Urgent need for a Geriatric Psychiatric Hospital for the psychotic aged. Now undiagnosed under the clinically useless euphemism of "special needs." .
In the 1980s Greenacres Home for the Aged in Newmarket, North of Toronto, was a "snakepit" for the undiagnosed psychotic aged in Metro Toronto Homes for the Aged.. Medical attention was given by local GPs.(NOT Geriatric Psychiatists).
The closure of two psychiatric hospitals in Metro was a medical disaster by (surprisingly) a Conservative government.
About The Wexford
The Wexford Residence is a non-profit, charitable organization founded by the Brotherhood Foundation. The Brotherhood Foundation is an outgrowth of the Church of the Christian Brotherhood.As far as is known, this is the only church in the history of Ontario to have been established by an Act of Incorporation in the Provincial Legislature. The Bill incorporating the new Church was passed in March of 1919.
The first site for the Church was the Erskine Presbyterian Church formerly at Elm and University Avenue. Between the time when this property was expropriated for the Hospital for Sick Children in June 1948 and the construction of a new church at Blake and Grantbrook Avenue in 1960, the congregation held services at 111 Maitland Avenue which eventually became the home of the National Ballet of Canada.
By the spring of 1966 it had become obvious that declining membership and financial pressures made the closing of the Church inevitable. The assets of the congregation from the sale of the Church were put into a trust, and the interest on these funds was distributed to charitable Christian purposes.
In 1972 it was decided to put the money to good use. The Brotherhood Foundation was formed with the purpose of building a nursing home or similar project to help the aged.
With additional fundraising and assistance from various levels of Government, this multi-level seniors complex known as The Wexford Residence opened in 1978. It consisted at the time of retirement and nursing home (1 1/2 hr nursing care daily + Oxygen + catheter use), independent seniors apartments and an elderly persons centre. It was known at the time as “The House that love built”.
