Searching for Hospice And Palliative Care

• Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
• Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
• Home care nursing duties
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
• Basic or advanced practice foot care
• Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
• Home support with light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation
• Respite for family members and caregivers
• Help with light outdoor/yardwork

• Provides a fee-for-service program for children and youth
• Offers respite services to families and foster caregivers involved with Child and Family Services

• Provides information, advocacy and support to assist frail, vulnerable and at-risk elderly adults and individuals with care needs to remain in their homes as long as possible
• Acts as respite for informal caregivers such as extended family

• Caregiver support
• Case management
• Friendly visiting
• Service arrangement and coordination
• Transportation for medical appointments within Dryden and/or assistance with medical appointment arrangements
• Visiting for social and safety reasons, either in person or on the phone

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting Indigenous seniors to remain in their own homes as long as possible
• Aims to improve the quality of life of community seniors and to help reduce the stress felt by the family and caregivers
• Provides education and information related to health and well-being
• Acts as a resource and respite for family members who are caring for an elderly loved one

• Assistance with personal care such as bathing
• Home support with light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation
• Friendly visits to help with loneliness
• Assistance with coordination of contracted services for lawn care and snow removal
• Transportation/accompaniment to medical appointments and for errands such as banking and grocery shopping

• Assists clients to plan and make informed choices about managing their health care needs or those of someone they care for
• Coordinates information about other services available within the community and links them with these services when appropriate
• Determines access to health care services provided in the home
• Determines admission to Long Term Care Facilities (homes for the aged, nursing homes)
• Determines access to health support services provided in schools for children with special needs
• Maintains an ongoing waiting list

• Provides respite for caregivers
• Offers return transportation between home and centre
• Provides a daily hot lunch and snacks
• Loans out assistive technology for short-term use only such as walkers and raised toilet seats
• Provides a monthly events calendar online or at office

• Computer classes and instruction
• Craft making sessions
• Exercise programs
• Guest speakers and entertainers
• Information sessions on health and safety related topics (ie diabetes, fire safety)
• Music sing-alongs
• Outings to community events
• Parties and social gatherings
• Walking groups

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• Companion Aide
• Homemaking
• Palliative Care
• Personal Care

• Respite Care

• Chronic disease management
• Foot care
• Palliative Care
• Post hospitalization care
• Post hospitalization intravenous care
• Wound Care
• Senior wellness checks

• Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
• Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
• Home care nursing duties
• Access to medical supplies and equipment
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
• Basic or advanced practice foot care
• Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
• Home support with light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation
• Respite for family members and caregivers
• Help with light outdoor/yardwork

• Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
• Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
• Home care nursing duties
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
• Basic or advanced practice foot care
• Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
• Home support with light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation
• Respite for family members and caregivers
• Help with light outdoor/yardwork

• Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
• Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
• Home care nursing duties such as dressing changes, blood work, vital signs, colostomy care etc
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
• Basic foot care
• Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
• Transportation for completing errands
• Respite for family members and caregivers

• Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
• Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
• Home care nursing duties such as dressing changes, blood work, vital signs, colostomy care etc
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
• Basic foot care
• Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
• Transportation for completing errands
• Respite for family members and caregivers

• Offers services of Home Makers for assistance with indoor chores and Home Support staff for assistance with outdoor work
• Assists elders and families that have members with disabilities in their residence with routine household activities such as light housekeeping, laundry, shopping, meal preparation and personal care
• Provides household support for heavy and seasonal housecleaning
• Provides assistance with heavy outdoor work during the winter months such as shovelling and firewood
• Acts as respite for caregivers
• Provides short-term loan of mobility aids such as walkers and raised toilet seats

• Offers services of Home Makers for assistance with indoor chores and Home Support staff for assistance with outdoor work
• Assists elders and families that have members with disabilities in their residence with routine household activities such as light housekeeping, laundry, shopping, meal preparation and personal care
• Provides household support for heavy and seasonal housecleaning
• Provides assistance with heavy outdoor work during the winter months such as shovelling and firewood
• Acts as respite for caregivers
• Provides short-term loan of mobility aids such as walkers and raised toilet seats

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• Companion Aide
• Homemaking
• Palliative Care
• Personal Care

• Respite Care

• Chronic disease management
• Foot care
• Palliative Care
• Post hospitalization care
• Post hospitalization intravenous care
• Wound Care
• Senior wellness checks

• Facilitates program management supervision, case management and nursing services
• Facilitates community-based services such as personal support workers, homemakers and meals on wheels

Coordinates services and support of volunteers who offer companionship and support to individuals and families with a chronic or life-limiting illness

• Recruits and screens volunteers willing to donate time with palliative care patients
• Matches volunteers with clients on a one-on-one basis
• Provides a 30-hour training course for volunteers
• Promotes services and educates member communities about the benefits of Palliative Care volunteers
• Accepts donations and issues charitable donation receipts; must specify which community the donation is directed to

Friendly visiting volunteer services provided include:

• Respite care for caregivers
• Assistance with shopping, making phone calls, writing letters, getting to appointments, and community outings
• Bedside support
• Support in home, hospital, or long term care facility

Offers palliative care coordination in following communities:

• Atikokan
• Dryden
• Fort Frances
• Kenora
• Red Lake
• Sioux Lookout

• Offers general cleaning within the home such as vacuuming, dusting and washing floors, provided by non-health personnel
• Provides assistance with laundry if required
• Services can be taken on a regular or occasional basis

• Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
• Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
• Basic home care nursing duties
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
• Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
• Home support with light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation
• Respite for family members and caregivers
• Help with light outdoor/yardwork such as firewood, garbage disposal, water delivery and snow and lawn maintenance

• Develops a respite support plan with families of individuals caring for a loved one with intellectual/developmental disabilities
• Offers families temporary relief from physical and emotional demands of caring for the family member
• Endeavours to assist families to develop an inter-dependency between families, friends, neighbours and the community

Offers services, ongoing support and education to enhance the lives of young children and families

• Prevents children from becoming at-risk because of certain conditions such as family violence, poverty, abuse, neglect and unhealthy living conditions by offering information and education on effective parenting and good life teachings
• Promotes healthier child development through early childhood interventions including information sessions on pre-parenting preparation and child development
• Provides information on children's nutrition, injury prevention, and child mental health
• Provides programs including but not limited to cultural groups, healthy parenting sessions, mom and tot groups, respite sessions and playgroups

Provides public education and information in the areas of:

• Developing family values that are culturally based
• Developmental needs of infants, toddlers and pre school aged children
• Effective parenting
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) and Fetal Smoking Syndrome

Offers a variety of short term programs on a rotation that can include:

• Bun In the Oven, a program for pregnant women that teaches about healthy nutrition
• Community Kitchen, a cooking session that brings 5 to 6 families together to learn about good nutrition and to cook a meal together which is taken home by each family
• Hang Out Days, a program for new parents that offers open discussion with older parents to talk about concerns with child rearing
• Nutrition Bingo, a bingo game that offers healthy foods as prizes in place of money

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• Companion Aide
• Homemaking
• Palliative Care
• Personal Care

• Respite Care

• Chronic disease management
• Foot care
• Palliative Care
• Post hospitalization care
• Post hospitalization intravenous care
• Wound Care
• Senior wellness checks

Provides safe and affordable long-term housing and short-term respite housing to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness

• Manages a rental unit (rent geared to income) for short or long stays
• Offers case management services

Short Term Housing

• Provides short term housing on an as-needed basis
• Offers a respite time for the caregivers of individual with mental health issues

Long Term Housing

• Assists in securing and maintaining long term housing
• Provides a rental unit with 24 hour staff supervision
• Offers assistance with medication management, housework and small indoor maintenance tasks

• Assists clients to plan and make informed choices about managing their health care needs or those of someone they care for
• Coordinates information about other services available within the community and links them with these services when appropriate
• Determines access to health care services provided in the home
• Determines admission to Long Term Care Facilities (homes for the aged, nursing homes)
• Determines access to health support services provided in schools for children with special needs
• Maintains an ongoing waiting list

• Offers home visits by a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner following an initial home assessment
• Monitors medical concerns, illness prevention and offers health promotion
• Provides nutrition assessments to enable advice about healthy eating and signs of aging such as osteoporosis
• Assists in obtaining the Lifeline program, an emergency help line reachable at the push of a button
• Provides referrals to therapists and geriatric experts

• Provides information, advocacy and support to assist individuals to remain in their homes as long as possible
• Acts as respite for informal caregivers such as extended family

• Caregiver support
• Case management
• Friendly visiting
• Service arrangement and coordination
• Transportation for medical appointments within Kenora and/or assistance with medical appointment arrangements
• Visiting for social and safety reasons, either in person or on the phone