Sunnybrook to expand dementia care in North Toronto with a $4.3-million gift from The Slaight Family Foundation

Gift is part of The Slaight Family Foundation’s $30-million initiative to enhance dementia prevention and care

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will bridge gaps in community-based dementia care to keep vulnerable seniors in North Toronto healthy and out of the hospital, thanks to a $4.3-million gift through The Slaight Family Foundation.

Over the next three years, Sunnybrook will expand its Community Psychiatric Services for the Elderly (CPSE) and Home-based Seniors Program and scale up its partnership with the North Toronto Ontario Health Team’s Neighbourhood Care Team. These programs provide at-home, team-based psychiatric and primary care to seniors with limited access, aiming to offer greater support to seniors at risk of or living with dementia in Toronto Seniors Housing.

“Sunnybrook is a leading academic health sciences centre with a dual mandate to provide complex care for people living across Ontario and serve as a community hospital for North Toronto. The Slaight Family Foundation’s gift is a groundbreaking investment to strengthen community-based dementia care and is recognition of the vital role Sunnybrook plays in bridging gaps in care through collaboration,” says Lori Brady, Sunnybrook’s Vice-President of Community Integration, Partnerships and Ambulatory Care, who will lead this important work with Sunnybrook’s partners.

Leveraging its strengths in dementia research and working closely with its partners, Sunnybrook will also develop processes and policies to promote coordinated, seamless community-based dementia care.

“The Slaight Family Foundation is a longstanding and generous partner in Sunnybrook’s mission to care for patients and their families when it matters most,” says Kelly Cole, President & CEO of Sunnybrook Foundation. “We are grateful to be part of The Slaight Family Foundation’s visionary initiative and to leverage Sunnybrook’s unparalleled strengths in dementia research and care to shine a light on a silent health crisis in our community.”

Read about The Slaight Family Foundation’s $30-million initiative.