About our Independence at Home (IAH) Community Outreach Team
Our Community Outreach Team supports older adults who may be struggling to stay independent in the community and would benefit from an interprofessional community-based assessment and support that then connects them with the right mix of home and community, as well as in-home, clinic or inpatient rehabilitation care services that will help them regain or maintain their independence in the community.
Our Community Outreach Team is a partnership between Sinai Health System, the Toronto Central LHIN, the University Health Network and others, and consists of a Geriatrics Clinical Nurse Specialist, Social Work Care Navigator, Pharmacist, TC LHIN Care Coordinator, Geriatrician and Geriatric Psychiatrist.
Our Independence at Home Community Outreach Team currently serves older adults in the following catchment area:
How to Get Referred
To be referred to our Independence at Home Community Outreach Team, please have your primary, home, community or specialist care provider complete the Referral Form and fax it to 416-597-7066 or send it to TRI-Eskerfax.DayHospital@uhn.ca.
Currently, eligible patients must:
- Be age 65 and older
- Have experienced a recent functional decline and have the potential to regain function
- Be able to benefit from increased supports at home or in the community to remain independent
- Be homebound and able to benefit from an in-home specialized geriatrics assessment
- Reside in the program’s catchment area: South of St. Clair Avenue, west of the Don River and east of Parkside Drive and Keele Street.
For more information about our Independence at Home Community Outreach Team, please contact them by phone at 416-597-3422 ext. 3065 or by email at Shayna.Pilc@uhn.ca or download the Fact Sheet (PDF) or visit their website.
Date modified: February 2022