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Welcome to Ontario Shores! We are thrilled you have selected our organization. We are pleased to have you join our team of talented professionals, and are confident that you will find your work both challenging and rewarding. Each member of our extraordinary team contributes to patient care. A... -
Updates related to COVID-19
Masks and Hand Sanitization Masks and hand sanitizer will be available as you enter the building at Building 1 (Main Entrance) and Building 2 (Admissions/Outpatients). Everyone is required to wear a procedure mask while inside the hospital. Thank you for your cooperation. Visitors Effective Friday... -
Recent Nursing Graduates
Are you a compassionate, energetic and recovery-focused new graduate nurse or Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) looking for a new graduate opportunity? Ontario Shores is excited to participate in the Nursing Graduate Guarantee (NGG) Program that supports nurses who are within 12 months of... -
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Event Speakers: Mental Health and Recovery Day
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Remarkable COVID-19 Observation: Fewer Incidents of Aggression in a Mental Health-Care Setting
The global COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the operation of health care, including psychiatric facilities. Despite anticipating generally negative pandemic-related outcomes, the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) in Whitby, Ontario is uncovering a much... -
COVID-19: Anxiety of Returning to Society
Returning to work after a leave of absence in the best of times can be anxiety inducing. I feel anxious returning to work after vacationing for a week knowing I’ll have to catch up on so much. Now many people who have been off for months will be returning to work at the same time all with the added... -
COVID-19: Tips for Older Adults to Combat Anxiety During the Pandemic
There’s been a longstanding myth surrounding maintaining healthy cognition as we age, and that is that we can stay mentally healthy if we do a lot of puzzles and brain games. But, do you know the effects of what doing lots of puzzles has on your brain? You get really good at doing puzzles. Now, if... -
COVID-19: Adaptability and Resiliency will be Strengths Post Pandemic
You’ve probably heard a common myth that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Yes, it is a myth. This claim originated in the 1950’s out of research a plastic surgeon conducted where he found it took people about 21 days to become more accustomed to their new face. One magazine published this, and then... -
COVID-19: Understanding the Six Stages of Change
It’s hard to make a change of any kind. We were all forced to drastically change our lives over the past three months and making slow changes back from this new normality also won’t be an easy process. But when we choose to make a change, there’s been an overarching theory in psychology for years... -
COVID-19: Tips to Prevent Burnout of Essential Workers
The term burnout has become common workplace lingo for most professions in recent years. It is basically defined as chronic workplace stress with three defining characteristics including: exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy ( Maslach & Leiter 2016 ). While it isn’t actually a formal diagnosis, it... -
COVID19: Have Empathy for Excessive Anxiety During Pandemic
If you have been to a grocery store within the past week you’ve seen the empty shelves and panic buying that has been occurring everywhere. I was the opposite and one of those people who did not feel the panic of getting food. I was doing my part to avoid crowds and listening to the advice of... -
Ontario Shores Supports Hospital Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Following a directive from the East Region Incident Management System (IMS), Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) has collaborated with Lakeridge Health to support the regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, patients from the mental health program at... -
COVID-19 is Challenging Us Like Never Before
One of the reasons I am so proud to be a member of the Ontario Shores family is the sense of community I feel as I walk through halls of the hospital each and every day. Community is more than just one of our core values. It’s real and it can be felt throughout the hospital and around Durham Region... -
COVID-19: Tools to Tackle Effects of Social Isolation
In the upcoming weeks we will have to become even more socially isolated than we already are. Which is going to be different as humans are social creatures and it’s instinctual to rely on each other for our survival. However, now for our survival we’re being told to do the opposite, to stay away... -
COVID-19: Employee Assistance Programs Can Help in a Pandemic
A big observation I’ve made over the years training employees on their mental health, is that most people are familiar that they have access to an Employee Assistance Program or EAP, but what they are not always familiar with are the varied services they offer. Average utilization rates for EAP’s... -
COVID-19: Supporting Mental Health of Employees is Good Business
A great article came out last week from The Globe and Mail on why companies need to prioritize employees mental health during the pandemic . This is something we have been saying for years and it’s great to see mainstream media reporting on it more too now. Five years ago, Ontario Shores created my... -
COVID-19: When Does Sadness Become Depression?
Many of us are getting close to the two-week mark of self isolation, which can lead to all kinds of health issues. I wanted to write this article as a follow up to previous articles showing that prolonged anxiety and self isolation can lead to depression, but many of the symptoms of depression are... -
COVID-19: Letter To Our Staff; Thank You for #RisingUp
Thank you. No matter how many ways I try to say it, it comes down to that phrase each and every day during this unprecedented time. Words simply cannot express how grateful I am for everyone at Ontario Shores and how proud I am of the collective work that’s been done since the World Health... -
COVID-19: Kids and Screen Time During a Pandemic
With us all being at home more we have come to rely our technologies to learn, to work, to stay connected, and to be entertained. Even with some stores and activities reopening, we are still heavily relying on screen time to get through our days. For most parents, they are worried about how much... -
COVID-19: Self-Care vs Self-Indulgence
Whether you’re a front-line worker encroaching on burnout; a parent trying to juggle working from home and educating your kids; or you’ve been temporarily unemployed, we are all experiencing stressors from our current situation and could use a little self-care. But, there is still some...