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Information for Patients and Families

F.A.C.E. - Families for Awareness, Change and Education

Working in partnership with community members to provide family-centred care, Grand River Hospital has implemented F.A.C.E. With the mission of developing the highest standard of comprehensive and compassionate mental health care, F.A.C.E. focuses on strengthening communication, collaboration and family involvement.

If you are interested in becoming a member, or would like more information, please call 519-749-4300, extension 2333.

Family Guides

Please click on the link below to access an informative brochure prepared for families, by families.

Self Help Alliance

Working in partnership with other communities within Waterloo Region, Self Help offers unique mental health self help services to the community with a focus on recovery and peer support. Services include individual and group peer support, recovery, action planning, wellness promotion, personal development and a resource centre that provide an opportunity for patients to gain skills, support, seek advice from peers, and contribute their own skills and experiences to assist others. Self Help Alliance can be contacted through phone number 519-750-4595.

What's Being Developed Further

The department of psychiatry and mental health at Grand River Hospital is actively working with several key community partners on a variety of important projects to help further improve mental health care in our community. These include:

• Development of improved access to child and adolescent psychiatry for Waterloo Region
• Inpatient unit renovations and bed increases at Grand River Hospital
• Reorganization and expansion of services that help patients transition from inpatient care to community after discharge from hospital
• Development of new crisis stabilization beds in the emergency department for patient observation and assessment to assist in making admission decisions
• Development of 50 specialized mental health beds at Grand River Hospital's Freeport site for patients who require a longer hospital stay and more specialized interventions
• Joint recruitment strategies with other community and regional partners
• Participate in the development and teaching of medical students through the new KW satellite campus of the McMaster School of Medicine