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Investment welcome as aging population mushrooms continued from p.1 Flynn noted the $1.7 million would be portioned out over three years to three restorative and rehabilitative programs within the Mississauga Halton LHIN. The programs include: the OTMH Step Up program; the Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre's (CCAC) Rapid Recovery program; and the Cooksville Care Centre's Enhanced Restore program. Halton Healthcare Services President and CEO Denise Hardenne said OTMH's Step Up program was established in 1996 to help rehabilitate stroke patients and others dealing with neurological disorders. Before the funding, the Step Up program could only offer five morning sessions per week. The new cash means the offering has doubled with five additional afternoon sessions. "The enhanced Step Up program provides elderly patients with ongoing, individualized, restorative programing including access to much needed physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology," said Hardenne. "It also works to help those at risk of falls and 3 | Friday, May 22, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com It also works to help those at risk of falls and helps patients and families adjust to the transition home by providing, not just safety management strategies, but education for them and their family members. Halton Healthcare Services CEO/president Denise Hardenne helps patients and families adjust to the transition home by providing, not just safety management strategies, but education for them and their family members." Step Up Program Patient Care Manager Martha Budgell said before the funding, there was an eight-to-10 week wait for seniors to get into the program. That wait time has dropped significantly to one-to-two weeks at the most with there sometimes being no wait time at all, she noted. Budgell said the program serves several hundreds of people over the course of a year. The reduced wait times are good news for Alex Tough, 80, who has been involved in the Step Up program for the past five weeks. On the day of the announcement, Tough could be found cutting a kind of Plasticine with a knife and fork and stacking blocks. The actions may seem strange, but he says they are intended to help him regain his strength, particularly in his left hand, following a double stroke in late January. "It's been very helpful. Without their help, I wouldn't be as far on as I am today," said Tough, a Georgetown resident. Tough said he lives on his own and was very active before his stroke, enjoying games of golf, soccer and darts. "I hope to be back on the golf course and soccer course in a few weeks," he said. "I tried the driving range on Sunday and managed to hit about 10 balls without falling down. That was an achievement." Mississauga Halton CCAC CEO Caroline Brereton said these types of investments are important because these programs get patients home faster where they fully recover more quickly. Prolonged hospital stays and bed rest can cause more functional decline, she said. Brereton also pointed out these investments are good for the health system because keeping patients in hospital or long-term care when they don't need to be there costs huge amounts of money, which could be better spent elsewhere. "We have the second fastest growing seniors population in the province and our largest population is those residents aged 75 plus," said Brereton. "The scary statistic is that population for us will grow by 145 per cent in just 15 short years. 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