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Visit us regularly to learn what's new. Here you will find Toronto Rehab Foundation's latest news releases and examples of us making the news. Read online copies of Toronto Rehab Foundation's member newsletter - Rapport, Annual Reports and Toronto Rehab Magazine in our Publications section.
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"Topping Off" of the new University Centre tower
From 60 feet below ground to a towering 13 floors above street level, the external structure of Toronto Rehab's new patient care and research wing has reached its highest point! Deb Matthews, The Honourable Minister of Health and Long Term Care, and other special guests joined us for a "Topping Off" celebration, on April 21, to celebrate this lofty milestone. Learn more
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Barbara G. Stymiest Research Chair in Rehabilitation Technology
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute recently appointed Dr. Alex Mihailidis to the newly created Barbara G. Stymiest Research Chair in Rehabilitation Technology. Made possible by donors to Everything Humanly Possible: The Campaign for Toronto Rehab in honour of the Campaign Chair, Dr. Mihailidis is developing intelligent assistive technologies and environments to enhance and enable function in older adults so that they can remain in their homes longer. Learn more about Dr. Mihailidis
After the Crash: a play about brain injury
Friends of Toronto Rehab Foundation are invited to attend showings of After the Crash: a play about brain injury. Developed by researchers at Toronto Rehab, the play was created with the intention of making health research about the brain injury experience accessible and meaningful to health care providers and managers.
After the Crash and has been performed in healthcare centres, conferences and at Toronto's Fringe Festival July 1-12, 2009.
For more information about the play and upcoming performances, please visit http://www.ruckusensemble.com/.
After the Crash 2009 Production Sponsors:
FIREMAN BARRISTERS
Boomers will soon hit their stumbling prime
The Toronto Star - 11 Dec 2009
Columnist Susan Pigg writes about iDAPT researchers who are working on everything from revolutionary winter boots and specially cushioned coats to "intelligent" homes and new exercise regimes aimed at restoring balance and quick reflexes to aging brains and bodies.
Posted December 15, 2009
Global TV Toronto turns to Toronto Rehab's leading experts for their advice in two recently broadcast stories. One is about innovative technologies that help people with disabilities and the other explains how the body's internal clock reacts to seasonal time changes.
A belt worn around a person's waist that gently vibrates to indicate directions when walking; a house that can call for help if you fall ill or fall down; expert advice on how the transition out of daylight savings time affects our internal clock.
These are two stories Global TV Toronto has recently aired which profile the innovative research being conducted by Toronto Rehab scientists and which tap into the expertise of Toronto Rehab medical staff.
The technology story is one segment in a series called "Smart Shift", which is being presented by IBM in partnership with Financial Post Magazine. The story aired nationally with all of Global TV's affiliate stations picking it up. The story reached an estimated 1.8 million TV viewers.
Posted November 10, 2009
Stint in cardiac rehab slashes risk of dying
The Toronto Star - Sat 28 Feb 2009
A Toronto study, co-authored by Toronto Rehab's Dr. Paul Oh, shows that people who participate in a cardiac rehab program after having a major heart attack can cut their risk of dying from another heart episode by 50 per cent.
Posted March 3, 2009
Devices that let ability shine through
Judy Steed's February 7, 2009 Toronto Star article featuring Dr. Geoff Fernie, Vice President of Research, describing innovations at Toronto Rehab that will help seniors maintain their independence. "They want to live at home and they expect solutions," Fernie says. "We've got to find ways to help them manage. And to help the caregivers."
Posted February 17, 2009
Groundbreaking research results from Toronto Rehab's Sleep Research Laboratory
Researchers at Toronto Rehab recently discovered a link between obstructive sleep apnea and the amount of time spent sitting during the day.
Read Toronto Rehab's press release
View Global News coverage
Posted February 17, 2009
Toronto Rehab introduces Heart Health for Life presented by Scotiabank
Cardiac rehabilitation experts at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) have created Heart Health for Life to address the need for continued support for graduates of Toronto Rehab's cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention program to maintain a life-long commitment to their heart health after they leave the formal rehabilitation program. Heart Health for Life provides graduates and their families online educational tools, access to community resources and information about local peer support programs. Scotiabank has invested $300,000 in the Heart Health for Life program to help the program reach out in new and exciting ways to thousands of graduates and to allow the program to evolve over the next three years. Learn more
Posted November 12, 2008
Paralyzed Dieppe veteran fought to get help for the disabled
The Globe and Mail's Christie Blatchford features fundraising initiative to name the lobby at Lyndhurst Centre after Lyndhurst co-founder John Counsell
Posted March 10, 2008
Learn more about supporting Toronto Rehab's Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program
Toronto Rehab Foundation News Releases
Toronto Rehab receives one of the largest known single donations ever made to an adult rehabilitation facility in Canada
October 23, 2007- Toronto- The Toronto Rehab Foundation today officially announced two seven-figure gifts in support of its Everything Humanly Possible: The Campaign for Toronto Rehab. The campaign's $5 million landmark donation is one of the largest known single donations ever made to an adult rehabilitation facility in Canada. The announcement marks the public launch of the hospital's $60 million fundraising campaign.
Read the full media release
Watch the public announcement
Learn more:
Everything Humanly Possible: The Campaign for Toronto Rehab
Donors David and Sheryl Kerr
Donor Judith R. Wilder
Outstanding Volunteer Barbara G. Stymiest
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