| Alberta Hospital Edmonton | |
| Alberta Health Services | |
|---|---|
| Alberta Hospital Edmonton's main entrance off of Fort Road | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 17480 Fort Road, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Hospital type | Psychiatric |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 410 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Links | |
| Website | Alberta Hospital Edmonton |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Alberta Hospital Edmonton is a psychiatric hospital operating under the governance of Alberta Health Services. It is located in the northeastern portion of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and was founded on 1 July 1923.
Admission and continuing treatment at Alberta Hospital Edmonton can be voluntary, formal under the Mental Health Act, or in the Forensic Psychiatry Program under the Criminal Code of Canada. Referral agents include physicians, mental health professionals, other health care facilities, community agencies, courts, corrections, police, and family, in addition to self-referral.
Each Alberta Hospital Edmonton program has an inpatient and a community component. Interdisciplinary teams are made up of program managers, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychometrists, nurses, psychiatric aides, social workers, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, physiotherapists, therapy assistants, counselors, pharmacists, dieticians, chaplains and support staff.
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In August 2009 Alberta Health Services announced that it will be closing 106 of the 410 beds at the hospital.[1] The AUPE has been strongly opposed to the closers and have staged many protests and have made several television commercials at an attempt to gain support.[2]
There are 45 buildings at AHE spread over 275 acres (1.11 km2).[3] The buildings on the site were named numerically in the order in which they were built originally but now the order has no relevance.
1 Building
2 Building
Old 3 Building
3 Building
4 Building
5 Building
6 Building
7 Building
8 Building
9 Building
10 Building
11 Building
12 Building
14 Building
15 Building
16 Building
17 Building
18 Building
19 Building
20 Building
21 Building
Cameron Hall
Water Tower
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