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Bennett Health Care Centre
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Total Number Of Beds : 65
Description
About Us
The Bennett Health Care Centre is a long term care facility that is home to 66 residents Staff provide loving care in a homelike setting featuring pets plants and a wide array of recreational activities Residents enjoy meals in a lovely solarium overlooking a beautifully landscaped garden courtyard in a quiet rural setting
Located west of Toronto in Georgetown Ontario only ten minutes from the 401 and Trafalgar Road exit the facility lies in a safe residential area that is minutes from downtown Georgetown
Independently operated the Bennett Centre is located adjacent to the Georgetown Hospital Having immediate access to emergency care at the hospital is a great benefit to Bennett residents
Mission amp Philosophy
Mission Statement
quotTo be the community leader in the provision of high quality safe housing long term care and services for seniors and people with special needs in an integrated campus settingquot
Philosophy of Care
We will enhance the quality of life for all our residents in a supportive safe and caring environment because
We believe in the intrinsic worth of individuals and their unique life
experiences
We believe in a holistic multidisciplinary approach to the care of long
term care residents including the importance of family and friends
We believe that each resident has the right to be treated with dignity and
respect
We believe in each residents right to privacy and confidentiality
We believe in helping residents achieve an optimal level of function
We believe in each residents right to self determination and education with
respect to their plan of care
We believe that continuous quality improvement is essential in order to
provide high quality safe care and to meet the needs of each resident
History
History
Previously operated as a chronic care wing of the Georgetown Hospital and then as a retirement home the Bennett Centre opened as a 65 bed long term care facility in 1999 Its governing board is drawn from the community and runs the center independently of the hospital from which it rents the space
The Bennett is named for Ballinafad residents Stewart and Lettie Bennett past owners of Scotsdale farm north of Georgetown on Trafalgar Road
Stewart Bennett was President of Beardmore Tannery in Acton Vice President of Canada Packers and President of the Royal Winter Fair Following a stroke in 1978 Stewart was impressed with the attention he received at Georgetown Hospital Lettie who drove to his bedside daily for weeks said she came to think of the hospitals wonderful staff as quotfamilyquot Shortly after the Bennetts died within weeks of each other in 1982 delighted hospital officials learned of their generous bequest of 1335000 Concerned that Seniors had to travel outside the community for long term care funds from the bequest were designated to address their needs
The Bennett Centre became independent of the hospital in 1998 but the tradition of familylike care continues
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