them live with chronic illness such as osteoarthritis and cancer.

This program offers specialized services, including:

• Fractured Hip Rapid Assessment and Treatment Program (FHRAT)

• Multiple Trauma Service

• Complex Rehabilitation Service

• Oncology Rehabilitation Service

• Complex Injury Outpatient Rehabilitation Service

Neuro Rehabilitation helps people regain ability and independence following a stroke or brain injury (caused by trauma or illness).

Each year in Canada, about 50,000 people have a stroke. Another 20,000 live with chronic pain or disability due to brain injury, concussion, and as many as 75,000 Canadians live with multiple sclerosis.

This program offers specialized services, including:

• Brain Injury Service (Neuro Cognitive and Neuro Physical Streams)

• Stroke Service

• Multiple Sclerosis Service

• Chronic Pain Service

• Neurology Service

• Complex Injury Outpatient Rehab Service

Spinal Cord Rehabilitation assists people who live with a spinal cord injury or illness to live active lives in the community.

An estimated 1,000 people experience permanent disability resulting from a spinal cord injury or illness each year. This program is the largest of its kind in Canada. It offers an on-site fitness centre, high school education program and employment resource centre. In addition, the program offers a wide range of specialized clinics.