Enhanced Living Service
- A home like environment for individuals needing invasive mechanical ventilation with four apartments (two single and two double) to accommodate six current patients with issues requiring Chronic Assisted Ventilatory Care
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Home Ventilator Training
- Short-term complex medical management program for adults who need ventilators to breathe * care team trains patients and caregivers on use of ventilation in a home setting and how to handle emergency situations * follow-up reassessments provided regularly after discharge, followed by every 12 months * short-stay re-admission offered if necessary
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Long-Term Ventilation Centre of Excellence
- Long-term complex medical management program for adults with respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support, and those at risk of developing respiratory failure
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Long-term Ventilation Service
- 22-bed inpatient unit for people who require ongoing mechanical assistance to help them breathe for all or part of the day * help patients learn to plan and direct their own care, and possibly explore independent living * offer long-term residential care as well as slow stream rehabilitation (12 weeks to 2 year) for patients who are able to reintegrate into the community
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Respiratory Complex Continuing Care
- 26-bed inpatient rehabilitation program for adults with complex respiratory disorders * designed for patients whose needs cannot be met in the community or a long-term care home * work with patients to create an individualized care plan, which may include Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP) support
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Respiratory Day Program
- Hospital-based outpatient day program for adults with chronic lung disease * supervised exercise program focusing on cardiovascular fitness, upper and lower limb strength, endurance training, energy conversation, relaxation training, and breathing control techniques * care team educates patients about their disease and their medication, and how to manage daily activities and independent living in the community
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Respiratory Evaluation Services and Sleep Lab
- Offers sleep studies, pulmonary function and respiratory exercise testing * tests include identifying whether patients require oxygen at night to complete respiratory polysomnographic studies to assess sleep disorders
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Respiratory Rehabilitation Service
- Inpatient rehabilitation program for adults with chronic lung disease * provide education, planning, coping skills, and a supervised exercise program that includes breathing control techniques
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Transitional Home Ventilation
- Short-term complex medical management program to help patients requiring ventilation to breathe reintegrate into the community from acute care * provide rehabilitation, training, and education
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Tuberculosis Service
- Short-term rehabilitation program for people with complex tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial infections * core services provided by a respirologist, attending physician, nurse practitioner, nursing staff, recreation therapist, clinical pharmacist, and clinical care coordinator * patients are discharged when they are no longer infectious or a risk to family and others
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Tuberculosis Service (Progression and Maintenance)
- Designated treatment centre for difficult-to-treat cases of tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial infection * service to both in-patients and outpatients
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