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Program provided in partnership with Vision Loss Rehabilitation that supports individuals with vision loss and additional functional needs due to a permanent physical disability

Services include:
* personal care with the aid of an attendant
* vision loss specific training in the areas of orientation and mobility
* home and personal management
* communication skills

Personal support services are provided for activities of daily living such as bathing and toileting, range of motion exercises as well as the instrumental activities of daily living such as life-skills and light housekeeping support within a client's personal home
* also offers services in a client's school or place of work

Staffing:
* Personal Support Worker (PSW)

Staffing hours:
* shifts 24/7

Homemaker assistance:
* in home meal preparation
* light housekeeping

Personal Care:
* personal hygiene
* dressing
* mobility
* transfers/seating
* toileting
* changing beds
* nutrition/food preparation
* cueing
* reminding
* directing activities of daily living

Helps children and youth with physical disabilities from all backgrounds

Programs and services include:

• funding for essential accessibility and mobility equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, lifts and ramps
• fully accessible summer camp programs at its two camp properties, Camp Woodeden in London and Camp Merrywood near Perth
• virtual online camp program
• information resources for families and public education and awareness

'Sit to Be Fit' is a free, low-impact workout for seniors
* designed to promote health and fitness and increase strength, balance, flexibility and endurance
* offered 48 weeks per year
* taught by non-regulated health professionals (Occupational Therapist Assistant, Physiotherapist Assistant or Certified Fitness Instructor)

Classes are held at multiple community locations

Offers windrow clearing services for residents with disabilities or individuals unable to clear their windrow(s) with no other able-bodied person living at the address
* windrow is snow that is left at the bottom of driveways by road plows

Windrow clearing contractors are dispatched after all roadway plowing is completed during a snow event * residents can expect windrows to be cleared within 36 hours after the snow stops and within 12 hours of the completion of all roadway plowing * does not clear windrows left by sidewalk plows

Responsible for services and programs including:
* Cycling
* Driveways and Curbs
* Electric Vehicles
* Leaf Collection
* Parking
* Road and Sidewalk Maintenance
* Road and Transportation Construction
* Road and Transportation Permits
* Snow Removal
* Traffic Safety


To report an issue, see Service Burlington here

To view current and future road closures and restrictions, see here

This listing describes how to find full-service gas stations in Burlington and area

Full-service gas station in Burlington:
* Inver: 4037 New St, 905-637-2444 * Mon-Fri 6 am-8 pm, Sat 8 am-8 pm, Sun 8 am-7 pm
* Pioneer: 850 Appleby Line, 905-634-0737 * Mon-Sun 24 hrs

Some self-serve gas stations may do full service for people with disabilities when staff are available (advisable to call ahead, some may require accessible parking permit)
* fuelService is a free app that helps disabled drivers find and get assistance refueling their cars

To find all gas stations of major chains, see station locators for: Esso, Husky, PetroCanada, Pioneer, Shell

Provides access to health care support at home, at school, or in the community
* care coordinators work with people in the community or leaving hospital to determine what help is needed and arrange for care
* care is provided in community settings such as the home, school, residential facility or Home and Community Care Services community clinic
* referral to other community services when appropriate

Services available to eligible patients may include:
* nursing
* personal support
* physiotherapy
* occupational therapy
* speech-language therapy
* social work
* nutritional counseling
* end-of-life care
* medical supplies and equipment
* access to long-term care homes
* access to supported living (adult day programs, assisted living, supportive housing, retirement homes, and short stay care)
* school health support services
* specialized services for people living with specific health conditions
* referral to other community supports
* Burlington Nursing Care Centre

Information and Referral offered through My Health GPS, 1-800-810-0000 (available Mon-Sun 8:30 am-8:30 pm): system navigation * access to community resources * assistance with referrals

Offers 24-hour attendant care to 10 individuals with physical disabilities in a congregate residential setting
* individual rooms
* clients must be able to self-direct their attendant support needs and have their medical needs met by the community

Service options include:
* free service planning
* assessment
* consultation and treatment
* parent workshops
* Digital Offerings

Urgent Response Service: time-limited, in-home/community service that addresses a specific behaviour need, through caregiver coaching, with a focus on preventing further escalation or risk or harm to self, others or property

Walk-In Sessions
* free, walk-in appointments (single session)
* topics may include education about the changing Ontario Autism Program, general strategies regarding problem behaviour or recommendations to assist in skill development

Provides care to medically stable patients, including those who have experienced a cardiac event, stroke or surgery

Services include:

• individualized patient plan with patient specific goals
• individual and group therapies
• promotion of independence and functioning to safely return home

Supportive housing which provides personal support services to 10 seniors in accessible units in a 65 unit rent geared to income building
* attendant services are provided for activities of daily living, such as bathing and toileting, range of motion exercises, as well as the instrumental activities of daily living, such as life skills and light housekeeping support

An in-home attendant care service for adults with physical disabilities who are living in Burlington or North Halton, and are able to direct their own care

Assistance with daily living activities includes:
* bathing, grooming and toileting
* rising and retiring, transferring
* dressing and undressing
* meal preparation

Provides non-medical personal support services to individuals with physical disabilities and frail seniors residing at Palmer Place, a nonprofit apartment building for seniors (for Palmer Place listing see here)

Services include assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing and toileting, range of motion exercises, and light housekeeping support

Others services may include:

• meal preparation
• medication reminders
• errands and appointments (fee for service)

Provide sailing opportunities for people of all ages living with a physical or cognitive disability

• focuses on the Martin 16 sailboat that can be sailed with either a companion instructor in the stern seat or solo by individual sailors
• sailors who want to advance their skills from casual day sailing to racing are taught the fundamentals of sailboat racing under the tutorship of trained instructors

Program offers financial assistance to help individual/family with essential living expenses

• benefits, for individual/family, including prescription drugs and vision care
• help finding and keeping a job, and with career advancement

Program offers two types of support: Income Support: financial assistance provided each month to help with the costs of basic needs, like food, clothing and shelter

• also includes benefits for clients and their eligible family members
• health benefits (prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision care, medical supplies, medical transportation, pregnancy and breastfeeding nutritional allowance, extended health benefit)
• disability-related benefits (assistive devices, additional help for hearing aids and mobility devices, guide dog benefit)
• employment incentives and benefits (employment and training start up benefit, coverage for up-front child care costs, work-related benefit, transitional health benefit, employment transition benefit)
• transition child benefit

Employment Supports: services and supports to help clients with disabilities find and keep a job, and advance their careers Interactive Voice Response (IVR) automated information and payment details, file status 1-800-808-2268 (service not available to TTY users), Mon-Fri 8 am-9 pm, Sat-Sun 12 noon-5 pm Welfare Fraud Hotline to report suspected cases of social assistance fraud 1-800-394-7867 or welfare.fraud.css@ontario.ca

Members can participate in wheelchair basketball

• sports chairs supplied by the club
• all programs offer competitive as well as recreational levels
• basic body conditioning and exercise are included in the programs
• opportunities to socialize as a team
• also serves energetic young adults with physical disabilities

Offers a variety of registered and drop-in programs
* for more information, see here
* built to support regional and provincial tournament play in sports such as basketball, volleyball, badminton and sports for people with disabilities

Customer service location

The Centre includes:
* Community Room 1 (suitable for meetings and parties): capacity for up to 65 people * kitchenette
* Community Room 2 (suitable for meetings and parties): capacity for up to 45 people * access to outdoor patio
* Meeting Room: capacity for up to 12 people * white board * counter with sink
* 4 Double Gyms (suitable for recreation and events): capacity for up to 400 people * gyms divided by retractable walls * retractable bleachers
* concession stand

Rental facilities available * for more information, see here

Haber Hub (suitable for community groups): capacity for up to 20 people * free to community neighbourhood groups providing free activities, programming or events to Burlington residents * two sinks and large cabinet space
* for more information email communitysupport@burlington.ca

Assist persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and other spinal disabilities to achieve independence, self-reliance and full community participation.

Tidal Waves is a volunteer organization run by students at McMaster University. It provides low-cost swimming lessons to those with a range of physical and intellectual disabilities. Each swimmer who is part of the program is assigned with a personal instructor, qualified as a Nationally Certified Lifeguard. Over a course of a session the instructor will help the adult achieve their swimming goals.

These services provide attendants who provide physical assistance with activities of daily living such as personal grooming, transferring, dressing, bathing, meals, ventilator and tracheotomy services, and more.

Where funding and resources are available and in conjunction with personal care, this program can help with daily activities such as household management, homemaking services, or accompany consumers to medical appointments and special events.

March of Dimes also provides non-profit housing with attendant services in Hamilton, Burlington, Milton and Halton Hills.

Provides adults with physical disabilities living in the community with assistance in activities of daily living. Service includes scheduled non-medical care, such as meal preparation, dressing and undressing, rising and retiring, and personal care.

Provides volunteers who have similar interests and who want to share their time. Activities can include shopping, movies or events, or just a chat over coffee.

Provides education on hearing loss, tinnitus, and hearing aid technology to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as free hearing tests for clients aged 50+. Also offers sales of hearing aids, batteries, and hearing protection.

Provides an opportunity for adults with a physical disability to live in a geared-to-income, fully accessible, one bedroom apartment. Access to essential non-medical 24 hour attendant and life skill support services. Support is provided on a contracted basis. Tenants lease their unit from the building's landlord.

Services include assistance with:

• eating
• bathing
• dressing
• transferring
• continence
• may also include meal preparation, medication, housekeeping, essential communication, arranging transportation, and shopping