St. Boniface Hospital’s Mental Health Program provides multidisciplinary psychological and psychiatric services to adults of all ages. The program team works to treat patients with anxiety, depression, dementia, and psychosis.
Over 400 inpatients are admitted every year into the Mental Health Program. While some are admitted for fewer than three days, the average stay for a patient in the McEwen Building is 25 days. Care teams also manage more than 13,000 outpatient visits annually.
St. Boniface Hospital Foundation wants to bring a safe, secure, therapeutic garden to all patients in the Mental Health Program.
Elements of any natural, outdoor setting are known to promote and improve mental health. Patients will enjoy the many benefits of being outside: green space, fresh air, birdsong, and sunshine. Surrounded by plants and flowers, they will have an opportunity to “shoot some hoops” or engage in light exercise, to go for walks, or to relax and recover as part of their treatment.