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| Hospital centre (CH) Hospital centres provide their services in a general and specialized hospital centre (CHSGS) or a psychiatric hospital (CHSP). There are 20 hospital centres in Montreal, including four private hospitals and four psychiatric hospitals. Hospital centres provide:
There are also three university institutes in Montreal, namely, the Institut de cardiologie de Montréal (vascular medicine and cardiology); the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (geriatrics) and the Centre jeunesse de Montréal (youth and violence). A hospital centre may be designated as a university institute for just one of its medical disciplines. In addition to providing basic hospital services, university institutes participate in medical education in their discipline, provide specialized and ultra-specialized medical services, or services linked to family medicine, and, like CHUs, evaluate health care technology and manage a research centre or institute. According to an Act Respecting Health Services and Social Services, a hospital centre may also be designated a university institute if:
Finally, there are six affiliated university centres (CAUs) on the Montreal territory, i.e., Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, the CSSS de Bordeaux-Cartierville—Saint-Laurent, the CSSS Cavendish, the CSSS de la Montagne and the CSSS Jeanne-Mance. In addition to carrying out activities inherent to the basic mission of a hospital centre, CAUs help train health and social service professionals, and take part in research activities. See the complete list of hospital centres, or use the institution locator.
The mission of a residential and long-term care centre (CHSLD) is to offer services, on a temporary or permanent basis, to adults, particularly elderly persons, who, by reason of loss of functional or psychosocial autonomy, can no longer live in their natural environment . There are 41 CHSLDs in Montreal, 32 of which are private. They provide:
See the complete list of CHSLDs, or use the institution locator.
Rehabilitation centres serve persons with a mental impairment, persons with a motor, visual or hearing impairment, persons suffering from alcoholism or other problems of addiction, and young persons and mothers with adjustment problems. They provide services to the population in their facilities or within the person's own environment, in school, at work or at home, as needed. There are 14 rehabilitation centres in Montreal, five of which are private. They provide:
The 14 rehabilitation centres are specialized in the following areas:
See the complete list of rehabilitation centres using the institution locator.
Youth centres, also called child and youth protection centres (CPEJs), are rehabilitation centres for young people. They offer a range of rehabilitation services. There are two youth centres in Montreal, both of which are public. They provide:
See the complete list of youth centres using the institution locator.
Local community service centre (CLSC) CLSCs provide front-line health and social services in their facilities, or in the persons' own environment, in school, at work or at home. Since the creation of the health and social service centres (CSSSs), there is only one CSLC left in Montreal, the Clinique communautaire de Pointe St-Charles.It provides:
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