LTV programs available at Providence:

Complex Medical Management

Complex Medical Management is an inpatient program at Providence Care Hospital (PCH) in Kingston that is offered to patients who have multiple chronic diseases. The program is provided to patients as a means to:

• Increase activity tolerance
• Slow the rate of or avoid further loss of function

Functional objectives include optimizing and ongoing maintenance of functional abilities. Patients receiving Complex Medical Management may have:

• Extensive wounds, with the goal to bring the wound to a level of care that can be managed in the community
• Complex respiratory needs

Referrals to this program can be sent using the referral form.

Admission Guidelines

Ottawa's only complex continuing care hospital where care teams maintain and improve function for patients with complex needs.

• 336 total bed capacity, with 30 beds dedicated for patients requiring long-term ventilation.

Long-Term Complex Care

Patients who need specialized services over an extended period to maintain, slow the rate of, or avoid further loss of function. This includes patients requiring long-term ventilation who have chronic respiratory difficulties and require permanent ventilator care.

• Offer 2-3 respite beds for patients requiring LTV
• Offer care for patient populations requiring non-invasive or invasive ventilatory support
• Ability to actively wean patients when possible
• Can perform overnight oximetry and has software to download data
• RT support available 8 hours a day, 5 days a week
• Biomedical team actively involved in customizing communication devices for patients
• Occupational therapists are involved in equipment and wheelchair customizing
• Speech therapists assess swallowing and use of PMV
• Physio does routine work with patients

Application is submitted by referring facility or care physician to the admissions team, which will then review the application internally and determine if patient qualifies for a bed. The admissions team can be reached at (613) 562-6262 ext. 4000.

Admission Guidelines

4 bed unit for patients requiring long-term ventilation. Please contact them directly for more information.

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5 bed long-term rehabilitation unit for people who need ventilator support. Please contact them directly for more information.

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Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) has a 24 bed long term ventilation inpatient unit with multidisciplinary care teams and direct access to an adjacent garden room, providing a welcoming space for patients and their families.

Referral to the program is made via RMR Centralized LTV Waitlist (LTVHub) for ICU's within the Greater Toronto Area.

Program Contact: Karen Kerry
Contact Email: karen.kerry@tehn.ca
Contact Phone: (416) 469-6580 ext. 3594

Website: https://www.tehn.ca/programs-services/medicine/ventilation-and-weaning-programs-mgh

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LTV Programs available at Toronto Grace Health Centre:

Long Term Ventilation Program (LTV)

Toronto Grace Health Centre has an up-to 32 bed LTV program that provides care for ventilated patients. Beds not used for the LTV Program are allocated to the RECOVER program.

Referral to the program is made via RMR Centralized LTV Waitlist (LTVHub) for ICU's within the Greater Toronto Area. For all other areas, please contact the admission department at Toronto Grace.

Co-payments may apply depending on the program. Contact Toronto Grace for details.

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LTV programs available at West Park Healthcare Centre:

Long Term Ventilation Unit (LTV)

Because of illness or injury, some individuals are unable to breathe on their own. West Park Healthcare Centre's Long-Term Ventilation Service is a 65 bed inpatient unit that provides care to people who need ongoing mechanical assistance to help them breathe for all or part of the day.

We provide 24-hour residential care for these invasively ventilated individuals, with a focus on improving their health, well-being and independence. In addition to meeting their physical needs, West Park staff members help residents develop the skills to plan and direct their own care, and in some cases, to explore independent living.

Referral to the program is made via RM&R Centralized LTV Waitlist (LTVHub) for ICUs within the Greater Toronto Area. For referrals outside this area, please download and fax the appropriate referral form to our admitting department.

There is a co-payment for this bed.

Admission Guidelines

UHN - West Park Healthcare Centre is designated as an LTV Centre of Excellence.

The Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation Program (LTMP) at Hôtel Dieu-Grace Healthcare (HDGH) has 8 permanently funded LTV beds.

Program Contact: Francine Stadler
Contact Email: francine.stadler@hdgh.org
Contact Phone: (519) 257-5111 ext. 74112

Website: https://www.hdgh.org/

Admission Guidelines

The Complex Care Program at Parkwood Institute provides a clinical setting for patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation (LTV) and has 6 beds within the Complex Care Program that can be used for residential care of "medically stable" ventilator dependent individuals. The purpose of transferring these individuals to the Complex Care Program is to provide a more appropriate setting to care for and manage their health, welfare, and social needs. This transfer will also help increase the capacity of critical care areas across the region. This facility is not mandated, staffed or resourced to facilitate protocols for attempting weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Phone: 519-685-4000 ext. 44015
Fax : 519-685-4577
Email: ComplexCare@sjhc.london.on.ca

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The chronic ventilator/respiratory unit at WRHN @ Chicopee provides 14 funded long-term ventilation beds with highly specialized care for individuals with complex and chronic respiratory conditions including those individuals who require a ventilator.

Unit contact number: (519) 749-4300 ext. 8319

Website: https://www.wrhn.ca/healthcare-services/complex-continuing-care

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