Halton Healthcare Services - Georgetown

Geriatric Medicine

Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP)

HELP is in alignment with the Delirium Aware Safer Healthcare (DASH) campaign that aims at reducing hospital-acquired delirium across Ontario. HELP is designed to prevent delirium by keeping hospitalized seniors oriented to their surroundings, meeting their needs for nutrition, fluids, and sleep, and keeping them mobile within the limitations of their physical condition. Hospitalized older patients may experience a decline in their physical and mental abilities, which makes it difficult for them to fully recover from their illness and return to their previous ability to function.

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated May 2026

Geriatric Outpatient Clinic

Geriatric Assessment Clinic

Provides comprehensive assessment and short-term rehabilitation to the elderly who present with multiple complex medical problems requiring an interdisciplinary approach. Team consists of a geriatrician and a nurse practitioner. Goal of this service is to optimize health and well-being, support independence and enhance quality of life for patients.

How to access: Medical referral required

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated March 2026

Emergency Department

Emergency room care. Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals assess and treat life-threatening injuries or severe illness all patients are initially triaged by a registered nurse and are seen on a priority-basis, not a first-come first-served basis all patients are assessed and prioritized using the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), based on the patient’s complaint and the signs and symptoms they may be exhibiting. Emergency Department Wait Times: www.haltonhealthcare.on.ca/emergency-department#waittimes.

How to access: No referral required * call or walk-in

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated November 2025

Outpatient Rehabilitation

Geriatric Assessment Clinic

Provides comprehensive assessment and short-term rehabilitation to the elderly who present with multiple complex medical problems requiring an interdisciplinary approach. Team consists of a geriatrician and a nurse practitioner. Goal of this service is to optimize health and well-being, support independence and enhance quality of life for patients.

How to access: Medical referral required

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated March 2026

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Geriatric Assessment Clinic

Provides comprehensive assessment and short-term rehabilitation to the elderly who present with multiple complex medical problems requiring an interdisciplinary approach. Team consists of a geriatrician and a nurse practitioner. Goal of this service is to optimize health and well-being, support independence and enhance quality of life for patients.

How to access: Medical referral required

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated March 2026

Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Work-Fit Total Therapy Centre (Progression and Maintenance)

Physiotherapy clinic. Health professionals assess and treat conditions that affect the muscles, nerves, and bones that may be caused by work or sports or motor vehicle collision injuries, chronic conditions, or to recover after an operation (hip and knee surgery). Pain management.

How to access: No referral required for private pay services * medical referral required for OHIP coverage * medical referral may be required for third-party insurance

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated February 2026

Complex Continuing Care

Complex Transitional Care Department

Provides a transitional level of care when a patient no longer requires the hospital acute care services. Services are provided by an interdisciplinary health team for people with medically complex, nursing, and therapeutic needs. Focus of the Complex Transitional Care (CTC) is to develop a plan of care that would enhance quality of life and facilitate discharge to a lighter level of care.

How to access: Medical referral required

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated November 2025

Palliative Care

Spiritual Care

Spiritual care services are available to people of all faiths and spiritual perspectives, including: compassionate listening and companionship assessment of spiritual needs support during crisis situations connection to patient's faith tradition for religious rituals and support meditation space and sacred texts emotional and spiritual support for experiences of loss and grief, hope and healing weekly Christian non-denominational worship (Wednesdays 11 am on the Complex Continuing Care Unit). Faith leader, rabbi, minister, imam or other religious leader can also attend to patient's needs while they are in hospital. Roman Catholics seeking sacramental care such as Sacrament of Reconciliatio.

How to access: Walk in for emergency services * medical referral and appointment required for most services

Source: Ontario Health atHome healthline directory, updated April 2026