Unlike other regions in the province, Abitibi-Témiscamingue will ultimately not be eligible for an Intensive Behavioral Rehabilitation Unit (URCI). This service was announced with great fanfare by Quebec and the Center for Integrated Health and Social Services Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CISSS-AT) in 2021.
It is the residence of Le Giron, in La Sarre, into which it was to be converted URCI expand the services offered to people with serious behavioral problems. Labor shortage and problems administrative and clinical
however, to put an end to the project, points to CISSS-AT by e-mail.
The organization adds that the creation of this unit would reduce the number of available places in Girona, while those that exist are already insufficient for the needs of the region.
As CISSS-ATMinister of Health and Social Welfare Lionel Carmant does not want to give an interview on the subject.
Minister of Health and Social Welfare Lionel Carmant announced the URCI project in July 2021 (Archive photo)
Photo: Radio-Canada / Annie-Claude Luneau
During his visit to the region, Carmant pointed out that the intensive behavioral rehabilitation unit will help people with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders and disabilities that result in serious behavioral problems.
Units will open elsewhere
Quebec has selected two other residences for continuing assistance (RACs) to become intensive behavioral rehabilitation units, the first facilities of their kind in the province.
The rehabilitation units in Capitale-Nationale and Montérégie have indeed seen the light of day. the third URCI should open in Bas-Saint-Laurent in the coming months.
In La Sarre, Le Giron welcomes people with intellectual disabilities. Creation of a URCI with the aim of offering them additional services.
Called several times by Radio-Canada, the residence did not respond to our requests for an interview.