The Government of Ontario announced that construction is underway to build a new Reactivation Care Centre in Hamilton. The new facility, in partnership with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), will provide people who no longer require hospital care with restorative and specialty care, ensuring they are receiving the right care, in the right place.
“The new Reactivation Care Centre will ensure more patients and their families in the Hamilton area are connected to the care and support they need, for years to come,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health.
The province will invest more than $16 million to build the new Reactivation Care Centre in Hamilton. Once opened, the new 28,000 square-feet centre will include 57 transitional care beds across three units to connect people to a variety of reactivation care needs, including complex care, dementia care services and behavioural support services. The new facility will also have four rooms with dialysis services, allowing more patients to access convenient, on-site hemodialysis treatment.
“This Reactivation Care Centre offers a unique opportunity to provide a continuity of care to patients who need more time to recover, while freeing up much-needed space in our hospital to provide acute care to more patients, faster,” said Mike Heenan, President, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. “We are so grateful to the Province for recognizing this need and for their investment into our community.”
Reactivation care is an innovative model of care that provides people with a seamless transition from hospital to their community care providers when they no longer require hospital care. This ensures more hospital beds are there for those who need it most, while decreasing wait times to ensure more people, no matter where they are in their care journey, are receiving the care they need.
“I am absolutely thrilled with today’s announcement by the Provincial government. Today’s ground-breaking of the Reactivation Care facility at St. Joseph’s Villa is a much appreciated investment in our city. I want to thank the Provincial government, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones, and Premier Ford for their support. The addition of a 57 bed facility in our community that will be providing rehabilitation care to Hamiltonians to transition them back to their community, to home care or to long-term care is welcome news for the City of Hamilton and I’m sure will help take pressure off our hospitals,” said Andrea Horwath, Mayor, City of Hamilton
Featured image: HHS president and CEO Tracey MacArthur (second from the left) joined Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Mike Heenan, President, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, to break ground on the new Reactivation Care Centre in Hamilton. (St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton)
