North Toronto Ontario Health Team to improve coordination of care
December 2019
The Ontario government has announced the North Toronto Ontario Health Team will move forward with building a connected health care system, making it easier for patients and families to navigate the system and transition between providers.
Robin Martin, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health, made the announcement on Wednesday, December 4 at SPRINT Senior Care.
“With our new North Toronto Ontario Health Team, patients will benefit from better integrated health care, with a seamless experience when moving between different health care services, providers and settings,” said Martin. “I would like to thank all the health care providers and organizations that helped plan the North Toronto Ontario Health Team; there is lots of work to be done, but with their dedication and hard work, we will continue to improve health care in our communities and ensure Ontarians get the care they deserve.”
The North Toronto Ontario Health Team is the result of significant work and strong collaboration from a number of partners:
- Baycrest
- LOFT Community Services
- Patients, families and caregivers
- Primary care providers
- SE Health
- SPRINT Senior Care
- Sunnybrook
- Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network Home and Community Care
- Unison Health & Community Services
- VHA Home HealthCare
- Vibrant Healthcare Alliance
“The partners of the North Toronto Ontario Health Team have demonstrated an extremely collaborative spirit; we are committed to ensuring residents thrive in their communities,” says Stacy Landau, CEO, SPRINT Senior Care. “We share the same goal – to make our health care system better for patients, clients and their families.”
The North Toronto Ontario Health Team will continue to grow its strategic focus to ensure connected care for all people living in North Toronto. In the first year, partners will focus their efforts on improving access and ensuring seamless navigation and coordination of care for frail seniors.
Cherie Miller’s mother is 88 years old and receives support from SPRINT Senior Care. “We have been very fortunate to receive excellent, caring and responsive healthcare services. None the less, the healthcare system is very complex, fragmented, and siloed,” says Cherie. “The Ontario Health Teams are committed to improving communication and changing practices between agencies and with clients and caregivers. This integrated model will improve our healthcare system and is an excellent step forward.
The North Toronto Ontario Health Team is committed to creating a model of care to ensure there is a connected system of care for all health care providers and agencies in North Toronto. The partners will work together to ensure patients are accessing the right care when they need it most.
“This partnership is a remarkable opportunity to ensure connected care for all people living in North Toronto. The North Toronto Ontario Health Team is truly invested in the health of our community, and includes primary care physicians, patient and family advisers, mental health and addiction services, community agencies, home care and two hospitals. This focused collaboration will explore how local health services can be better coordinated to improve health outcomes and patient experience,” says Dr. Andy Smith, Chair, North Toronto Ontario Health Team planning committee and President and CEO, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Our phone extensions have changed!
Beginning Monday, December 2nd, 2019, all staff and departments at SPRINT Senior Care have new phone extensions.
Below are the new extensions for our largest departments:
In-Home Services: 8851
Transportation: 8223
Information Desk: 1225
Adult Day Program: 8830
Community Wellness: 1287
Meals on Wheels: 1251
Our main phone number, 416-481-6411, will remain the same. If you do not know the new extension for the department or staff member you are trying to reach, please call the main line at 416-481-6411 and our receptionist will direct you.
SPRINT Senior Care welcomes visitors from Singapore's Woodlands Health Campus


Woodlands, currently under construction and set to open in 2022, will comprise an acute/community hospital, outpatient clinics, and a long-term care home. Along with our partners from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Baycrest, we met with them to discuss the opportunities of integrated health care systems and our North Toronto Ontario Health Team.
Slaight Family Foundation funds SPRINT Senior Care-Sunnybrook project
North Toronto area partners a step closer to becoming an Ontario Health Team
August 2019
We’re excited to announce that patients, families and caregivers, together with health care and community service providers in North Toronto, are a step closer to a new vision for health care. Extensive progress has been made with the Government of Ontario, as well as our partners, in moving towards building an Ontario Health Team for our local community.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Health announced a new vision for a connected health care system, making it easier for patients, community service clients, and families to navigate the system and transition between providers.
To date, the group has completed a ‘self-assessment submission’ indicating how we will work together to provide integrated care, ensuring patients are supported throughout their entire journey with the health system.
We’re pleased to announce that the North Toronto Health Collaborative Ontario Health Team has been selected to “proceed to full application”. This is the result of significant work and strong collaboration from a number of partners:
- Baycrest
- LOFT Community Services
- Patients, families and caregivers
- Primary care providers
- SE Health
- SPRINT Senior Care
- Sunnybrook Hospital
- Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network Home and Community Care
- Unison Health & Community Services
- VHA Home HealthCare
- Vibrant Healthcare Alliance
We will grow our strategic focus to ensure connected care for all people living in North Toronto as our partnership evolves. For example, for our senior population, we intend to work together to foster a comprehensive approach to care to support seniors to be active, healthy and socially connected.
In October, we will submit the full application for the North Toronto Health Collaborative Ontario Health Team to the Ministry of Health. Along the way, we are committed to continuing to broaden involvement with other agencies and organizations in the area. These strong partnerships are key to ensuring the success of this integrated model of care.
This new model will provide better and more connected care across Ontario. We will keep you informed as we move further along, together with our patients, clients, families, and other health care and community service organizations. Visit our wesbite by clicking here.
Thank you for your Toronto Challenge support!

SPRINT Senior Care featured in Toronto Star article
Annual Volunteer Recognition Event 2019
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, SPRINT Senior Care celebrated our incredible volunteers at our Annual Volunteer Recognition Event, held at The Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf. We would like to thank all those who joined us for this special event, and congratulate our award recipients below.
We would also like to thank our generous donors: Mellow Walk, Liberty Market Pharmacy, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Cineplex Yonge & Eglinton, California Sandwiches (2474 Dufferin St.), and The Second City.
Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for photos of the event!
Charlotte Maher Outstanding Achievement Award: Carole Cohen
Departmental Volunteer of the Year Awards:
Administrative Support Award: Naomi Makino
Transportation Award: Tom Smallwood
Community Wellness Award: Barbara Goodbody
Pine Villa Award: Dayeon (Angela) Pyun
Ewart Angus Award: Cindy Shaw
Meals on Wheels Award: Bill Barber, Sara Hormuz & Molly Weaver
5 Years of Service Awards: Eric Aagaard, Bill Barber, Mindy Coplevitch, Mary Gordon, Luz Huaman, Naomi Makino, Heather Rumball, Patricia Simmie, Marcelle Suske, Andrew Violi, Judy Walker, Ruth Ziegler
10 Years of Service Awards: Julie Bolton, Sudha Chandrakant, Sharon Cuerrier, Klaudija Gricnik, Chandrakant Gupta, Yunok Lee, Gordon Lewis, Mary Pattison
15 Years of Service Awards: Pat Fraser, Lee Shouldice
Join SPRINT Senior Care for the Toronto Challenge 2019!
WHO? You! We’re encouraging anyone in the SPRINT Senior Care community and beyond who cares about the quality of life of seniors to join us.This includes clients, staff, volunteers, and their family & friends!
Thank-you to Crescent School students for volunteer collaboration!
April 2019



Councillor Josh Matlow joins Meals on Wheels delivery
April 2019

Celebrating Pine Villa's 1st anniversary
April 2019
March 2019 marked the first anniversary of the Pine Villa transitional care centre – a partnership between SPRINT Senior Care, Sunnybrook Hospital and LOFT Community Services, with support from the Toronto Central LHIN. The 68-bed facility on Eglinton Ave W. provides short-term stays for patients who no longer need hospital care, but still require support.
SPRINT Senior Care achieves perfect score in accreditation review
December 2018
SPRINT Senior Care is thrilled that we have once again been Accredited with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada, achieving a rare perfect score in our review.
From November 5-7 2018, Accreditation Canada surveyors visited SPRINT Senior Care to perform site visits and meet with clients, families, staff, volunteers (including SPRINT Senior Care’s board of directors) and some of our partner agency representatives.
They asked questions, made observations, reviewed our documents, and evaluated the quality of our services and our organization. Their evaluations were based on standards of excellence that have been developed for the health care sector and that act as the backbone of quality improvements at SPRINT Senior Care. Accreditation Canada found that our organization met 100% of the applicable standards.
The surveyors noted some highlights since our last accreditation survey, including:
• Our Client and Family Advisory Council
• Our new Community Wellness initiatives
• Our collaborative work in the Pine Villa supportive transitional care site.
We are proud that the final report mentioned that client and family-centred care is embedded everywhere in our organization. Thank-you to our staff, volunteers, clients and partners for their part in helping SPRINT Senior Care receive a perfect accreditation score!
A holiday gift from Greenrock Charitable Trust
December 2018
SPRINT Senior Care is grateful to be a recipient of a $20,000 donation this holiday season from Greenrock Charitable Trust.
Our agency was one of five local charities selected by the residents of Greenrock Property Management buildings, who voted for the organizations they believed were most deserving of a donation. Several of Greenrock’s properties are located in Davisville Village in SPRINT Senior Care’s catchment area.
The other charities that received a $20,000 donation were Camp Ooch, Casey House, Stella’s Place and The Redwood.
Thank you to Greenrock for this impactful donation, and for supporting local charities making a difference in Toronto!
New wheelchair-accessible van donated by Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation
October 2018
SPRINT Senior Care has received a brand new wheelchair accessible van to help transport clients to our Adult Day Program. This vehicle was funded by a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation and is part of the Foundation’s three-year commitment to donate $351,000 to the Toronto Ride partnership to replace the most urgently needed vehicles in the Toronto Ride fleet.
Toronto Ride, led by SPRINT Senior Care, is a partnership of 13 not-for-profit, community support service agencies that provides assisted, door-to-door transportation to seniors over 55 years of age and adults with disabilities who are not eligible for Wheel-Trans. The partnership provides approximately 189,000 rides per year to over 4,000 clients, the majority of whom are seniors.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation for this generous donation, and for their ongoing support of this vital service!
Generous donor funds music therapy at SPRINT Senior Care's Adult Day Program
October 2018
On a recent Wednesday, music therapist Dave had feet tapping, hands clapping and voices singing at our Adult Day Program (ADP).
It’s a new weekly class where seniors gather to express themselves in a different way – through music. Dave, equipped with a guitar, passed out tambourines, shakers, sticks and drums to participants. He then led them in rousing versions of “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” and “Hit the Road Jack.”
“It’s one of the best classes you can go to,” according to ADP client Ada, who says that singing and playing instruments makes her feel warm inside.
This new and engaging music therapy program was made possible through a generous donation from the Lorraine Johnston Foundation.
Music therapy differs from a typical music class in that the instructor comes in with goals for participants based on their needs or strengths. These goals could be social, such as encouraging verbal expression, or movement-based. “I’ve gotten to know each client, so I form goals with each client. I know how the music reaches them,” says Dave, an accredited music therapist with Miya Music Therapy. “I’m not just singing with everybody – I’m watching how people are singing and going with what they do, and responding to changes.”
During a rendition of “Twist and Shout,” the instructor encouraged the seniors to move their egg shakers along with the song’s rhythm, from the floor all the way to a high stretch. Later, when one client began to sing on her own, he strummed his guitar along to encourage the improvisation. “I love to be able to ask the clients what they like and what they want to do,” he says.
Those with dementia or Alzheimer’s, which includes many of our ADP clients, particularly benefit from music therapy: beyond the activity’s social and physical benefits, music can help tap into one’s long-term memory. Singing a familiar song, for example, may prompt memories associated with that song. “It’s an entry point into asking memory-based questions and stimulating long term memories,” Dave says
SPRINT Senior Care would like to express our gratitude to the Lorraine Johnston Foundation for making this program possible.

September 2018
MP Rob Oliphant meets SPRINT Senior Care summer student
August 2018
Member of Parliament Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West) stopped by SPRINT Senior Care’s Adult Day Program on August 9 to meet one of our summer students, Noah.
Oliphant, a former North Toronto-area United Church minister, is a longtime supporter of SPRINT Senior Care. During his visit, he spoke to Noah about his future career path and the work he’s accomplished this summer at the Adult Day Program. Noah is one of six students at SPRINT Senior Care funded by the federal government through its Canada Summer Jobs program.
Noah, who will be starting his second year as a psychology student at the University of Guelph this September and is interested in a social work career, spent his summer planning and running activities, and serving meals to our senior clients. “It’s very hands-on,” he says. “It’s a good stepping stone to become a social worker.”
He says SPRINT Senior Care is very client-focused, which he believes is beneficial. One of his favourite experiences has been talking to seniors about their lives and their pasts. “It’s interesting that clients from so many different walks of life end up at the same table,” he says.
2018 Annual Volunteer Recognition Event
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, SPRINT Senior Care celebrated our incredible volunteers at our Annual Volunteer Recognition Event, held at The Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf. We would like to thank all those who joined us for this special event, and congratulate our award recipients below.
We would also like to thank our generous donors: Cineplex Yonge & Eglinton, Mellow Walk, FoodShare, Lindt & Sprungli, California Sandwiches (2474 Dufferin Street), MLSE, and several anonymous donors.
Check out our Facebook for photos of the event!
Charlotte Maher Outstanding Achievement Award: Michael Moore
Departmental Volunteer of the Year Awards: Dementia Care Award: Adam Dinoff; Community Wellness Award: Jenny Huynh; Meals on Wheels Award: Matt Madill; Office Support Award: Helen Neville
5 Years of Service Awards: Barbara Goodbody; Margaret Boland; Heather Bates; Paula Schipper; Claire Perkins; Barbara Gruber; Jocelyn Charles; Barry Yontef; Mary Fraleigh
10 Years of Service Awards: Eileen Greer; Sukhanpreet Dhanotta; Sally Lew; Mary Pat Moore
15 Years of Service Awards: Paul Colman; Ian Fraser
20 Years of Service Awards: John Fuller; Ines Couperthwaite
CBC News features SPRINT Senior Care in story highlighting shortage of Meals on Wheels drivers
On Thursday, March 15, 2018, CBC News published stories on their website and on Metro Morning highlighting the shortage of Meals on Wheels volunteers in Toronto.
SPRINT Senior Care’s Volunteer Services Specialist Ashika Iqbal; Meals on Wheels Supervisor Eileen McGeean and a Meals on Wheels Client provided their insight on this important issue.
Please follow the links below to read and listen to this story.
Are you interested in volunteering with SPRINT Senior Care’s Meals on Wheels program? Call 416-481-6411 ext. 723 or email volunteer@sprintseniorcare.org.
South Korean delegates visit SPRINT Senior Care to learn about Toronto Ride
Neighbor System's Jungwook Choi, Principal Research Scientist and Chisong Ryu, Senior Researcher, joined by interpreter Emma Lim, Women's Empowerment Program Facilitator at North York Women's Centre, visited SPRINT Senior Care on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, to learn about Toronto Ride.
The delegates met with our team to discuss how Toronto Ride provides transportation services for older adults and people with disabilities, and they were particularly interested in learning about the challenges we have faced and how we have dealt with them. Through a demonstration of our centralized scheduling software, we showed how it enables us to work more closely together with our partner agencies.
This meeting was a great opportunity to learn about how Toronto Ride differs from comparable transportation services in South Korea; yet how they are similar in many ways, with the same challenges being faced such as securing sufficient funding for vehicles and providing equitable service for all clients, regardless of where they live.
We are very thankful to Jungwook, Chisong and Emma for taking the time to visit and learn about Toronto Ride.
SPRINT Senior Care contribues to UHN OpenLab's story on the detrimental effects of bed bugs on seniors
The Local is a storytelling platform that brings a human dimension to population health data in the Toronto Central LHIN. It tells hyperlocal stories about population health issues and grassroots innovations happening within the Toronto neighbourhoods that make up the LHIN’s five sub-regions.
On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, The Local published a story titled When a Bedbug Problem Snowballs into an Emergency, on how “something as mundane as a bedbug infestation, which might once have been considered a minor public health issue, can quickly snowball into a costly and traumatic ordeal.”
For the story, SPRINT Senior Care contributed our input on the devastating effects infestations can have on seniors in our community.
Earlier this year for a different story by The Local, two SPRINT Senior Care client stories were featured.
2017 Annual Volunteer Social
On Wednesday, November 1st, SPRINT Senior Care hosted our Annual Volunteer Social, bringing together our incredible volunteers for an evening of socializing and saying thanks.
We would like thank our host The Bull: A Firkin Pub, and our sponsors who graciously provided us with prizes for the event, including:
• The Rom
Check out our Facebook page for photos of the event.
SPRINT Senior Care celebrates Community Support Services Month
October is Community Support Services Month – an opportunity to celebrate the services and the individuals that help seniors and people with disabilities live independently.
Community support services support nearly one million Ontarians each year, including seniors and people with disabilities. They help clients live independently in their own homes and communities as long as possible, and reduce the burden on family caregivers and other parts of the health care system. As Ontario’s population ages, community support services will become even more important.
Here at SPRINT Senior Care, we see firsthand how critical community support services are to building a sustainable health system, and we are committed to providing exceptional care and quality services that enable seniors to live at home and thrive in their communities. We know this simply wouldn’t be possible without our dedicated staff and volunteers. Throughout the month of October, we are excited to acknowledge their dedication and the important work they do.
Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation makes incredible donation to Toronto Ride
The Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation has committed to donating $351,000 to Toronto Ride over three years to replace the most urgently needed vehicles in our aging fleet.
Toronto Ride, led by SPRINT Senior Care, is a collaborative partnership of 13 not-for-profit, community support service agencies that provides assisted, door-to-door transportation to seniors over 55 years of age and adults with disabilities who are not eligible for Wheel-Trans. The goal is to help our clients continue to live independently in the community by providing transportation to their healthcare and other important appointments. The partnership provides approximately 189,000 rides per year to over 4,000 clients, the majority of whom are seniors.
This generous donation from The Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation will allow Toronto Ride to maintain its commitment to providing safe, reliable transportation service throughout Toronto, reducing isolation amongst seniors and adults with disabilities and enabling them to live independently.
”For the safety of our clients, it is critical that our fleet be well maintained,” says Kai Simmons, Manager of Toronto Ride. “The older the vehicles get, the more often they need to be repaired, which is very costly and impacts the number of trips we can provide to our clients. These new vehicles donated by The Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation will enable us to provide a more efficient and seamless service to seniors in need.”
Toronto Ride would like to express our sincere gratitude to The Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation for their commitment to this vital community support service.
Sunnybrook Hospital CEO & President visits SPRINT Senior Care
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On August 30, 2017, we were pleased to have Sunnybrook Hospital's CEO & President Dr. Andy Smith, joined by Malcolm Moffat, Executive Vice-President Programs, Dr. Karen Fleming Interim Chief, Department of Family & Community Medicine and Tracy Hussey, Patient Care Manager, Academic Family Health Team, visit us to learn about SPRINT Senior Care's role in the healthcare system, and to discuss ways to better collaborate. "It's a team sport," says Dr. Smith.
We also took them to meet Supportive Housing client Margo who told them about the community care she receives, saying “SPRINT Senior Care is my lifesaver.”
Thank you for visiting, Sunnybrook Hospital!
SPRINT Senior Care and Alzheimer Society of Toronto present Young Onset Dementia program
SPRINT Senior Care and Alzheimer Society of Toronto are launching a unique wellness program for people living with Young Onset Dementia (under 65), called Saturdays @ SPRINT Senior Care. Find out more: Young Onset Dementia Program.
SPRINT Senior Care does the Toronto Challenge 2017
SPRINT Senior Care would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all who supported our Toronto Challenge campaign!
We chose to participate in the City of Toronto’s annual Toronto Challenge, because it’s an excellent opportunity to garner support for non-profit organizations – like ours – that are committed to improving the quality of life of seniors. All funds raised through pledges of SPRINT Senior Care registrants come directly to our agency to support us in providing services that enable seniors to live at home and thrive in their communities.
Thank you to the 45 participants who joined us on Sunday, June 11th for a fantastic, fun and sun-filled morning! And thank you to the generous donors who have raised $6422 to date!
For photos of the event, check out our Facebook page.
Annual Volunteer Recognition Event
On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, SPRINT Senior Care celebrated our incredible volunteers at our Annual Volunteer Recognition Event, held at The Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf. We would like to thank all those who joined us for this special event, and congratulate our award recipients below.
We would also like to thank our generous donors: valu-mart on Bayview, Cineplex Yonge & Eglinton, Mellow Walk, The Works, FoodShare, Mysteriously Yours Dinner Theatre.
Check out our Facebook for photos of the event!
Charlotte Maher Outstanding Achievement Award: Lee Shouldice
Departmental Volunteer of the Year Awards: Akihito Mizukoshi, Administrative Support Award; Richard Heystee, Transportation Department Award; Barbara Kulczycki, Community Wellness Award; Tenzin Chun-Wah Ling, Meals on Wheels Award; Mary Fraleigh, Ewart Angus Award; Kathy Morrissey, Cedarhurst Award; Oxana Polyakova, Active Living Centre Award
5 Years of Service Awards: Judith Bell; Mauricio Bobadilla; Victoria Chin-Elliott; Tenzin Chun-Wah Ling; Pierre D’Aoust; Gaston Doiron; Linda Finnigan; Ilana Goldhamer; Kate Griffiths; Gary Kaye; Matt Madill; Kathleen Murphy; Patricia Pinfold; Nina Richmond; Ron Rimer; Caroline Ross; Deborah Taylor; Michael Treuman; Huneid Vakharia; O'Llenencia Walker; Mary Ann Weaver; Ken Wong
10 Years of Service Awards: Linda Byron; Sara Hormuz; Bruce MacOdrum; Robert McDonald; Don Priston; Kitty Retter
15 Years of Service Awards: Linda Gallant; Lynn McLaughlin
20 Years of Service Awards: Marjorie Rogers
SPRINT Senior Care hosts Minister of Health and Long-term Care and Minister of Finance for new caregiver supports announcement, April 25, 2017
SPRINT Senior Care was excited to host Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance, for a media announcement this morning regarding new provincial supports for caregivers.
From the news release: “Ontario is making it easier for people who care for loved ones, with more respite services that allow people to take a break from their unpaid duties, increased education and training opportunities for caregivers, and a new, streamlined Ontario Caregiver Tax Credit.”
Five incredible caregivers – Helen, Ruth, Don, Winnie and Gini – who receive caregiver support services from SPRINT Senior Care met with the Ministers prior to the event to share their personal stories, with the Ministers aptly referring to them as the “unsung heroes.” Following the announcement, Helen publically and poignantly spoke about her experience as a caregiver.
“As an organization that works with caregivers every day, we understand the significant emotional and physical demands of caregiving, and we are very proud to provide support that helps them cope with their demands and lessens their burden,” says SPRINT Senior Care CEO Stacy Landau. “We are excited about this announcement and hope that this new funding will provide the much needed assistance for valuable caregiver programs in the community – including Adult Day Programs, Caregiver Support Groups, Social Work, system navigation and respite support via Personal Support Workers in the home and community.”
Media coverage of this announcement can be found in The Star, Global News and CBC Toronto.
We're participating in the Toronto Challenge 2017, and we want you to join us!
Register for the Toronto Challenge
In person or by mail: Return the Toronto Challenge Registration Form plus fee payable to the City of Toronto, to SPRINT Senior Care’s Communications & Development Department: 140 Merton Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4S 1A1.
Online: Via Toronto Challenge’s website. NOTE: If you register online, you must notify SPRINT Senior Care to receive your free water bottle. Please also see race kit pick-up instructions below. TEL: 416-481-6411 ext. 248 E: info@sprintseniorcare.org.
The deadline to pre-register through SPRINT Senior Care is Friday, May 26, 2017. You may register in-person on race day; however higher registration rates apply.
Thank you for fundraising!
Pledgers can support registrants by donating through the registrant, or online via SPRINT Senior Care’s website. Charitable tax receipts are provided for donations over $10.
In person through registrant: Registrant must track and collect pledgers’ information and funds using the Toronto Challenge Pledge Form. Registrant must provide the pledge form including cash or cheque payments to SPRINT Senior Care’s Communications & Development Department: 140 Merton Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4S 1A1.
Online: Pledgers can donate online, noting that their donation is in support of Toronto Challenge. Registrant must still provide enclosed pledge form including any additional cash or cheque payments to SPRINT Senior Care’s Communications & Development Department: 140 Merton Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4S 1A1.
The deadline to submit your pledge form and funds is Monday, June 19, 2017. To get a SPRINT Senior Care Dri-FIT t-shirt, you must submit your pledge form and funds with over $50 raised by Friday, May 26, 2017.
Race kit pick-up
Please select your preference for race kit pick-up (includes SPRINT Senior Care water bottle and Dri-FIT t-shirt, if eligible) on your Registration Form. Online registrants must contact SPRINT Senior Care if they prefer advance race kit pick-up, otherwise they are responsible for collecting their kit on race day as per below.
Before race day, from SPRINT Senior Care: 140 Merton Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto (Date and time TBA)
On race day: Toronto Challenge race kit available from Metro Hall, from 7:30am. SPRINT Senior Care water bottle and Dri-FIT t-shirt available from SPRINT Senior Care booth, from 8:30am.
SPRINT Senior Care is launching an LGBT Educational Series
Please find the details below, or by clicking here.
SPRINT Senior Care client’s story featured in UHN OpenLab’s The Local
The Local is a storytelling platform that brings a human dimension to population health data in the Toronto Central LHIN. It tells hyperlocal stories about population health issues and grassroots innovations happening within the Toronto neighbourhoods that make up the LHIN’s five sub-regions.
The majority of neighbourhoods in North Toronto have a higher population of seniors living alone, compared to the rest of the Toronto Central LHIN. In fact, in Mount Pleasant West, 58% of seniors live alone.
Home Alone: A Portrait Series, takes you into the lives of seniors, including 103 year-old SPRINT Senior Care client Mr. Kwok and 92 year-old SPRINT Senior Care client Ms. Palmer, who both live in one of the four Toronto Community Housing buildings from which SPRINT Senior Care provides services to around 160 seniors. Listen to their stories below.
Mr Kwok from Tai Huynh on Vimeo.
Ms Palmer from Tai Huynh on Vimeo.
Toronto Central LHIN Appoints SPRINT Senior Care CEO as North Toronto Community Care Co-Lead
Source: Toronto Central LHIN
Toronto Central LHIN has divided its region into five sub-regions to provide a foundation for the development of local integrated systems to ensure that residents receive better health outcomes. According to Toronto Central LHIN, these local planning areas will assist the Toronto Central LHIN to more effectively plan, evaluate and improve each local health system. This work will be done in consultation and partnership with its residents, patients and health service providers to ensure that the system is responsive to the unique local communities within the city of Toronto. They will use these planning areas as a means to better identify and respond to population need and to better plan together, coordinate and integrate service delivery, and improve population health and equity in health outcomes. It is important to note that the sub-regions are not service boundaries and will continue to allow for patient choice.
Toronto Central LHIN has appointed SPRINT Senior Care CEO Stacy Landau as the North Toronto Community Care Co-Lead. The Community Care Leads with representation from Community Support Service (CSS) and Community Mental Health and Addictions (CMHA), act as advisors to the Toronto Central LHIN. Leads are responsible for transparent communication, collaboration, and coordination with CSS and CMHA providers across their sub-region and bringing forward the range of perspectives to LHIN-related discussions. These leaders work collaboratively with the Primary Care Clinical Leads, Hospital Resource Partners, and sub-region leads from the Toronto Central CCAC and LHIN.
Further information can be found on Toronto Central LHIN’s website.
SPRINT Senior Care Hosts 2016 Annual Volunteer Social
SPRINT Senior Care could not care for seniors without a dedicated army of volunteers who generously give their time. On Thursday, November 10th, we brought our amazing volunteers together for the Annual Volunteer Social.
We would like thank our sponsors who graciously provided us with door prizes for the event, including:
Check out our Facebook page for photos of the Annual Volunteer Social.
SPRINT Senior Care clients and caregivers featured in CTV report about Alzheimer's disease
Read the report: Number of Alzheimer's patients will triple by 2015: study
Premier Kathleen Wynne visits SPRINT Senior Care
Watch the video: Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne visited SPRINT Senior Care's main office to discuss investments in senior care and to meet with our Active Fingers Knitting and Crochet Group.
Through a generous donation, the Slaight Family Foundation has established the Senior Care Navigation Pilot, a landmark partnership between SPRINT Senior Care and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. This project will introduce a new model of care to help seniors and their families.