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After many visits to the family doctor and a hospital stay in Durham, it became apparent that Nona’s husband, Lawrence, was deteriorating. It was not just the process of aging. It was more severe than that. The doctors had diagnosed him with Dementia, caused by Alzheimer’s disease and a stroke.Read more...
Linda MacLeod has a message for anyone about to be admitted to the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit (GPU) at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores). “You are lucky if you become a patient here,” she says with certainty. “The staff are kind, supportive and dedicated.”Read more...
They really looked after him. They understood what to do when he was agitated and how to care for him. I'm so grateful for how they treated him and for how much I learned about how to manage himRead more...
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) is a public teaching hospital providing a range of specialized assessment and treatment services to those living with complex and serious mental illness.