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Provides various housing services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities

Supportive Housing

• Provides 24 hour supportive living accommodations
• Offers a few rent geared to income units
• Offers assistance with daily living skills including laundry, housework, cooking and personal care
• Provides accompaniment to appointments and social outings

Supported Independent Living

• Provides in home and out of home support in areas such as housecleaning, laundry, budgeting and grocery shopping to individuals living independently within the community
• Offers accompaniment to social outings and appointments if required

Formerly Community Care Access Centre

Access to health care support at home or in the community

• 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 rent-geared-to-income (RGI) supportive housing in landlord/tenant units for individuals with challenges

• Provides assistance in securing rent geared to income (RGI) housing units
• Operates under the Residential Tenancy Act
• Focuses on independent living with minimal assistance
• Provides 24-hour on-site support staff

Provides the following services as required:

• Advocacy with other programs and services
• Assessment and monitoring
• Case management
• Life skills training
• Linking and referrals to other services
• Medication management and monitoring
• Service coordination
• Supportive counselling

Provides assisted living services to enable seniors to live independently in their own home

Offers the following services based upon the development of an individualized care plan:

• Provides assistance with light housekeeping and laundry
• Aids with meal preparation
• Assists with personal care
• Provides medication reminders and monitoring
• Assists with arranging appointments for medical and other services
• Assists clients with arrangements for rental contract and installation of lifeline equipment that enables them to obtain 24-hour emergency assistance

Provides health care services for ill, injured or elderly community members in their own homes

Provides the following services through a Case Manager/Nurses, Personal Support Workers and Homemakers:

• 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
• Service coordination with other agencies if required
• Home care nursing duties
• Access to medical supplies and equipment
• Personal care help with activities such as dressing, toileting, eating, mobility 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 including lawn mowing and wood chopping

• Provides assistance with light indoor housework and laundry
• Aids with meal preparation
• Assists with personal care
• Provides minor household repairs
• Offers respite care for any reason

Lifeline Emergency Response System

• Assists clients with arrangements for rental contract and installation of lifeline equipment
• Equipment enables clients to obtain 24 hour emergency assistance

NOTE: Homemaking does not include shovelling and yardwork

• Oversees the operations and maintenance of community infrastructure and related services
• Maintains a Public Works garage

Performs a variety of tasks and maintenance operations including:

• Road maintenance
• Landscaping and community beautification
• Street lighting
• Repairs and upkeep of community buildings and residential homes
• Maintenance and operation of the Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Snow removal
• Upkeep of public spaces and grounds
• Garbage collection and maintenance of landfill site

Provides information, advocacy and support to assist individuals who are living alone to remain in their homes as long as possible

• 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, meal preparation and personal care
• Provides assistance with heavy and seasonal housecleaning, gathering firewood and water and winter shovelling or other yardwork and small home repairs
• Provides return transportation for medical appointments in Fort Frances
• Acts as a social support for isolated or ill individuals

Formerly Community Care Access Centre

Access to health care support at home or in the community

• 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