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July 27, 2020

Architectural firm and project manager named for new Grandview Children’s Treatment Centre Redevelopment Project

The site for the new Grandview Children's Centre in Ajax, Ontario

The Grandview Children’s Treatment Centre Redevelopment Project has taken an important step forward with the selection of B+H Architects as the planning, design and conformance (PDC) team and Colliers Project Leaders as Grandview’s project manager.

B+H Architects will prepare project documents, including output specifications that will form the guidelines and performance requirements that the successful building team must meet when preparing the design. The team will also monitor construction progress and provide coordination and oversight during commissioning, completion, and transition to the new facility.

Colliers Project Leaders will support the management of the project on behalf of Grandview Children’s Centre by providing advice on the output specifications, procurement, contract administration and post-occupancy stages.

The vision for the new Grandview Children’s Centre is to support the seamless and coordinated provision of family-centred care for children and youth with physical, communication and developmental needs and their families. It will be an open, welcoming and inclusive community-based paediatric facility supporting an integrated mix of rehabilitation, medical and clinical services, education and research activities.

The new Grandview Children’s Centre will include:

Centre-Wide Therapy Services: occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech-language pathology, recreation therapy, audiology, infant hearing, blind low vision, social work;
The Ontario Autism Program and services
Developmental Paediatric Medical Services including specialist medical clinics,
Campbell Children’s School
Family resources services,
School-based rehabilitation services, and,
Preschool outreach program.

Once complete, Grandview will consolidate the existing main site in Oshawa and multiple satellite locations into one purpose-built site at 1465 Harwood Avenue North, Ajax. Grandview will maintain three satellite locations to reduce extensive travel times for some clients and their families

Grandview Children’s Centre will be working closely with the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and Infrastructure Ontario to deliver the project under the public-private partnership model.

As the next major step, Grandview Children’s Centre and Infrastructure Ontario will issue a request for qualifications (RFQ), inviting teams to submit their credentials to design, build and finance the new facility. The RFQ is expected to be released in late summer 2020.

For more information, visit: https://infrastructureontario.ca/Grandview-Children%E2%80%99s-Centre-Redevelopment/.

About Grandview Children’s Centre:

Grandview Children’s Centre provides expert paediatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services to children and youth with physical, communication and developmental needs. Grandview’s main facility in Oshawa was built in 1983 to serve 400 children. Grandview’s demand has now reached over 19,000 kids with more than 11,000 waiting for services. As the only children’s treatment centre in Durham Region, Grandview’s work has broad impact in our community, changing lives daily.

For more information about Grandview Kids, visit: http://grandviewkids.ca/.

For updates, follow @GrandviewKids on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Media Contact:

Stefanie Swinson

Communications and Marketing Manager

Grandview Children’s Centre

(905) 441-1783

stefanie.swinson@grandviewkids.ca

Michaela MacPherson

Communications Advisor

Infrastructure Ontario

647-282-3540

michaela.macpherson@infrastructureontario.ca

Article submitted by Marshall Hohmann, Ability Awareness Presenter and Grandview Grad

My inspiration to write began in high school when I really got into public speaking. My teachers came alongside with my willingness to grow in my art of being creative with my writing. I guess I had no choice since I have to write everything that I say so it goes hand in hand. Writing to me is therapy because sometimes I need an escape from life especially what is going on in the world today with this virus and people dying from it. When I was in English class in high school all of my teachers asked me if I ever thought about writing a book! At the time I really wanted to be a computer tech so I took every single computer class that my high school offered. Here I am today. Making presentations for the public!

You might be asking yourself. How did a non-verbal adult learn to read and write? Everything had to be memorized and that was a lot of work. I had to sound out every word in my head can you imagine how talented I had to be to spell. My teacher in JK always said sound it out in your head and of course, I had to work through those spelling textbooks. If you really want something you go after it. I had that mentality because it paid off at the end for me. I would also say that my speech therapist gave me the devices to write with so I want to give a special thanks to all the speech therapists that I had. I’m thankful for my education over the years and I am going to keep educating others because I have the voice to do so. When I write I feel calm and collected because it is relaxing. It also helps my grammar for my speaking as well. I personally believe it shows your character. Writing opens up possibilities for everyone, so shoot for the stars no matter what.

These last few weeks of social distancing haven’t been easy for a guy who has to get people to help him with everything in his life from the time I get up until I go to bed. I have had to really rethink my support. I decided to have my agencies for my personal support workers only to get me up and put me to bed. My day normally involves emails for work, putting finishing touches on talks, going to ODSP, chiropractor, and playing chess. My mental health has been greatly challenged by this because unlike most of you, I can’t clean my house, do dishes, make things in my home shop. For someone like myself that can’t use their hands to complete simple acts of occupation such as creating meals for my family or sorting my closet are not ways I can spend my time. Going biking with friends, or going to the gym have all been put on hold for now so I am making the best of what I can do and that is writing blogs with hope for our Grandview staff and our wonderful families that we serve, helping them realize that we will get through this. We will be stronger as a community at the end and your children will continue to grow and learn.

Let’s put everything in perspective. I have a big enough house to comfortably roll my wheelchair around in, it’s warm, we have light and there is no lack of food or clean running water. In some areas of the world people live in eight by ten “cells”. Parents and children and others having basically enough room to be able to sleep… imagine isolation there! In many oppressed countries the grocery stores shelves are always empty and people wait for hours for fresh fruit and meat which rarely comes. Young women carry jugs of water that are found miles away from their village. Let’s face it, folks, we are extremely blessed.

Submitted by Marshall Hohmann, Ability Awareness Presenter and Grandview Grad

The College of Nurses wrote to nurses across Ontario this week:

It’s a special year for nurses around the world, with May 12 marking 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale. Well known as the founder of modern nursing, her vision for nursing professionals in the 19th century is still very much alive today. Leadership, collaboration, compassion and a commitment to patient care and well-being were values Nightingale upheld and instilled in her nursing students. These values, remain central within the complexity of care today, with nurses applying their knowledge and judgment, along with scientific evidence, to their professional practice.
In honour of the 200th anniversary of Nightingale’s birth, the World Health Organization has declared 2020 the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. This year-long effort celebrates the work of nurses and midwives and highlights the challenging conditions they often face, making it particularly meaningful during a global pandemic. Times like this also remind us of the value of teamwork across all health care professions.

The College of Nurses of Ontario has asked all Registered Nurses to take a moment and share why being a nurse is so meaningful to those of us fortunate to be registered in Ontario

Here is why it is for me:

I have been a Nurse for 32 years.

I have had the honour of practicing in direct care and leadership roles in Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency, General Medicine, Nephrology, Paediatrics and Women’s Programs. I have been a Chief Nursing Officer and now a CEO. I am often asked if I miss being a nurse and people are usually shocked to know I am still an active Registered Nurse. I explain how nurses practice across many domains ~ research, direct care, education and in my current area of practice, administration. The education and skills required to care for each and every person across settings can be translated to an organization or a population and nurses in administration roles are impacting health policy and health outcomes in significant ways. I LOVE being a nurse. I have enjoyed each domain I have had the privilege of working in. Being the CEO at Grandview Children’s Centre provides the opportunity to bring a nursing perspective to the care and support of the children, youth and families who access the paediatric rehabilitation and other services and programs we offer. That lens combined with the expert physician, health discipline, professional and administration staff across our talented teams makes for a rich, evidence-informed model of care. For 32 years nursing has been a gift in my life, allowing me to meet amazing people like the Grandview families and team.
This nursing week I shout out to all the nurses across the world keeping us safe in this pandemic. May they remain safe too.

Happy Nursing Week. ~ Lorraine

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