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Full service home care agency with staffing from homemakers through registered nursing staff

• homemaking
  
• personal care
  
• housekeeping
  
• respite care
  
• nursing services
  
• transportation to and from appointments

Supports for older adults, and adults with disabilities

• helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible
• referral to other community services

Hot meals delivered Mon-Fri - special diet types available

Frozen Meal Service - Seven entree frozen meal packages are delivered once a month

• clients choose from a menu or can choose standard packages
• special diet types available
• soup/dessert packages also available

Non-emergency transportation to local and long-distance medical appointments - wheelchair-accessible vehicle available

Additional Services:

• First Aid and CPR training
• babysitter certification
• water safety training
• disaster management program (includes personal disaster assistance and personal preparedness)
• volunteer services

Meal and transportation programs provided to Brant County

Disaster services available to Brant, Haldimand & Norfolk

Provides in-home nursing services through three pillars of care

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

Free transportation to vaccine clinics in Brant

Offers door-to-door transportation to appointments, for those unable to use public transportation or private means.
An escort may join client at no extra cost.

Program designed to support clients who are in the process of arranging more permanent transportation such as D.A.R.T.S or have limited or no other means of transportation. This program relies on volunteers to drive seniors to medical (or medical related) appointments and bring them home. A minimum of one week's notice is required to fill a request.

Supports for older adults, and adults with disabilities. Helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible and provides referral to other community services

Group meals and social activities provided at a central location

Hot meals delivered five days per week in Cayuga and seven days per week in Caledonia

special diet types available

Non-emergency transportation to local medical appointments, shopping and social activities

Referrals to local services such as snow removal, yard work, window washing, house cleaning, grocery shopping, and minor repairs

Regular volunteer visits to seniors and people with disabilities who live alone, to provide companionship and reassurance

Regular phone calls to check on the health and safety of people who live alone * checks are done by trained and screened personnel

Medical alert system

allows older adults and people with disabilities to call for assistance using a help button

24-hour emergency response

Companionship, respite care, and emotional support to people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-threatening illness

bereavement support for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close

services can be provided at home, or in hospitals and long-term care homes

Peer support and discussion for caregivers, including family and friends

A non-emergency, door-to-door transportation service. Our volunteer drivers accompany clients to and from medical appointments and grocery shopping.

Please see website for details and instructions. Provides door-to-door transportation service to individuals who are unable to use regular public transit due to a disability. Participants must first register with Accessible Transportation Services (ATS), a department of the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR). Employs wheelchair accessible buses, vans, MVs, and contracted taxi services when appropriate and works under contract to ATS.

Non-emergency ambulance transportation, can transport clients in wheelchair and stretcher accessible vehicles, for both local and long distance service

Provides driver companions to transport older adults to and from medical appointments, shopping centres, grocery stores, the bank, or social events and gatherings. Drivers can accommodate seniors with cognitive impairments, walkers and collapsible wheelchairs.

An emergency ambulance communication service provided by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Emergency Health Services Branch. Non-emergency ambulance transfers can be booked by contacting the main administration at 905-383-9838

This contact information should not be used to request an immediate ambulance. Emergency ambulance services should be requested via 911.

Supports for older adults, and adults with disabilities

helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible

referral to other community services

Group meals and social activities provided at a central location

Hot meals delivered five days per week

special diet types available

Non-emergency transportation to local medical appointments, shopping and social activities

Referrals to local services such as snow removal, yard work, window washing, house cleaning, grocery shopping, and minor repairs

Regular volunteer visits to seniors and people with disabilities who live alone, to provide companionship and reassurance

Regular phone calls to check on the health and safety of people who live alone

checks are done by trained and screened personnel

Medical alert system

allows older adults and people with disabilities to call for assistance using a help button

24-hour emergency response

Companionship, respite care, and emotional support to people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-threatening illness

bereavement support for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close

services can be provided at home, or in hospitals and long-term care homes

Peer support and discussion for caregivers

Transportation is available, free of charge, to and from cancer-related medical appointments. All rides coordinated through CAP's Drive & Ride program are provided by compassionate and trained volunteers.

Glanbrook Community Services provides participants with transportation services to medical appointments, dental appointments, errands, to visit friends, grocery and general shopping. Drivers will wait and can assist participants with purchases. Out-of-town trips may be arranged upon request, some restrictions apply.

Due to COVID-19, this service is operating on a modified schedule with increased safety measures. Transportation to COVID-19 vaccination clinics is not offered. Contact or visit website for updates.

Assists eligible clients with their short-term travel to attend their cancer-specific medical appointments or supportive care services delivered by a professional recognized by Ontario's Health Care System. Services available to individuals or a whole family. Opportunities for volunteer drivers are available and drivers are reimbursed for their expenses.

Provides medical transportation to Indigenous seniors, those with early on-set aging, and those with complex physical disabilities. Clients can be picked up and dropped off to any medical appointments within the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Home and Community Care Support Services catchment area.

Provides transportation to and from non-emergency medical appointments, grocery shopping, adult day programs, to run errands, or to other appointments or social outings. Program is delivered on a first-come, first-serve basis, and a minimum of 3 business days' notice is required.

Provides community support services to urban Aboriginal clients, regardless of age, who are disabled, chronically ill, frail, elderly or require acute/chronic continuum of care. Services include: medical transportation services, assistance with completing forms, community referrals, home visits, security checks, caregiver support, aid in transitioning from ODSP to Old Age Pension, and congregate dining meals and activities.

Helps clients and their families to navigate the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) system and provides:

• domestic and household assistance
• meal preparation and homemaker support
• companionship and respite care
• exercise, brain activity programs
• assistance with client errands/appointments
• shopping support, bill paying, outings
• advocates on behalf of client with doctors or other health care service providers

Staffing:
* Personal Support Workers (PSW)
* companionship workers

Staffing hours:
* hourly
* overnight
* live-in

* Veterans Affairs Canada approved Veterans Independence Program (VIP) provider

1. In Home Assistance
Friendly visiting

Alzheimer/dementia care

Homemaker assistance:
* menu planning
* budgeting
* shopping
* child care
* in-home meal preparation
* light housekeeping

Personal care:
* personal hygiene
* dressing
* mobility
* transfers/seating
* toileting
* changing beds
* nutrition/food preparation
* directing activities of daily living
* medication reminders

Telephone reassurance

2. Errands and Appointments
* errand running/shopping assistance
* escort programs
* medical appointments transportation

3. Other Home Health Care Case Management
* long term home health care
* palliative care

Podiatry/foot care:
* general foot/nail care

4. Respite
* adult respite care
* children's respite care

Private home care agency providing in-home care services for seniors * free in-home care consult * services are available at home, in an assisted living facility, a retirement home or in a long-term care home


Services include:

• personal care
• in-home nursing care
• post-operative care
• homemaking
• meal preparation
• live-in or overnight
• transportation to medical appointments and accompaniment/escort
• companionship
• 24-hour Alzheimer's and dementia care
• caregiver relief/respite care
• end-of-life care and family support - at home or in care facility

Non-emergency door-to-door transportation services for seniors and people with disabilities who are unable to access other means of transportation
* offered to and from medical appointments and treatments, rehabilitative therapy, and adult recreation and leisure programs
* advance booking is required
* fee for service

Transportation provided in Red Cross vehicles, including wheelchair vans or volunteers' private vehicles * all volunteer drivers are pre-screened and insured

Services include:
• care companion - housekeeping, meal prep, shopping, errands, transportation
• personal care - support with activities of daily living plus care companion activities
• nursing - assessments, medication management, wound care, foot care
• one hour to 24-hour care
• one-to-one in-hospital, in-facility support
• palliative care specialists
• dementia specialists
• transitional support - hospital to home, long-term care
• continence products available for purchase and delivery
• services also provided in assisted living communities, nursing homes, hospitals, hospice
• care for clients with special health care needs
• Motor Vehicle Accident Support Program