The Ozerdinc Grimes Family Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts Program

 

The Perley Health Foundation has some exciting news to share: The family of Kathleen Grimes and Ersin Özerdinc has made an exceptionally generous donation of $500,000 to help fund our Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts Program. The couple, co-owners of Site Preparation Limited, are proud to give back to the community, and recognize that therapeutic recreation and creative arts activities make a valuable contribution to quality of life. In honour of their generosity, the program has a new name: The Ozerdinc Grimes Family Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts Program.

On behalf of the Perley Health community, thank you.

Therapeutic Recreation and Creative Arts (TRCA) at Perley Health includes a range of activities that promote well-being and quality of life in the following five domains of health: physical, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual. Our creative-arts studios are fully equipped for pottery, silk-screening, painting and woodworking, and our therapists and artists work directly with residents. The TRCA program also includes music, dance and horticultural therapy, along with activities such as games, concerts, sing-alongs, special events, pet visits, and fun and fitness groups.

The TRCA team provides specialized services to residents who are isolated, depressed, anxious or palliative, as well as to those who lack the necessary motor or speaking skills. These services are sometimes delivered at the bedside.

Veterans Affairs Canada pays for TRCA programming delivered to Veteran residents, while donations to Perley Health Foundation support TRCA programming delivered to community residents.

Recent Media: June 7, 2021: Horticulture therapy program at Perley Health bears fruit

Read About The Program's History (.PDF)

Watch a video on the history of the program:

 

Watch an introduction to Therapeutic Recreation: