Shirin Vellani: Nurse Practitioner program helps keep seniors out of emergency department

A new program to reduce transfers from Long Term Care (LTC) facilities to The Scarborough Hospital emergency department (ED) is having a positive impact on patient care and helping to reduce wait times.

Called the Central East LHIN NP LTC Outreach Team, the program employs Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to provide care to residents in LTCs for whom a transfer to an emergency department is likely. Its primary goal is to provide seniors with “the right care, at the right time, in the right place” and “by the right health-care provider.”

NPs Shirin Vellani and Katie Adams make up the CE LHIN NP Outreach Team based at The Scarborough Hospital. They work in the LTCs, assisting staff to provide emergency or complex medical care right in the nursing home.

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