Ontario Connecting Long-Term Care Home Residents to More Diagnostic Services

Two new pilot projects will connect residents with faster, convenient access to diagnostic services

To provide better services to longterm care residents, our government is investing more than $4 Million over 2 years for pilot projects in collaboration with Humber River Hospital & Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre. This will ensure longterm care residents have quicker and easier access to non-urgent x-rays, more nurse navigators & patient transportation.

Enhanced services offered through Humber River Hospital will include:

• Increasing the number of hours for pre-booked appointments for x-ray and ultrasound services
• Non-urgent resident transport for x-ray and ultrasound services at Humber River Hospital
• Increasing the number of hours a long-term care home can connect with a nurse navigator that supports long-term care homes with needs assessments and coordinating with other health care teams

Enhanced services offered through the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre will include:

• Increasing access to x-ray services for long-term care residents who fall and require a non-urgent x-ray
• Access to a nurse navigator at the hospital to support the long-term care resident to navigate services
• Non-urgent resident transport for x-ray services at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre