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The Community Care
Access Centre (CCAC) also provides information and assistance in arranging
for placement in a long-term care centre. CCAC staff will help to
facilitate the placement process and guide patients and their families
through each and every step. Patients being discharged from hospital will
receive priority status and are placed in the first available bed as per
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care policy. CCAC staff can be reached in
the hospital by calling ext. 2078, or can be contacted from outside of the
Hospital at 1-888-470-2222.
Once a patient has been designated as
appropriate for an Alternative Level of Care (no longer requiring care in
an acute care hospital), a co-payment fee will be charged while the
patient is in hospital until the time of discharge to a long-term care
centre.
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