MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov. 22, 2022 /CNW/ – Trillium Well being Companions Basis is delighted to announce a $5 million donation from the Longo Household Basis to assist contribute to the redesign of psychological well being care at Trillium Well being Companions (THP) and its analysis engine – the Institute for Higher Well being. This reward will allow analysis and innovation to plan new fashions of care that target prevention, early detection, equitable entry, and patient-centred remedy. A portion of the reward can even assist the event of psychological well being inpatient providers as a part of the brand new Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital.
“Our psychological well being groups see the rising impacts of psychological well being and addictions on the group we serve. This essential funding from the Longo Household Basis will remodel our present psychological well being system of care to 1 that meets our inhabitants’s wants in a well timed, equitable and evidence-based approach,” mentioned Dr. Alison Freeland, VP Training and Tutorial Affairs & Interim Chief and Medical Director, Psychological Well being Program at Trillium Well being Companions.
The necessity for extra and higher built-in psychological well being providers throughout Ontario is obvious. Since 2020, hospital look after psychological sickness at Trillium Well being Companions has elevated by 9% and the hospital has seen a 65% improve within the variety of psychological well being sufferers ready for hospital beds. The prevailing 56-bed Psychological Well being inpatient unit at Mississauga Hospital is considerably undersized and outdated.
“It is our Basis’s mission to make sure we spend money on well being care – together with psychological well being – to make our communities stronger. We all know that COVID has highlighted social disparities and elevated the necessity for psychological well being care. That is why we’re delighted to assist a redesign of Trillium Well being Companions’ psychological well being program and trendy new hospital areas to supply the care our rising group wants and deserves,” mentioned Rosanne Longo, Longo’s Spokesperson and Model Ambassador.
Established in 1998, the imaginative and prescient of the Longo Household Basis is to contribute to a world of sturdy, wholesome households; one the place youngsters and youth are empowered to succeed in their full potential. This mission is impressed by the Longo’s love of household and fervour for meals and is achieved by investing in healthcare and youth management initiatives. With a concentrate on rising analysis in immunotherapy and psychological well being and funding to assist construct camp infrastructure, the Basis helps fulfil the household goal to deliver alternative, inspiration, and hope to folks’s lives and make the world a greater place.
To make sure the group has entry to equitable, lifesaving psychological well being care after they want it, Trillium Well being Companions envisions a redesign of the prevailing psychological well being system alongside group companions, particularly major care practitioners, to allow equitable entry, well timed remedy, and compassionate assist.
Trillium Well being Companions Basis President & CEO Caroline Riseboro added, “Trillium Well being Companions faces rising challenges to satisfy the psychological well being wants of the area. Because of this funding from Longo Household Basis, clinicians from our Psychological Well being Program and scientists from the Institute for Higher Well being will collaborate with sufferers and their households, psychological well being suppliers locally and different organizations to contribute to the design of extra complete, and equitable system of psychological well being look after the absolute best outcomes.”
The Institute for Higher Well being will work alongside suppliers, sufferers, and caregivers to know the distinctive wants of our numerous group to co-design, implement and consider new fashions of care to deal with current obstacles and system points.
To be taught extra concerning the Institute for Higher Well being, please go to instituteforbetterhealth.com.
About Longo Household Basis
Established in 1998, the imaginative and prescient of the Longo Household Basis is to contribute to a world of sturdy, wholesome households; one the place youngsters and youth are empowered to succeed in their full potential. This mission is impressed by the Longo’s love of household and fervour for meals and is achieved by investing in healthcare and youth management initiatives. With a concentrate on rising analysis in immunotherapy and psychological well being and funding to assist construct camp infrastructure, the Basis helps fulfil the household goal to deliver alternative, inspiration, and hope to folks’s lives and make the world a greater place.
About Trillium Well being Companions
Trillium Well being Companions is the most important community-based hospital community in Canada. Comprised of Credit score Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Well being Centre, Trillium Well being Companions serves the rising and numerous populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities. Trillium Well being Companions is a instructing hospital affiliated with the College of Toronto and residential of the Institute for Higher Well being. For extra data, go to thp.ca.
About Trillium Well being Companions Basis
Trillium Well being Companions Basis is devoted to elevating the vital funds wanted to deal with the very best precedence wants of Trillium Well being Companions, the most important community-based hospital community in Canada. For extra data, please go to trilliumgiving.ca.
Concerning the Institute for Higher Well being
As THP’s analysis and innovation engine, the Institute for Higher Well being (IBH) is a core enabler of THP’s mission of a brand new sort of well being look after a more healthy group by the appliance of scientific experience, progressive considering and partnerships. Targeted on producing cutting-edge science and innovation in well being service supply and inhabitants well being, IBH leads sensible analysis and innovation that shapes how we have interaction, design, ship, and finance well being care to resolve issues stretching from the bedside to the system.
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