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Located near Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 1B4
- 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 Thunder Bay and/or assistance with medical appointment arrangements
- Visiting for social and safety reasons, either in person or on the phone
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
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 5N4
- Provides short term accommodation and support services to out of town Indigenous individuals accessing health care services in Thunder Bay
- Provides meals, translation, transportation and referral services
- Offers translation services in Ojibway, Oji-Cree, and Swampy Cree
- Provides transportation to and from the Lodge, to medical appointments, and prescription pick up
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 0A6
- Offers a needs-based health benefit program that funds benefit claims for a specified range of drugs, dental care, vision care, medical supplies and equipment, short term crisis intervention mental health counselling and medical transportation
- Provides coverage for a limited range of goods and services when they are not insured elsewhere
- Provides administration of community service agreements
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5N3
Offers assistance to patients who are transitioning from hospital to home
Services may include:
- Assistance with transportation
- Home configuration
- Shopping
- Finding other community support services to help
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5N3
Provides affordable door to door transportation for seniors to help them with various activities such as attending cancer treatments, dialysis, medical appointments, social outing, etc
- Offers personal transportation services that will also drive the client's vehicle from one point to another
- Provides a Driverseat App, available for download
- Airport drop-off
- Chauffeur service
- Designated driving
- Elderly accompaniment
- Fleet service
- Medical service
- Special events transportation
- Valet service
- A national, community-based organization of volunteers
- Funds research for all types of cancer
- Offers information on cancer risk, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and supportive care
- Provides support for people living with cancer as well as family members and friends
- Connects individuals with a survivor or caregiver to discuss what it's like to live with cancer
- Provides the Wheels of Hope transportation program to bring individuals to and from cancer related appointments
- Loans wigs and/or turbans free of charge to cancer patients
- Provides support from a trained quit smoking specialist
Fort William First Nation, ON, P7J 1L6
- Provides support services for seniors, individuals with critical or long-term illness, and persons with health barriers such as a disability
- Provides speech and language services support to children attending schools on-reserve
- Adult life enrichment and recreation
- Basic foot care
- Homemaking including assistance with meals and cleaning
- Palliative support
- Personal care including bathing, washing and dressing
- Respite care
- Transportation to medical appointments or errands
Fort William First Nation, ON, P7J 1L3
- 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
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, ON, P0T 3C0
- 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
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2Z8
Lift+ is public transit and services most locations within city limits
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 3C2
Taking Care
- Caring companionship
- Groceries and errands
- Light housekeeping
- Outings and community experiences
- Transportation to and from appointments
- 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)
- End of life care
- Live-in caring
- Skilled nurse caring
- Special needs caring
- Wound care, post-operative caring, complex caring
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 4X6
Functions as the designated ambulance delivery agent for the district of Thunder Bay
EMS District Operations oversees stations in:
- Armstrong
- Kakabeka
- 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
Red Rock First Nation, ON, P0T 2J0
- Provides transportation to health programs within the community
- Provides transportation from/to Red Rock Indian Band to any medical appointments (doctor, dentist, optometrist etc) in Nipigon and Thunder Bay
- Provides assistance with making arrangements for any medical appointments out of town such as booking appointments, hotels, and completing applications for mileage compensation
Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation, ON, P0T 2B0
- Submits medical appointment travel, mileage, meal and accommodation requests on behalf of individual
- Assists with making travel arrangements
- Maintains client documentation, receipts and related information
- Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community and medical appointments out-of-town in Nipigon and Thunder Bay
Gull Bay First Nation, ON, P0T 1P0
- Submits medical appointment travel, mileage, meal and accommodation requests on behalf of individual
- Assists with making travel arrangements
- Maintains client documentation, receipts and related information
- Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community and to medical/specialist appointments in Thunder Bay
Terrace Bay, ON, P0T 2W0
Services can be accessed for:
- Medical appointments
- Shopping
- Meetings
- Personal visits
Terrace Bay, ON, P0T 2W0
- Provides public transportation to Thunder Bay and Marathon for medical/health reasons, including dental, physiotherapy, and optometry
- Offers door-to-door service for day trips
- Accommodates overnight appointments with service included at destination from medical appointment to overnight accommodation and back home on requested day
Greenstone, ON, P0T 1G0
- Submits medical appointment travel, mileage, meal and accommodation requests on behalf of individual
- Assists with making travel arrangements
- Maintains client documentation, receipts and related information
- Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community and medical appointments out-of-town in Geraldton and Thunder Bay
Ginoogaming First Nation, ON, P0T 2A0
- Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community
- Provides transportation from/to Ginoogaming First Nation Reserve to medical appointments (doctor, dentist, optometrist, specialist) in Longlac, Geraldton and Thunder Bay
- Provides assistance with making arrangements for any medical appointments out of town such as booking appointments, hotels, and completing applications for mileage compensation
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
- Provides supports for 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
- Preparing a bath
- Contracted services for lawn care and snow removal
- Light housekeeping
- Laundry
- Meal preparation
- Transportation for running errands such as medical appointments, bank and grocery store
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, ON, P0V 1M0
- Child advocacy
- Elders meals
- Health promotion and healthy family development
- Health related workshops and presentations throughout the year such as diabetes awareness
- Healthy food baskets for children six years of age and younger
- Medical Transportation (between Armstrong and Thunder Bay)
- Water testing
Marathon, ON, P0T 2E0
Whitesand First Nation, ON, P0T 1A0
- Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community
- Provides transportation and/or assistance from/to Whitesand First Nation to medical appointments (doctor, dentist, optometrist, specialist) in Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay and Winnipeg
- Provides assistance with making arrangements for any medical appointments out of town such as booking appointments, hotels, and completing applications for mileage compensation