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COVID-19 Response
Due to the pandemic, some programs are now virtual. Please visit www.chats.on.ca/COVIDservices for COVID-19 updates.

Transportation to COVID-19 vaccination clinics can be arrange through the CT Link Program. Must have an appointment booked. Instructions for booking a door-to-door rides to clinics can be found here.

Regular Services
Home and community supports and experiences available to older adults and caregivers to assist older adults in living independently, safely and well in their own home.

Programs and Services include:

• Adult Day Programs
• Assisted Living
• Personal care - bathing, toileting, dressing
• Caregiver Support and Education
• CHATS Phillips Lifeline
• Home Adaptation and Maintenance
• Home at Last
• Homemaking, Personal Care and Respite
• Meals on Wheels
• Wellness and Diversity Outreach Programs
• Telephone Reassurance
• Tenancy Risk Reduction Service for Seniors

Transportation:
Provides frail seniors, and adults over the age of 18 with a physical or cognitive condition needing a non-medical escort local and long distance drives to medical appointments, central Home and Community Care Support Services funded ADP's, grocery shopping, personal errands and social outings. Priority is given to clients requiring drives to chemotherapy and dialysis appointments etc and other medical appointments before errands, shopping and outings. Clients are encouraged to call as far in advance as possible to arrange transportation.

• Member of CT Link Community Transportation Link
• Provides transportation to vaccination appointments via CT Link Transportation to Vaccine Clinics Program

Provides transportation to medical appointments

Ambulatory clients with canes, walkers and collapsible wheelchairs accepted.

Private senior in-home care services

• offer specialized Alzheimer's, post-stroke, Parkinson's and dementia respite and live-in home care
• provide non-medical home care, services include:
  • Healthy meal prep
  • Exercise
  • Companionship
  • Light housekeeping
  • Personal Support Worker
  • Respite care services
  • Hospital to home care
  • Transportation for medical appointments and running errands
  • Cognitive Therapeutics - Mind Fit Program to exercise the brain

COVID19 -- office open with reduced schedule Tue-Thu 10 am-3 pm; phone, and online support and referrals available - call or email organization


Support, education and awareness, HIV supportive case management, pre/post-test counselling, treatment/medication support, interpretation and transportation support, food and nutritional support, practical/emergency assistance, harm reduction supplies and information

Rainbow Space
2SLGBTQ+ peer support, volunteer and leadership development, and peer learning and wellness promotion

• health and social services information and resources
• sexual health education and supplies
• lending library
• social and recreational activities

Multi-service agency addressing the health and social service needs of individuals and families in Caledon

Counselling and Care Coordination Program -- supportive counselling and other community services ; food support, help with heat and other programs available at The Exchange (see separate entry)

Caledon Specialist Clinic -- specialist medical services by referral ; in partnership with Headwaters Health Care Centre, William Osler Health System and the Central West LHIN

Newcomer and Settlement Services

• needs assessment
• information and referral to social network and community services
• assistance to complete forms and applications
• citizenship preparation classes

Participates in LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) in English -- limited childminding and transportation available to participants
EH cafe -- weekly conversation circles

Seniors Health and Wellness

• fitness and recreational workshops and programming
• offered at several sites in Bolton, Caledon East, Caledon Village and Alton

Transportation service for seniors

• rides to medical appointments and day programs
• weekly shopping and other important resources that support the activities of daily living
• travel assistance for passengers may be available as an option, check with dispatch

Volunteer opportunities

A fourth (booster) dose is now available to individuals 60 years of age and older who received their third (booster) dose five months (140 days) prior. Individuals 60 years of age and older may receive a fourth (booster) dose at a minimum interval of 3 months (84 days) after their third (booster) dose.

Booking your vaccination:
Click here for updated information about:

• booking your first, second, third or booster vaccine through the provincial portal or the Health Unit
• drop-in health unit community and pop-up clinics
• booking at participating pharmacies
• the GoVaxx bus locations, dates and times

For information about children 5 to 11 years of age click here

Proof of Vaccination
As of March 1, 2022, proof of vaccination is no longer required to access certain indoor businesses and settings in Ontario. However, businesses and other settings may choose to require proof of vaccination upon entry.

Enhanced Vaccine Certificate with QR code

• to ensure a smooth user experience, the province is making the enhanced vaccine certificate with scannable QR code available for download
• numbers from the front and back of the green photo health card will be required, expired cards are accepted
• to download the certificate and for more information, click here
• Individuals with a red and white health card or those who would like the enhanced vaccine certificate emailed or mailed to them, will need to call the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900
• A verification application, to scan QR vaccination codes, is available for businesses to download for free on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store

Transportation to Vaccine Clinics

• Red Cross will provide transportation to COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics within Simcoe County and Muskoka, excluding Orillia and Huntsville, call 705-721-3313 Ext 5206 to book an appointment
• See separate listing for CT Link: CWD0009

The Simcoe Muskoka office of the Canadian Cancer Society has shut down. For information and support call Ontario Office/Cancer Information Service at 1-888-939-3333.

Canadian Cancer Society office, services include:

• information on cancer, treatment, and risk reduction
• support for people living with cancer, family members and friends
• Wheels of Hope program provides rides to people needing transportation to cancer treatment appointments. Call 1-800-263-6750
• funds research on all types of cancer
• for information about hair donations see the Canadian Cancer Society website

Provides accessible door-to-door transportation to non-emergency medical appointments for seniors and people with disabilities.

A partnership of the following community-based agencies: Helping Hands, Red Cross, Community Reach, Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle and CHATS Community & Home Assistance To Seniors.

COVID-19 Response

• Transportation services currently being offered are for:
  • Medical and essential travel - will drive to areas such as the GTA for essential medical appointments
  • Transportation to COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic with in Simcoe County and Muskoka, excluding Orillia and Huntsville. Call to book an appointment or book online via CT Link Transportation to Vaccine Clinics Program
    Must have a vaccine appointment booked
  • Grocery pick up and delivery
• In-person service is available by appointment only and staff are working and available to provide assistance by email or phone
• If you know the specific extension or email of a particular staff you are trying to reach, please use it or for general inquiries call 705-721-3313 or email simcoe@redcross.ca

Regular Service
Non-emergency transportation for those in need, such as older adults and adults with disabilities in the community, who are unable to use public transportation or private means

• provides affordable transportation to social gatherings and shopping
• Medical and essential travel - will drive to areas such as the GTA for essential medical appointments
• Volunteer drivers with their own vehicles, as well as wheelchair accessible vans
• Member of the CT Link, Community Transportation Link

COVID-19 Response

• Center is currently open by appointment only
• safety restrictions are in place, view details on BNFC Facebook videos
• some programs and workshops are still available online and can be accessed at BNFC Facebook page
• for more information or support call 705-721-7689 or email info@bnfc.ca or executivedirector@bnfc.ca

Regular Service
Culturally appropriate services for Indigenous people with long term illnesses, disabilities and the frail elderly, to help them remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible

• Services can include:
  • day programs/group activities such as shopping excursions
  • home visits
  • rides to medical appointments
  • light housekeeping

Long Term Liaison Services include:

• Friendly visits; in-home visits, assisting with shopping needs and other daily living activities
• Safety and wellness checks through regular weekly telephone calls and/or home visits
• advocacy on health and related social issues
• makes referrals to appropriate service providers
• identifies educational opportunities for clients through workshops and seminars
• assist clients with non-insured health benefits, e.g. Ontario Disability Insurance Program

Aging@Home Transportation Services

• non-emergency transportation to medical appointments
• transportation to cultural activities/events, traditional healers
• offer standard wheelchair accessible rides, but are not equipped to provide bariatric wheelchair services
• transportation appointments are on a first-come, first-served basis

Culturally sensitive homemaking and assisted living care services for older adults with age related health conditions and/or disabilities who self-identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit

Homemaking Supports

• light housekeeping
• laundry
• sweeping/mopping and dusting
• personal hygiene care
• medication support
• meal preparation
• social visiting
• telephone reassurance

Transportation

• local trips to shopping centres/banking, in Barrie only

Dementia supports:

• education to increase awareness to support earlier identification and reduce stigma of Dementia
• increase community support services to Indigenous families managing Dementia

Program is a partnership between Helping Hands and Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle

Services designed for people who choose to live independently, but require non-medical services

• fully insured
• approved care provider for Canadian Veterans
• offer a wide range of services including:
• Personal Care
  • Toileting and dressing
  • Bathing and personal grooming
  • Assistance with meal prep and eating
  • Assistance with medication
  • Assistance with walking, exercises, and mobility
• Help at Home
  • Assistance with meal preparation and eating
  • light housekeeping, laundry, changing sheets and making the bed
  • organizing, cleaning closets and drawers
  • putting out garbage and recycling
  • Pet care
  • mail pick-up
• Companionship
  • Visits at home, hospital, retirement or LTC facilities
  • Playing cards, reading aloud and assisting with hobbies
  • discussing current events
  • going for walks
• Respite Care
  • overnight /respite stays are available
• Palliative Care
• Driving Companion
  • Medical appointments in and out of town
  • Hairdresser appointments
  • shopping and errands
  • social outings to visit friends and to attend special occasions
• Home from the Hospital
  • assist with discharge, instructions and personal belongings
  • arrange and supervise medical equipment drop-off or installation
• Alzheimer's & Dementia Care
  • Customized client care plans
  • Cueing and redirection
  • Respite for main caregiver
  • Advocate for clients when family not present

COVID19 - service available * drivers are available to provide FREE rides to COVID-19 vaccine appointments * arrange a ride with us to your appointment by calling 1-888-255-6680 or by completing the Request Service form on the website

Provides clients with rides to and from essential destinations

• medical appointments
• shopping, errands, and appointments
• to access CCD programs
• drivers can be CCD staff or volunteer drivers

Access to Primary Care

• provides a Personal Support Worker for clients who need to attend medical appointments and have mobility or other related challenges

Accessible Vans

• wheelchair accessible vans driven by CCD staff for clients with mobility issues
• staff push client up ramp, secure wheelchair and bring down ramp
• client has to be able to wheel themselves to ramp or have a caregiver do so
• must travel with escort if cannot travel alone

Home at Last

• provides Personal Support Worker to bring client safely home from hospital if aging or has special needs and would benefit from assistance in getting settled

COVID19 -- Community Response Centre -- distribution of essential food, supplies and resources to seniors in need, contact responsecentre@lumacare.ca or main line

Food Security -- Meals on Wheels, frozen meals, fee, delivery hours extended

• weekly warm meals, free of charge
• grocery baskets at subsidized rate
• comfort package and essential items free of charge
• shopping support

Transportation -- for medical appointments such as cancer care and dialysis

Home at Last -- extended hours, follow up telephone assessments completed within 24-48 hours

Virtual support -- Healthier Living Centre, virtual exercise classes, social conversation and other activities for older adults as well as virtual social gatherings for adult day program participants, live chat Mon-Sun 9 am-5 pm, wellness check, counselling

Home support -- essential assisted living services for high risk individuals, respite care, personal care, and homemaking such as light housekeeping, food preparation, fee, free medication delivery, free lending library of sensory stimulation kits, laundry services

Adult Day program -- in-home activity based engagement, fee

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Caregiver support and homemaking service

• care coordination * client intervention and assistance
• assisted living services -- 24 hour in home support for high risk seniors
• meals on wheels -- frozen meals delivered once a week
• transportation
• volunteer and student placements

Healthier Living Centre -- independent seniors day program

• social, recreation and education programs
• congregate dining

Home at Last -- hospital discharge assistance

COVID19 Contact for information on in-person, telephone and virtual services

• iRIDE Plus Transportation clients must wear masks while in vehicle
• Adult Day Program, full day and limited capacity in-person half day sessions; virtual programming available
• phone and in-person hospice visiting by trained volunteers
• phone pals and friendly volunteer social visits
• Exercise and Falls Prevention Classes available virtually and in-person Mon-Fri

Multiservice agency includes medical and non-medical home and community care support services, such as personal care and support, palliative care, home care and homemaking, hospice and respite, meals on wheels, social work, transportation

Meals on Wheels and Kosher Meals on Wheels
Bulk delivery once per week of frozen meals (including Ensure meal replacements, sandwiches and soup packs if applicable); expanded hours Tue-Fri 10 am-4 pm; volunteers wear masks and gloves during deliveries; contact 416-635-2860 ext 581 for food and to arrange delivery

Adult Day Program
For individuals 55 years and older living with dementia; open to frail seniors without cognitive impairments, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; observes Jewish culture and traditions, but all are welcome

• caregiver support and respite
• lunch, snacks and Kosher meals
• therapeutic social and recreation activities
• transportation

Exercise and Falls Prevention Classes
Classes led by physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants and specially trained staff to increase mobility, relieve pain and reduce the risk of falls by building strength and improving balance

• free
• offered online and in-person

Home Support Services
Includes caregiver support/respite care, companionship, homemaking, housekeeping, personal care, supportive housing services, palliative care

• Meals on Wheels (regular, certified Kosher, and vegetarian options)
• specialized workers for individuals with Alzheimer Disease or mental health challenges
• transportation to medical appointments, not wheelchair accessible
• fee for all home services
• some programs available in Russian

Elder Abuse Prevention Program
For individuals 55 years and older who are experiencing or have experienced abuse

• includes individual and group counselling

Social Work Services
Includes information and referral, counselling, case management, support groups, workshops

• free

Volunteer Services
Includes friendly visiting, security checks and telephone reassurance

• intergenerational programs
• volunteer hospice program

Private in-home care provided by trained personal support workers. Specializing in medical and non-medical supports allowing seniors and disabled adults to live comfortably and independently.

Services include:

• Personal care
• Medication Reminders
• Homemaking services including meal preparation, laundry, errands and light housekeeping services
• Assistance with activities of daily living including accompaniment and transportation to appointments Companionship
• Assistance for those recuperating from motor vehicle accidents
• Respite care - from 3-hour periods to 24-hour care as needed
• Care for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's and related Dementia
• Foot care services
• Palliative Care

Ride Connect provides transportation to and from Etobicoke, Brampton, Malton, Mississauga, Oakville, Milton and Woodbridge areas

• client base is primarily seniors and clients with disabilities
• specialize in rides to and from medical appointments, as well as grocery shopping and adult day programs
• a fleet of wheelchair accessible vans as well as large 15 accessible passenger vans and buses are available when traveling with larger groups
• view brochure for more details

COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments

• if you're unable to drive to your vaccine appointment, Ride Connect can pick you up and take you there, and return you home afterword, at no cost
• book your vaccine appointment in advance before you call for a ride
• available to all ages

Non-emergency transportation services to local and long-distance medical appointments and SCHC programs such as recreational programs, congregate dining and adult day program * shopping and general errands

Provides emergency assistance for those in need in the community, including:

Emergency Assistance Program:

• helps to meet three basic needs - food, clothing, household items
• personal hygiene items and baby supplies also provided
• voucher for clothing assistance from Salvation Army Thrift Store
• program is available to anyone who finds themselves in need of a little help
• Emergency shelter may be arranged to help find people a temporary place to spend the night when extraordinary circumstances arise

Laundry Service is now available on premises:

• no charge to members of community who do not have access to housing
• service is offered on Tuesdays only from 11 am-3 pm on an appointment basis
• 1 wash, 1 dry per visit
• laundry detergent provided

Christmas Assistance:

• Provides food assistance, gift cards and toys for Christmas Day to families needing a helping hand
• Registration for Christmas Assistance starts in November and continues until early December
• Proof of address and identification for each person living in household is required

2022 Registration Dates:
To be announced

Back to School Assistance:

• provides backpacks with school supplies to families that need help
• deadline for 2022: August 25, 2022
• backpacks and supplies will be distributed end of August
• call 519-943-1203 ext 3

New Hope Community Church is currently accepting donations of new school supplies

To access all services, call 519-943-1203 ext 1 or visit website

Cancer Information Service 1-888-939-3333, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

CancerConnection.ca Online community * helps people with cancer and their loved ones share their experiences and build supportive relationships.

Smoker's Helpline 1-877-513-5333, http://www.smokershelpline.ca/ , Mon-Thu 8am-9pm, Fri 8am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9am-5pm-- information, advice and support

Wig and Breast Accessories Program 1-888-939-3333 wig and breast accessories bank via a virtual distribution system.

Services and Programs:

• Wheels of Hope

COVID19 - service available * drivers are available to provide FREE rides to COVID-19 vaccine appointments * arrange a ride with us to your appointment by calling 1-888-255-6680 or by completing the Request Service form on the website

Provides clients with rides to and from essential destinations

• medical appointments
• shopping, errands, and appointments
• to access CCD programs
• drivers can be CCD staff or volunteer drivers

Access to Primary Care

• provides a Personal Support Worker for clients who need to attend medical appointments and have mobility or other related challenges

Accessible Vans

• wheelchair accessible vans driven by CCD staff for clients with mobility issues
• staff push client up ramp, secure wheelchair and bring down ramp
• client has to be able to wheel themselves to ramp or have a caregiver do so
• must travel with escort if cannot travel alone

Home at Last

• provides Personal Support Worker to bring client safely home from hospital if aging or has special needs and would benefit from assistance in getting settled

COVID19 - service available * drivers are available to provide FREE rides to COVID-19 vaccine appointments * arrange a ride with us to your appointment by calling 1-888-255-6680 or by completing the Request Service form on the website

Provides clients with rides to and from essential destinations

• medical appointments
• shopping, errands, and appointments
• to access CCD programs
• drivers can be CCD staff or volunteer drivers

Access to Primary Care

• provides a Personal Support Worker for clients who need to attend medical appointments and have mobility or other related challenges

Accessible Vans

• wheelchair accessible vans driven by CCD staff for clients with mobility issues
• staff push client up ramp, secure wheelchair and bring down ramp
• client has to be able to wheel themselves to ramp or have a caregiver do so
• must travel with escort if cannot travel alone

Home at Last

• provides Personal Support Worker to bring client safely home from hospital if aging or has special needs and would benefit from assistance in getting settled

Non-emergency transportation to medical appointments and regular activities
such as grocery shopping and banking * volunteer drivers and trained staff escort clients who are unable to use public transportation on their own due to a disability or frail condition

COVID19 - service available * drivers are available to provide FREE rides to COVID-19 vaccine appointments * arrange a ride with us to your appointment by calling 1-888-255-6680 or by completing the Request Service form on the website

Provides clients with rides to and from essential destinations

• medical appointments
• shopping, errands, and appointments
• to access CCD programs
• drivers can be CCD staff or volunteer drivers

Access to Primary Care

• provides a Personal Support Worker for clients who need to attend medical appointments and have mobility or other related challenges

Accessible Vans

• wheelchair accessible vans driven by CCD staff for clients with mobility issues
• staff push client up ramp, secure wheelchair and bring down ramp
• client has to be able to wheel themselves to ramp or have a caregiver do so
• must travel with escort if cannot travel alone

Home at Last

• provides Personal Support Worker to bring client safely home from hospital if aging or has special needs and would benefit from assistance in getting settled