Baycrest Health Sciences is a research and
teaching hospital for the elderly in the
North York
North York is one of the six administrative districts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly north of York, Old Toronto and East York, between Etobicoke to the west and Scarborough to the east. As of the 2016 Census, it had a popu ...
district of
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. It is fully affiliated with the
University of Toronto. Baycrest was originally founded in 1918 as the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home in a semi-detached Victorian house at 29 Cecil Street in
Downtown Toronto.
History
Slova Greenberg, president of the Ezras Noshem Society, identified the need to provide health care for elderly Jewish people in Toronto in 1913. The "Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home" opened at 29 Cecil Street, Toronto in 1918.
The original location on Cecil street was demolished in 1954 and is now home to the
United Steelworkers
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, commonly known as the United Steelworkers (USW), is a general trade union with members across North America. Headqua ...
Larry Sefton Hall (c. 1972 at 25 Cecil Street) and Toronto Labour Lyceum (c. 1971 33 Cecil Street).
In 1954, the new "Jewish Home for the Aged" moved to Bathurst Street. It expanded to a new building in 1968 at Baycrest's present location at 3560 Bathurst Street in North York. The entire Bathurst Street complex became known collectively as ''Baycrest''.
Several residents of the home were profiled in
Allan King
Allan Winton King, (February 6, 1930 – June 15, 2009), was a Canadian film director.
Life
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, during the Great Depression, King attended Henry Hudson Elementary School, in Kitsilano.[Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
''Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Allan King and released in 2005. The film profiles a group of residents at Baycrest Health Sciences, a long term care facility in Toronto, who are suffering fr ...]
''.
["Film fest flick shot at Baycrest; 'Fresh look' at people with memory loss at geriatric centre praised as wonderful film". ''North York Mirror'', September 11, 2005.]
References
Hospitals in Toronto
North York
Hospitals affiliated with the University of Toronto
Hospitals established in 1918
Nursing homes in Canada
Jewish medical organizations
1918 establishments in Ontario
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