Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre
Indigenous Care Coordination Program
- Description
- Works to address the needs and to improve the in-hospital experience of Indigenous individuals and families
Services include but are not limited to:- Advocacy for the client
- Coordinate for language translation if needed
- Assistance for in-hospital patients to understand what is happening
- In-hospital visiting
- Arrange for cultural requests such as smudging, traditional medicines, and offering tobacco
- Arrange for Elders, Healers and Knowledge Keepers upon patient request
- Liaise with health representatives such as Community Health Nurses and Health Directors at Band level
- Assistance with hospital discharge and out-of-hospital follow-up and support
- Comments
- Admin fax: 807-274-6280
- Eligibility
- Indigenous people living in the Rainy River District both on/off-reserve
- Care coordination is primarily out of La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances
- Indigenous people living in the Rainy River District both on/off-reserve
- Application Process
- Call for information
- Office
- 807-274-3131
- La Verendrye Hospital
- 807-274-3266 Ext 4195 - Indigenous Care Coordination
- Fax
- 833-479-0721 - Clinic fax
- Web Site
- https://www.gizhac.com
- info@gizhac.com
- Mailing Address
- Box 686
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3M9
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Christie Brown, Indigenous Care Coordinator
Email: cbrown@gizhac.com
Phone: 807-274-3131 Ext 234 - Indigenous Care Coordinator
- Connie Calder
Email: ccalder@gizhac.com
Phone: 807-274-3131 Ext 234 - Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- No documents required
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Topic(s)
- Social Media
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- April 21, 2023
- Address
- 1460 Idylwild Dr
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3M3- Located at Idylwild Dr one block S of Hwy 11
- Closest intersection is at Idylwild Dr and School Rd
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 to 1630Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1630Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1600
Mon-Thu 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Fri 8:30 am-4 pm - Service Area(s)
- Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing First Nation
- Couchiching First Nation
- Lac La Croix First Nation
- Mishkosiminiziibiing First Nation
- Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
- Naicatchewenin First Nation
- Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
- Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation
- Onigaming First Nation
- Rainy River District
- Rainy River First Nation
- Seine River First Nation
