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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS: Visitors try the ring toss game during Sorauren Park’s 20th anniversary celebration on Saturday afternoon. For more photos, see page 3.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is tackling youth depression headon by launching the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression.

“This is exciting,” said Tyson Herzog, a CAMH peer facilitator for the National Youth Advisory Committee, who also struggled with depression.

“For youth, depression is very real. I think a lot of times when young people are struggling, it’s easy to dismiss their struggles as growing pains. This centre means a lot. It’s an acknowledgement that youth depression is real. It’s having a major impact on young people’s lives across the country and across >>>NEW, page 6

Affordable housing planned for former Parkdale LCBO HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com The LCBO officially moved into its new home on Queen Street West and Dunn Avenue last Thursday but what will happen to its old home at Brock Avenue and Noble Street?

The details are still unclear, but Ward 14 councillor Gord Perks confirmed that the property is being shopped around internally to various City of Toronto departments with an emphasis on a portion of the land to be used for affordable housing.

“We’re in the middle of that process right now,” Perks told The Villager.

He added that potential interested departments are the Toronto Parking Authority and Children’s Services, which would mean a potential day care.

This internal shopping around of the property came about after Perks requested the city pursue the property with a “particular emphasis on a portion of whatever project goes forward to have an affordable housing component.”

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housing are growing every year.

A report done by the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association in May states than more than 110,000 households are waiting for housing assistance in the Greater Toronto Area. Of that 110,000, there are 78,392 >>>COUNCILLOR, page 7

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Gallery boxes part of new Open Field project Hilary Caton hcaton@insidetoronto.com Brightly coloured wooden boxes are popping up on some Parkdale lawns, but you won’t find books or even mail inside. What you will find is a miniature art piece.

It’s part of Parkdale’s Open Field Collective’s Street Project.

“This is a way to bring art right out into the public,” said Toronto-based painter Scott McDermid, the creator of this Open Field Street Project.

“I had this idea cooking for a long time.”

The street project features eight gallery boxes, with two more on the way, installed on lawns across the westend. More than half reside in the Parkdale and Bloor West area. The boxes are placed at eye-level on the lawns of those who want a little free art exposure in their neighbourhood.

“There’s been a lot of interesting reaction (to the

boxes). The neighbours of the boxes have all been very positive and the hosts have all enjoyed having them,” said McDermid, a longtime resident of Sorauren Avenue and Queen Street West.

“The people looking at it have been excited about it, too. Taking pictures and Instagraming it and talking about it on the web. It’s been great.”

The street art project is McDermid’s brainchild and to keep it going, he gets help from his friend Erika James, another Toronto-based sculptor. He pitched the idea to her a few years ago, but it wasn’t until last year they decided to form a collective and start bringing art to the neighbourhood. “(When I heard the idea) I thought, ‘Wow this is such a great idea because it brings art straight out into the community’,” James said.

“So we started working with that concept. It’s been so much fun really.”

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Parkdale’s Open Field Collective’s Street Project is bringing art to the community by creating miniature pieces placed in gallery boxes at homes throughout the area.

James, who lives in the College and Bathurst streets area, allowed her lawn to be the test site in December and she said it’s been met with positive feedback. From there, the pair began expanding to other area lawns.

“Every time we install a new box, the neighbours and surrounding area get really excited about it and want to

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see more,” she said.

“So many people want these boxes that we can’t keep up with the demand, so we know there’s an obvious desire out there for people to interact with art this way.”

Some of the gallery boxes feature art from both James and McDermid, but the majority are from well-established artists such as Rochelle

Rubinstein, whose artwork can be found at the corner of Roncesvalles Avenue and High Park Boulevard and Robert Hengeveld at 201 Sorauren Ave. “These are established artists who have won Governor General awards and who are artists in residence at the AGO,” James told The Villager.

“These artists are well known. And yet they were excited when I asked if they wanted to show in these boxes and the reasoning is that they always show in these elite galleries and there’s no way for them to share their work with the general public and I think, for them, it’s a down-home way to show their work.”

There’s also a variety of artists, from sculptors, to printmakers and art installation creators participating. It’s part of the collective’s mandate to expose the community to art they may not otherwise be subjected to.

For now, the art rotates

every six weeks. James said she would like to see pieces rotate once a month, but art takes time and right now it’s just her and McDermid who are part of the collective curating the project. Eventually they’d like to expand.

“When we have more boxes made, we can start introducing them in other areas,” James said.

“We’re really interested in spreading out to different spots and neighbourhoods of Toronto. We don’t necessarily want to isolate the project to one specific area.”

Open Field Collective also plans to work with King Edward Junior and Senior Public School, 112 Lippinscott St., in the coming months to help them install their own gallery box that will feature artwork created by students.

“We’re trying to engage all ages in the project,” James said.

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Thanks for the fun: Christina Mazurkiewicz, left, and Aleks Stypulkowska write notes to their favourite Toronto parks during Homegrown Park Crawl activities in Trinity-Bellwoods Park on Sunday.

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at the finish line: Volunteer crew members cheer participants at the finish line during the Great Camp Adventure Walk for Sick Kids on Saturday afternoon at Fort York.

catch anything?: Children try the fish pond concession during Sorauren Park 20th anniversary celebration activities on Saturday afternoon. The event included live music from The Monkey Bunch and the Paul James Band, as well as a cake decorating contest, an outdoor movie, a community dining table with fine food vendors, history exhibits, ball hockey and even some square dancing.

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t was reassuring this week to hear work-to-rule job actions in public elementary schools across the province will not impact Remembrance Day ceremonies in the schools or the chance for local students to take part in literary and poster contests sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion.

John Smith, president of the Elementary Teachers of Toronto, told Metroland Media Toronto the ceremonies will go ahead. “We’re making an exception for Remembrance Day. All Remembrance Day activities will continue... We’re recognizing that and honouring that,” he said.

Smith added the annual Remembrance Day poster and literary contests sponsored by the legion for more than 50 years, will also continue in the schools.

While not specifically a school project, the contests are often promoted to our view students by their teachers and the entries forwarded to the We all have a nearest legion branch. contests are part of role in keeping theThe legion’s goal to ensure Nov. 11 relevant Remembrance Day remains relevant to young people, and they understand the reasons why it’s important.

“We’re trying to pass the torch to younger people,” explained Sheila Harris, youth education chair for the 24 legion branches in Toronto.

“The younger people have to remember the sacrifices that were made.”

The contests are divided in age groups ranging from grades 1 to 12 for the posters, and grades 4 to 12 for essays and poems. There’s also video and public speaking categories. The theme for all categories is remembrance.

While teachers certainly have a role to play in these contests, parents should also be encouraging their children to understand and honour the sacrifices made by those who gave their lives to keep our country free. If your child has an interest in art, poetry or writing essays, suggest they enter.

Along with being a positive experience for children, they also have the chance to win prizes and attend awards ceremonies at the legion. If they are national winners, their works will be displayed at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

We encourage students to ask their teachers for information on the contests. The info is also available at every legion branch across the city, by going online at www.legion.ca/youth/contests or by emailing Sheila Harris at stharris@rogers.com

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Filion book seeks to explain Ford phenomena Councillor pens his take on the Rob Ford story Rob Ford is a gift to storytellers, no doubt about it.

From the time he stumbled into the light as a rookie city councillor from Ward 2, Ford had a knack for presenting a narrative, or at least a hook for one.

First, he was the guy who famously spent $2 a year in his City Hall office budget. How’d he do that?

Then he would say awful things about all sorts of people. How’d he get away with that?

One day, against all odds, he got himself elected mayor and went on a toxic, drug-andalcohol-fuelled bender unrivalled in the history of municipal government, somehow maintaining an unimaginable level of popularity in the process.

david nickle the city Say what?

The story is irresistible.

Former Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolittle set it down in book form in the aptly titled Crazy Town, a book-length account of the Fords and her and the Star’s investigation into the now-infamous “crack video,” with some biographical talk.

Ford’s former chief of staff, Mark Towhey, is getting set to come out with a book describing his attempts to help Ford through his substance abuse issues.

And in a month, Willowdale Councillor John Filion will be presenting his own story of the story, The Only Average Guy: Inside the Uncommon World of Rob Ford.

As a point of full disclosure, Filion interviewed

me for the book he was researching last year as the municipal election was getting into full swing.

At the time, he told me it wouldn’t be a lurid tellall, but rather something more thoughtful – aiming for the ‘why’ rather than the ‘what.’ I wasn’t sure what to make of that then.

But based on some promotional copy sent around Tuesday, I think I see what he’s getting at.

The book takes, at its starting point, the football pool that Filion and Ford took part in and the uneasy water-cooler male bonding that reminded Filion nothing so much as the time at 10 years old when he invited an ungainly classmate home for lunch after church.

Rob Ford, theorizes Filion, is that lumpen boy grown large.

More intriguing, I suspect, will be the other ungainly 10-year-old men that Filion seems to argue

make up Ford Nation – that 30 per cent rump of voters who will support Rob and his brother Doug no matter what.

In an interview with former Ford Svengali Nick Kouvalis, Filion draws a picture of “partisan brains” contained mainly in the crania of heavy-set men with hard fathers. No one, he seems to suggest, will sway those brains from the Ford brand.

Those of us outside Ford Nation shouldn’t be smug, though: for pretty much every brain, the Ford narrative is impossible to look away from.

When it was in full swing, it was enough to transform the political face of our city.

And everybody – citizens, journalists and even city councillors – has a great stake in figuring out what shape that face has finally taken.

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WHERE: Tiger of Sweden, 56 Ossington Ave. CONTACT: Niki Landau, 416873-6454, landau.niki@ gmail.com COST: Free A first-time Nuit Blanche participant, Tiger of Sweden will host Theatre PANIK’s PEEP, a live photography and performance-art drag show.

w Wednesday, Oct. 7 Community Jam WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Sara Shahsiah, 647-2169092, torontofor@gmail. com COST: $20 in advance; $25 at door Community Jam III features a unique blend of world sounds as Toronto’s finest artists take the stage with well-known Toronto

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Music from Around the World: Celebrating the Library Settlement Partnership Program WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Parkdale library, 1303 Queen St. CONTACT: 416-393-7686 COST: Free Come and celebrate the Library Settlement Partnership with musical performances and free food. No registration required. Drop in.

Afro-Jazz musician, Waleed Kush & Friends, to celebrate refugee resilience and raise funds for Toronto Friends of Refugees’ refugee resettlement project.

The Magna Carta comes to Toronto WHERE: Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd. CONTACT: www.magnacartacanada. ca COST: $10 for youth, $15 for seniors and $20 for adults The Magna Carta, which, according to www. magnacartacanada.ca, “set the groundwork for many concepts that continue to define democratic life today,” will be on display as part of a four-city national tour.

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WHERE: Toronto Institute for the Enjoyment of Music, 821 Queen St. W. CONTACT: Howard Goldbach, 416-504-5444 COST: Free TIFEM’s Open Mic series provides an ideal setting for contributors and audience members alike.

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New centre will focus on research and therapy

Social media and six-week television and digital medial campaign on suicide prevention also launched >>>from page 1 the world.”

The new centre, launched Tuesday, is supported by a $15-million philanthropic donation from the Peter Cundill Foundation and is designed to help youth, like Herzog.

CAMH also launched a new #stopsuicide social media cam-

paign that is part of its $200-million Breakthrough Campaign.

There’s also a six-week television and digital media campaign with a video on suicide prevention on YouTube, Google, Facebook and at major Canadian news outlets.

“It’s a campaign designed to change the conversation about child mental health and transform

lives,” said CAMH President and CEO Dr. Catherine Zahn.

“Because of this amazing opportunity that we’ll have at the Cundill Centre, I’m promising a world where every child can believe that life is worth living.”

The campaign intends to raise awareness and funds by inviting people to become CAMH Change

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Agents. The centre, which will function more like a virtual centre, will focus on research to provide evidence that will create culturally appropriate interventions and therapy that will help youth and children.

It will then share that knowledge with clinicians around the world and lead a global effort to better care for children and youth with depression.

It will also look at the side effects of psychotherapy, help with relapse prevention and primary care screening tools.

According to the World Health Organization, 350 million people live with depression and for 70 per cent of those people the illness starts in early adolescence.

“While we’re making a lot of progress about mental health overall, we don’t know enough about the best care for kids,” Zahn said.

Peter Szatmari, the chief of CAMH’s Child, Youth and Family Program and the head of the Cundill Centre, told The Villager depression can be detected in children as young as five years of age.

“And that’s the least recognized population, the pre-school population that can get depressed,” Szatmari said.

He added more research needs to be done in early detection of depression and that information needs to be passed to the community, so they are better equipped with the knowledge and tools to use to help.

“I think the only way to have progress is to have a centre like this that will attract international experts to identify young people wanting to tackle these problems...

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Because of this amazing opportunity that we’ll have at the Cundill Centre, I’m promising a world where every child can believe that life is worth living.

– Dr. Catherine Zahn

and provide them with support and mentoring so we can go out and supply them with new information,” he said.

The importance of knowledge and prevention of depression is important to Herzog since he struggled with the illness as a teen, but sought help later in life.

“The focus on early intervention and screening is very important because I took a long time to get the help that I needed and in doing so, I developed a pattern of behaviour and thought that wasn’t so healthy,” Herzog said.

“My depression took more of a chronic course and I’m learning how to live with that and I’m doing better day by day, but prevention is important to stop that (chronic course).

Overall we need a greater understanding and this centre will help us get there.”

DETAILS According to the World Health Organization, 350 million people live with depression and for 70 per cent of those people the illness starts in early adolescence.

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The Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression was just launched Tuesday at CAMH. The centre is supported by a $15-million philanthropic donation from the Peter Cundill Foundation.

Councillor Perks insists affordable housing be part of development plan

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Ward 14 councillor Gord Perks would like to see a portion of the former LCBO property on Brock Avenue and Noble Street be used for affordable housing.

“And the city’s affordable ished and I have a sense of housing department will be who are the players from the involved somehow.” city’s side, when I have that, There are no then we’ll start a details as of yet, public conversation Be a part of the if the developabout where to go,” discussion. Visit Perks said. ment will have this story on our a city applicant “When the rest of website and share that conversation is or private develyour thoughts in oper. It also could complete we’ll have the comments be a couple of a skeletal idea that section. years before the we’ll take out to the community to put neighbourhood finds out exactly  insidetoronto.com flesh on. We will set what the plan for up some sort of prothe site will be. cess that involves people in The process is still in the the neighbourhood to make it early stages, however, Perks a real project and then it will plans to help shape what go through whatever hurdles it has to go through.” is done with the property with the surrounding comFor more community stories munity. from Parkdale, visit www. parkdalevillager.com “Until this process is fin-

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>>>from page 1 in Toronto who are looking at more than a six-year wait before they can get that assistance.

The report also noted that in Toronto, to afford a bachelor apartment a person has to make an hourly wage of at least $17.23. For a one-bedroom unit it jumps to $20.52 and for a two-bedroom that hourly wage jumps again to $24.06.

This affordable housing project would be able to help low-income earners who are struggling to find housing in the city.

As for funding to get this project moving, Perks is working on it.

“I have some funds that I’ve generated out of Section 37 agreements (which developers pay in order to secure taller or denser buildings than the zoning bylaws allow).

They’re going to give us a little bit of resources to support an affordable housing project,” he said.

Exactly how much funds would be available is still up in the air, he added.

He’d have to know the scope and size of the project before final numbers can be thrown around. But he’s determined to make sure something that the community will benefit from will happen at Brock and Noble.

“There will be a project that goes up there,” he said.

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Her book, Annaleise Carr: How I Conquered Lake Ontario to Help Kids Battling Cancer, inspires others to take on great challenges and help their fellow citizens.

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The Brick continues partnership with Children’s Miracle Network The Brick enters year two of its partnership with Children’s Miracle Network to help improve the lives of children and families across Canada and celebrates Brickley Bear’s first birthday with a new Superhero Edition.

Following the great success of its inaugural year, The Brick launches its second year as a partner of Children’s Miracle Network in Canada. In the first year of its partnership with Children’s Miracle Network, The Brick raised nearly $700,000 for children’s hospitals across Canada.

“The Brick is a great Canadian retailer which has provided value to the homes of Canadians with a team of community caring staff that made the inaugural year of our partnership a great success,” said John Hartman, chief operating officer, Canada, with Children’s Miracle Network. “We are thrilled to continue a partnership with The Brick that

does have a real impact on the lives of children. We’re elated to have help from The Brick in raising funds for the equipment and research that help to save the lives of ill and injured children. Brickley is a good friend and role model to kids, whether they’re sick or healthy.”

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Neighbours offer input on future of Ontario Bread Company building HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com More changes are coming to Ossington Avenue.

The owner of the former Ontario Bread Company

building at 178 Ossington Ave. (the rear portion) is hoping to repurpose and restore the building to become a hub for creative expression.

Plans for the building were revealed at a recent commu-

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laneway system that connects Ossington Avenue, Grove Avenue, Foxley Street and Rolyat Street.

The owner of the C-shaped, two-storey industrial building is looking to get city approval to allow additional uses of office and workshop space, a performing arts studio, an artist/photography studio, an art gallery and catering shop.

The new space would also include 11 bike parking spaces, three parking spaces and two loading spaces at-grade with access from Foxley.

The owner is requesting a zoning bylaw amendment to have the creative uses in the building, as the area is mainly zoned for residential use.

For the most part the building will remain untouched on the outside, said Stewart Adams, the architect on the project with Unit A Architecture.

“The building is really worn out,” Adams said.

“We’re at the stage where the building is in need of a

little tender loving care. So enforcement of the signs in we plan to rebuild it from the narrow laneway since the inside.” drivers don’t always obey Neighbours in attendance them. were generally pleased to Einarsson is concerned hear the structure will be put about pedestrian safety, to good use and restored. As as she frequently uses the one resident said, it could be laneway as a short cut when much worse. walking or cycling. watch for “I think it’s all “A lot of people use updates positive as much as the laneway already to to this story it’s a bit of a wild card cut through (streets),” online at in terms of what’s she said. “So now insidetoronto going to be inside I’m thinking, you’re .com already encouraging of it,” said Marcy Einarsson, a resident cyclists and pedestrion Foxley. ans to use this new site and “But in terms of fixing probably cabs, it’s just going up the building and having to become a thoroughfare something that’s much working through all those back lanes.” more useful for people in the neighbourhood, I think She said she’d like to see that’s amazing. It’s pretty the laneway turn into a oneexciting.” way road with speed bumps However, some residents to reduce the number of cars raised concerns over the speeding through it. possible noise from HVAC Another resident raised (heating, ventilation, air conconcerns about the potential ditioning) machines and sugcafé option, mainly because gested the machines be put he didn’t want another bar in inside the building or a sound the neighbourhood. barrier be installed.

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Police, Mayor Tory announce another rush hour parking crackdown ‘Bad habits’ return after initial increase in enforcement RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Citing an unwelcome return to “bad habits”, Toronto’s mayor and police chief have promised another crackdown on motorists parked illegally during rush hour.

The latest enforcement blitz will take place Monday, Oct. 5, Chief Mark Saunders told city hall reporters recently during a joint press conference with Mayor John Tory.

“We’ve noticed over a period of time people are starting to come back to the bad habits and park in rush hour areas,” said Saunders.

“Some people think that’s not a serious issue, but it has a cascade effect.”

He said the worsening of rush hour congestion from illegal parking has led to more traffic on smaller residential streets as drivers seek less busy routes.

“Drivers are getting displaced and they’re driving

on side streets, and that increases the safety factors for the young boys and girls,” said Saunders.

Since the last crackdown Jan. 6, 60,000 vehicles were ticketed by Toronto enforcement officers, with nearly 12,000 towed for improperly parking on major rush hour routes.

The upcoming blitz will cover almost the entire city, promised Saunders.

“We’ll have a lot more officers patrolling during rush hour, and we will be tagging and towing vehicles,” he said.

Tory said to expect future periodic parking blitzes, comparing them to past methods used by law enforcement to encourage the wearing of

seatbelts, which he said eventually resulted in a significant reduction of the problem.

“Changing behaviour takes a long time,” said Tory.

“We’re all human beings and people get into bad habits. I’m optimistic as we keep doing this from time to time people will change their behaviour and they will stop what has been prohibited for a long time.”

To r y a l s o promised the city will look at strategies for speeding up longterm congestion-causing road repair projects, like the current maintenance taking place for the Gardiner Expressway which isn’t scheduled for completion until fall 2016.

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SENIORS + DEMENTIA

Patient-centred care and earlier diagnosis a must for dementia strategy, says former nurse and neurologist

by JOANNA LAVOIE

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amilton resident Phyllis Fehr, 57, is a member of the Ontario Dementia Advisory Group, a group of people living with dementia that was formed last fall with the purpose of influencing policies, practices and people in dementia management.

A former ICU nurse who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s three years ago, Fehr offers a unique perspective on the challenges facing Ontario’s health-care system in providing quality care for the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia.

Having experienced the healthcare system from both sides of the coin as a health-care professional and as a patient, she said she has some strong ideas about what the Ontario government needs to do to successfully tackle this significant challenge.

Fehr’s journey with dementia started in 2010

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when she began noticing small changes in herself, notably forgetfulness.

She discussed her concerns with her doctor, but it wasn’t until two years later she received a working diagnosis of mixed dementia in the form of early onset Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia, a less prevalent form of dementia that occurs when abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein accumulate inside the brain’s nerve cells.

In the meantime, Fehr was having trouble multi-tasking and was drawing blanks on details and tasks that were once second nature. Doubting her abilities and concerned about providing the best care she could to her patients, she took a leave from her nursing career.

“It was affecting my work and I needed to figure this out,” said Fehr, who, despite being under the care of a neurologist and a gerontologist, had started to feel frustrated by the lack of an action plan.

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part 2 of 3 “From having my first symptoms to diagnosis it was basically two years in limbo. I felt quite stressed.”

With a diagnosis, she said she was eager to move forward on a course of treatment, but again was stuck in a waiting game.

“I’m a firm believer in treating something sooner than waiting.”

Fehr decided to take the matter into her own hands and started seeing renowned neurologist Dr. Sandra Black in early 2013.

“I’m very grateful for the intervention and understanding of Dr. Sandra Black. Once I started with her, she helped me understand what was going on, get on track and sort out what was happening.”

Under Black’s care, Fehr said she’s received the “patient-centred and patient-involved care” all patients

Staff photo/CRAIG CAMPBELL

Hamilton resident and former ICU nurse Phyllis Fehr has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. She uses an iPad to keep track of daily tasks and appointments.

with dementia need.

“We think of each of our patients and their families as having a unique and important story to tell,” explained Black.

“We try to partner with our families and share their load to ensure they know they are not alone in their difficult journey, as most dementias still lack definitive treatments.”

“It can’t just be clinical,” agreed Fehr, who, as a health-care pro-

fessional, said she appreciates the challenges doctors face to provide the best care they can while dealing with extremely limited resources.

“I realize there’s only so much time and money, and not enough staff and specialists. All of that needs to be improved,” she said, adding an earlier diagnosis would have changed the course of her life. >>>helping, page 15

PREVENTION

In Ontario, a lot of time, attention and money is being placed on getting an early handle on dementia, understanding how to better recognize its early signs and mitigate its symptoms.

Dr. Doug Munoz, a neuroscientist at Queen’s University, has focused his career on understanding how the brain controls eye movement and how brain damage or abnormalities, including those caused by dementia, can affect it.

“What we have is a toolbox for how the brain works,” he said.

Munoz is exploring the connection between eye movement and dementia. To do so, he’ll be measuring where the eyes go to study memory loss using videobased eye tracking.

“This study will be helpful in early detection. It will help us detect dementia earlier than we can now,” said

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Studying how the brain controls eye movement could help detect dementia earlier.

Munoz, who in his 20-plus year career has studied the correlation between eye movement and brain function for people of all ages.

EDUCATION

1 Keep to a simple daily and weekly routine. Get to know particular good times of the day and concentrate on getting things done during optimal hours.

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2 Communication is key. Talk to family, friends and professionals about how they can help and accept offers of support.

3 Eat regularly. Make sure healthy snacks are on hand in case cooking is not an option. Be sure to get enough fluids.

4 Keep active. A walk every day will help with relaxation. Keep up with hobbies and visit friends. Stay connected to the community by joining local support groups and organizations.

5 Use visual aids such as to-do lists, a calendar or a reminder board to organize. Make a checklist of important things to do before going to bed.

6 Keep essential items such as glasses, keys and money in one place so that they can be easily found.

7 Write down memorable experiences and information in a journal or diary.

8 Keep a visitor’s book with names, contact details and short descriptions. Add photos next to important phone numbers and keep them by the phone.

9 Label cupboards, drawers and doors making use of colour and contrast.

Sources: Alzheimer Society of +Canada; National Health Service

>>>from page 14 oanne Woodward Fraser, a spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care, said the government is preparing to care for an influx of Ontarians living with dementia.

“Initial engagement with the sector has begun,” she said via email.

“Ontario is gathering input from individuals with the disease, their families and caregivers, as well as health-care providers involved in treatment and support.”

Still in the early stages – and too early to speak to specifics as the provincial government wants to “get it right” – Woodward Fraser said the first step will be to develop a “coordinated, collaborative approach with input from patients and their care partners, all health-care providers, as well as organizations involved in supporting individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementia.”

Further, she said the provincial government has mandated Halton MPP Indira Naidoo-Harris to champion the development of a provincial dementia strategy.

Fehr agrees a holistic and streamlined approach must be taken to treating patients with dementia to avoid unnecessary and often detrimental delays and frustrations.

“Currently, the process takes so long. It makes me worry about everybody else,” said Fehr, who is also a volunteer board member for the Dementia Network of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network, which is working to find ways to work together with the government to understand gaps in the system and provide a better integrated system care for those with dementia.

“There has to be a way to streamline all the services under one umbrella to avoid reinventing the wheel every time. We need to be looking more at the big picture.”

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Dr. Petal Abdool, a staff psychiatrist in the geriatric division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, stands in front of the ‘Transforming Lives’ mosaic in the lobby of the Intergenerational Wellness Centre.

Medical associations advocate geriatric dementia training D r. Petal Abdool, a staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Geriatric Division, is confident she made the right career choice.

“This is an area I felt I could make a difference. It’s underserved and there’s no shortage of jobs,” said Abdool, who credits her sixmonth residency at CAMH for helping her choose a career in geriatric medicine.

Hired by CAMH shortly after completing her placement, Abdool serves as the head of outpatient geriatric mental health services.

She’s also a clinical lecturer and the undergraduate education co-ordinator, Geriatric Division Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto.

In this role, she’s charged with

impressing upon medical students the need for qualified health-care professionals to work with the aging population, as well as the personal benefits that come with it.

“Working with the elderly has been a great experience and very rewarding. It’s nice to look after other people’s parents,” said Abdool.

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) is also doing its part to encourage doctors to consider working with the elderly, said its president Dr. Mike Toth.

“With an aging population, we know it is important to have enough physicians to care for seniors, including those with complex conditions such as dementia,” he said.

The Registered Nurses

VOICES

Association of Ontario (RNAO) is also helping its members provide better care for the elderly.

Michelle Acorn, the association’s co-chair, brings more than a decade of experience to the table working as a nurse practitioner caring for elderly patients.

With a special interest in geriatric care, Acorn – who serves as the lead nurse practitioner at Lakeridge Health in Durham Region – spends a fair amount of her time educating nursing professionals about caring for the elderly, making hospitals senior friendly and making geriatric care part of the core curriculum at post-secondary institutions.

by JOANNA LAVOIE

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Read the full story online at www.insidetoronto.com/dementia

COMING NEXT Dr. Michael Strong, dean of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and professor at Western University in London, Ont., serves as the principal investigator for Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative.

Here’s what he has to say about a study seeking common early indicators and risk factors of dementia:

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The goal is to identify the illness before symptoms present themselves. This is very unique. I don’t know of any other study like this in the world.

+ Read more about the research being done; www.insidetoronto.com/dementia

Part three, to be published next week, tackles the stigma associated with dementia, which often makes living with the disease that much more challenging.

Read about personal struggles, but also the positive changes happening here and globally that are helping people with dementia enjoy a higher quality of life.

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ager to serve as a voice for people living with dementia, Fehr is a volunteer spokesperson for the Hamilton Alzheimer society.

She regularly speaks about her experiences offering her unique two-sided perspective, especially with newly diagnosed individuals and their families. One of her main messages is that “life isn’t over, but that it will change.”

“I really enjoy sharing my message and hopefully I’m making a positive impact,” she said.

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