A new Health Center for Seniors to open in Dieppe

Vitalité Health Network - Wednesday, November 22, 2023 – Vitalité Health Network is getting ready for the opening of the new Geriatric Health Clinic in Dieppe.

The facility, located at 665 Champlain Street, will offer comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation services for people aged 65 and over.

“This ambulatory clinic, scheduled to open in the spring of 2024, is the first one of its kind for the organization,” said France LeBreton, Director of Eldercare Services. “We had identified the need to coordinate access to a range of services offered by a team dedicated exclusively to senior patients, she explained. Patients will find in a single location a range of care and services necessary to maintain their autonomy and quality of life at home.”

The 8,000-square-foot building will house several assessment rooms as well as rehabilitation rooms and group training rooms adapted to the clinic’s patients.

The Geriatric Health team will include physicians, nurses, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, a speech-language pathologist and a social worker. The clinic will also have access to any other services offered by the Network to meet the needs of its patients.

The addition of this new service will also help prevent hospitalizations and speed up certain discharges.

“Faced with demographic changes, caused in particular by the aging of the population, we must rethink our service offering to support seniors in maintaining their autonomy at home and in their community,” stated Sharon Smyth Okana, Senior Vice-President of Client Programs and Nursing. “In fact, we plan to replicate this model in the other Network zones,” she added.