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Organization: Centralized Access to Seniors Specialty Hospital Beds (CASS)

Description of Services: Single entry point for providing access to geriatric mental health beds at Baycrest and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. All referrals are triaged through the Toronto Region Behaviour Supports Coordinating Office housed at Baycrest. 

For consideration of admission to the Baycrest Behavioural Neurology Unit or Toronto Rehabilitation Institute's Specialized Dementia Unit, patients must first be seen and followed by the Virtual Behavioural Medicine (VBM) program. Please complete the VBM-CASS combined package to access these programs: VBM-CASS-COMBINED-PACKAGE.pdf

If interested in applying for admission to Baycrest's Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, please submit this referral form: Centralized Intake and Referral Application to Specialty Hospitals

Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Adults 65 years and older (exceptions to young individuals applied by specific sites) who are medically stable, have a long standing or newly diagnosed mental health and addiction disorder, concurrent disorder, Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and are referred by a health care professional * please see specific eligibility criteria for each program
Application: https://www.baycrest.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/VBM-CASS-COMBINED-PACKAGE.pdf
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English
Area(s) Served: Greater Toronto Area

Phone Numbers: 416-785-2500 ext 2005
Toll-Free: 1-844-785-2500
Fax: 647-788-4883
Email: behaviouralsupport@baycrest.org
Address: c/o Toronto Region BSO Coordinating Office
Baycrest Hospital
3560 Bathurst St.
Toronto, ON
M6A 2E1
Location: Toronto (Englemount—Lawrence)
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm

 

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Single entry point for providing access to geriatric mental health beds at Baycrest and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. All referrals are triaged through the Toronto Region Behaviour Supports Coordinating Office housed at Baycrest.

This information is provided by thehealthline.ca. It was last completely updated on: 2/12/2026

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