Groves Memorial Community Hospital has 44 inpatient beds.
Inpatient treatment is a type of treatment in which a patient is provided with 24 hour, monitored care.
Physicians and hospitals follow a specific set of clinical criteria (severity of illness and intensity of service needed to diagnose and treat) that assists in determining whether a patient meets medical necessity for an “inpatient” status in the hospital.
Groves Hospital offers three types of patient accommodation including standard ward, semi-private and private. Ward rooms include three or four beds and are offered free of charge to all patients with a valid Ontario Health Card. Private or semi-private rooms can be requested for an additional charge. Either the patient’s insurance plan or the patient is responsible for paying the Preferred Accommodation charge.
Every effort is made to provide you with your written requested accommodation. At times, for infection control requirements or patient volume, we may not be able to accommodate your request.
When your physician determines your acute care stay is over and you are waiting for the appropriate Alternate Level of Care bed (such as retirement, rehab, palliative etc), you will be designated as an Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patient. As part of the designation of ALC, a co-payment is required by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. This co-payment is based on an income calculation as provided by the patient who will then be responsible for making the determined payment.
For more information please read our Patient and Visitor Guide
Accommodations
Groves Memorial Community Hospital offers three types of patient accommodation including:
1. Standard Ward
2. Semi-private
3. Private
Ward rooms include four beds and are offered free of charge to all patients with a valid Canadian Health Card. Private or semi-private rooms can be requested for an additional charge. Either the patient’s insurance plan or the patient is responsible for paying the Preferred Accommodation charge.
Every effort is made to provide you with your written requested accommodation. At times, for infection control requirements or patient volume, we may not be able to accommodate your request.
When your physician determines your acute care stay is over and you are waiting for the appropriate Alternate Level of Care bed (such as retirement, rehab, palliative etc), you will be designated as an Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patient. As part of the designation of ALC, a co-payment is required by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. This co-payment is based on an income calculation as provided by the patient who will then be responsible for making the determined payment.
Palliative Care
“Healing is about radically coming into the present…healing is about letting go of the past, of the future…healing is about attending to my whole person needs.”
-Dr. Balfour Mount, Father of Canadian Hospice Palliative Care
Hospice Palliative Care Patient Services
Hospice Palliative Care aims to relieve suffering and improve the quality of living and dying. At North Wellington Health Care, our palliative care providers promote comfort for the person who is dealing with a life-threatening illness when the focus of care is no longer to cure. We take a holistic approach, viewing the patient and family as the unit of care within the psychological, social, cultural, spiritual and practical domains. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, drawing on the unique knowledge and skills of the palliative care team in order to manage pain and other distressing symptoms.
“To Cure sometimes, To relieve often, To comfort always”
-Hippocrates
Resources for Families Online:
www.advancecareplanning.ca
www.hpco.ca
Booklets By Elizabeth J. Latimer MD :
When Someone is Dying… What can I expect? What can I do?
Easing the Hurt…. A handbook of comfort for families and friends of people who are seriously ill.
Miles to go…A handbook of comfort and support for people who are seriously ill.
Survey:
Please let us know how we are doing with our Palliative Care Services.
Click here to complete a short survey.
Please print and mail the following survey to attn:
Palliative Patient Care Manager, Groves Hospital 131 Frederick Campbell St. Fergus, ON N1M 0H3
Hospital Elderly Life Program
Groves Memorial Community Hospital offers senior patients a Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP).
We recognize that many older adults, while in the hospital, have difficulty with memory, confusion, nutrition and mobility. The Hospital Life Elder Program provides specific interventions to help keep the mind and body active, so cognitive and physical functioning can be maintained.
Services are provided by HELP staff and volunteers. The HELP team includes the Elder Life Specialist, Elder Life Clinical Nurse Specialists and highly trained volunteers. To participate, patients must be 65 years of age or older with one or more risk factors for functional cognitive decline or delirium.
Risk factors include:
- Decreased mobility or ADL impairment
- Pre-existing cognitive impairment, dementia, history of delirium
- Sensory impairment (vision, hearing)
- Inadequate caloric intake or dehydration
- Sleep deprivation
Services
- Geriatric interdisciplinary assessment and interventions coordinated by an Elder Life Specialist
- Assistance from specially trained volunteers, overseen by interdisciplinary professionals, who provide the following programs:
- Daily Visitor: Orientation, communication and social support
- Feeding Assistance: Help and companionship during meals
- Therapeutic Activities: Mental stimulation and socialization
- Early Mobilization: Daily exercise and help with mobilization
- Vision / Hearing: Adaptations and equipment
- Linkage with community services to assist with the transition from the hospital to home
Contact
If you or a loved one are interested in the program and would like more information, please contact:
