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Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• 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

Community Support Services offered include:

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

Offers door to door transportation and accompaniment services including a  wheelchair accessible vehicle

Assists with the following:

• Medical and dental appointments
• Personal shopping
• Grocery shopping
• Adult Day programs/Alzheimer or dementia programs
• Social functions
• Liaison between medical staff and family
• Airport service - assistance through to gate departure
• Vacation accompaniment

Offers assistance to patients who are transitioning from a hospital stay to home which may include the following:

• Assistance with transportation
• Home configuration
• Shopping
• Finding other community support services to help

Provides affordable door to door transportation for seniors or those with a disability to help them with various activities such as grocery shopping, medical appointments and social outings

NOTE: Vehicles are not equipped to accommodate wheelchairs

• Offers personal transportation services that will also drive the client's vehicle from one point to another
• Provides a Driverseat App, available for download

Offers the following transportation services:

• Airport drop-off
• Chauffeur service
• Designated driving
• Elderly accompaniment
• Fleet service
• Medical service
• Special events transportation
• Valet service

• Works with clients and their families to provide services to individuals of any age including the elderly, who require support services
• Provides speech and language services support to children attending schools on-reserve

Support services include:

• Adult life enrichment and recreation
• Basic foot care
• Homemaking
• Meals
• Nutrition
• Palliative support
• Personal care
• Respite care
• Transportation to medical appointments or errands

Delivers medical transportation services and assistance in making medical appointment arrangements

• Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community
• Provides transportation and/or assistance from/to Fort William First Nation to medical appointments (doctor, dentist, optometrist, specialist, physiotherapy) in city of Thunder Bay
• Services are provided by way of a wheel-chair accessible medical van equipped with one infant and one toddler restraint
• Responsible for processing Non-Insured Health Benefits service claims
• Submits medical appointment travel, mileage, meal and accommodation requests on behalf of individual

Delivers medical transportation services and assistance in making medical appointment arrangements

• Enforces the medical patient transportation policy
• Supervises the medical van driver as he/she provides transportation to any medical appointments within the community
• Provides transportation from/to Pays Plat to any medical appointments (doctor, dentist, optometrist etc) in Schreiber/Terrace Bay, Nipigon and Thunder Bay
• Provides assistance with making arrangements for any medical appointments out of town (includes bus warrants) such as booking appointments, hotels, and completing applications for mileage compensation

Operates a para-transit service for individuals unable to use the regular transit system for all or part of their trips due to a disability

Lift+ is public transit and services most locations within city limits

Provides a variety of home care services, including the following:


Taking Care

• Caring companionship
• Groceries and errands
• Light housekeeping
• Outings and community experiences
• Transportation to and from appointments

Enriched Care

• Activities of daily living: bathing, dressing and toileting
• Alzheimer's and dementia support
• Ensure home safety
• Meal preparation and assistance (if required)
• Medication management (and reminders)

Vital Care

• End of life care
• Live-in caring
• Skilled nurse caring
• Special needs caring
• Wound care, post-operative caring, complex caring

Functions as the designated ambulance delivery agent for the district of Thunder Bay

EMS District Operations oversees stations in:

• Armstrong
• Beardmore
• Conmee
• Geraldton
• Longlac
• Manitouwadge
• Marathon
• Nakina
• Nipigon
• Red Rock
• Schreiber
• Shuniah
• Terrace Bay
• Upsala

EMS City Operations are in charge of the City of Thunder Bay

Note: Requests for non-emergency transportation by ambulance can only be booked by dialing 9-1-1