2026-07-03 from ctvnews.ca

A new virtual hospital program is helping dementia patients receive care without forcing them to change locations.

Dr. Morris Freedman is the head of neurology at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, and co-creator of the program. For dementia patients, changes in environment can be highly upsetting and can trigger neuropsychiatric symptoms, which Freedman describes as physical and verbal aggression, agitation, hallucinations and paranoia.

While virtual hospitals aren’t new, Freedman said, “what is new is a virtual hospital for these kinds of behaviors.”

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