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		<title>Sunnybrook program marks 20 years of mental health support in the community</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Palisoc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sunnybrook Magazine - Fall 2019]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The SunPACT team looks back on one of many instances where they have gone the extra mile for a client. </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This year marks 20 years since the inception of the <a href="https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=bsp-sunpact">Sunnybrook Program of Assertive Community Treatment</a> (SunPACT), a group of therapists, nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and social workers who support patients with severe and persistent mental illness in the community. The outreach team helps patients manage their illness at home rather than in hospital.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>SunPACT members tackle problems big and small to make a difference in their clients’ lives. In one instance, a piano-playing client was having a difficult time finding a way to move her beloved instrument across the city into her new boarding home.</p>
<p>Social worker Bryan Vaillancourt reached out to Deborah Macpherson, patient care manager, outpatient mental health, to see if SunPACT could help.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“The piano was the client’s only connection to her past,” says Bryan. “Playing the piano had a positive impact on her. It was therapeutic and helped boost her self-confidence.”</p>
<p>The team worked together and found a way for movers to deliver the instrument to its new location.</p>
<p>The piano is now in the common room of the client’s new home, where she performs and entertains the other residents every day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Thanks to SunPACT, the sweet sounds of music are making a difference in this client’s life and others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>As Deborah says, “This team always goes the extra mile.”</p>
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