Regional Geriatric Program
of Eastern Ontario
The Ottawa Hospital
Tel: 613-761-4458
Fax: 613-761-5334
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RGPEO Specialized Geriatric Services
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Geriatric Emergency Management
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Professional Development
Regional Geriatric Rounds -- Upcoming Presentations
Regional Geriatric Rounds -- Past Presentations
Geriatric Training Series
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Resource Centre on Aging
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In the Community (Out-patient)
Referrals to Geriatric Assessment Outreach Teams
Geriatric Day Hospitals
In Hospital (In-patient)
Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM)
Other Specialized Geriatric Services in Ottawa and the Champlain Region
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About Us
Mission
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Vision for Care
RGAC
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Geriatric Refresher Day - March 21, 2012
Healthcare professionals who work with the elderly
Program Goals
The goals of the Regional Geriatric Program are as follows:
Geriatric Assessment and Treatment
To provide seniors and their families with thorough health assessments, and to help them make decisions related to these assessments.
To provide opportunities for seniors to maximize their functioning through the provision of excellent and appropriate treatment, together with rehabilitation.
Education
To enable professionals who work with seniors to use the most effective methods in their practices by providing them with accessible, relevant, and state-of-the-art educational experiences.
To provide seniors, their families, and the community/general public with education regarding health and aging.
Research
To ensure effective, high quality, and efficient delivery of geriatric services through program evaluation.
To advance knowledge of geriatrics/gerontology through the stimulation, facilitation, and completion of broad-based clinical, epidemiological, and health service delivery research
Advocacy
To promote the development of an appropriate continuum of services for seniors in the Champlain region through the provision of planning, program development, and consultation services to other health and community services and to planning bodies
To promote the development of an appropriate continuum of services for seniors in the Champlain region through advocacy in partnership with seniors for an improved health care system.