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Program: Recreation Therapy  
Organization: Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Phone Numbers: 519-352-6400 ext 6881
Crisis: Call 911 in emergencies
Website: www.ckha.on.ca
Address:
80 Grand Ave W
Chatham, ON
N7M 5L9
Intersection: Violet St and Grand Ave W
Location: Chatham-Kent
Accessibility Notes: www.ckha.on.ca/patients-and-visitors/accessibility/
Hours:
  Service
Mon8:30am-4:30pm
Tue8:30am-4:30pm
Wed8:30am-4:30pm
Thu8:30am-4:30pm
Fri8:30am-4:30pm

Public Contacts: Jeff Nissen - TRO - Recreation Therapist, Continuing Care/Rehab Unit
Service Description: Utilizes a wide range of activities for patients that provide a sense of success and stimulation while in hospital.

Uses up to date technology to provide interactive interventions to promote an active social recreation lifestyle in hospital as well as in community.

After assessing a patient's leisure interests, leisure skills and daily activities level/routine, the therapist will then create a care plan for sessions that are geared around physical, cognitive, spiritual, social and emotional based leisure interventions that meet the patient needs. 

Will focus on patients with high behavioural needs, social isolation/depression and severe cognitive impairments.  This can include 1-1 based interventions or group activities.

Provides patients/families with community leisure resources upon discharge to promote an active leisure lifestyle upon discharge.

Fees: No fee
Application: All referrals are requested by the Recreation Therapist for all in-patient Continuing Care patients.
Languages: English
Language Notes: Language interpretation services available upon request * www.ckha.on.ca/patients-and-visitors/accessibility/#languageinterpretationservices
Area Served:
Chatham-Kent  

This information was last completely updated on April 8, 2026

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