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Social Work at UHN
As members of the healthcare team, social workers play a key role in the continuum of care for inpatients and outpatients. Our services reach individuals, families and groups across program groupings and multiple hospital sites.
With specialized knowledge, we respond to emotional, social, and ethno-cultural needs, and help patients and families cope with illness and hospitalization. We are also patient and family advocates, and provide important linkages to appropriate community resources. Supporting patients and families in maximizing their strengths and functioning is essential to our practice. Our goal is always to provide excellence and leadership in patient care, education and research.
UHN Resources
- Adjusting to Life with an Ostomy
- After Heart Surgery: Applying for a Cardiac Rehabilitation Hospital
- Crisis Services
- Driving Services to Medical Appointments
- Drop-In Centres
- Drug Coverage Programs Available to Cancer Patients
- Emergency Food and Housing
- Financial and Legal Resources
- Home Support Medical Equipment Supplies & Medical Alarm System
- Homemaking and Nursing Services
- Information on Living Wills and Power of Attorney
English Chinese Portuguese Spanish Vietnamese - Making Healthcare Decisions for Other People
- Meals on Wheels in and around the GTA
- Medical Service Resources
- Parking Lot Rates (within walking distance to the TGH)
- Planning for Your Care: Powers of Attorney & Living Wills
- Planning Your Return Home
- UHN's Discharge Policy
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UHN Videos 
The following videos are to help you during your stay and after you leave the hospital. Please read the following terms and conditions of use carefully before viewing the videos.
- Planning to go home after being in the hospital - Part 1 (15.4MB)
- Planning to go home after being in the hospital - Part 2 (14.3MB)
UHN Clinics or Centres
