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Palliative care, companionship, respite care, and emotional support to individuals and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-threatening illness
- team of staff and volunteers provide palliative care in a home-like setting, meeting people's physical, emotional and spiritual needs
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Staffing
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)
- Personal Support Worker (PSW)
- companionship workers
Staffing hours
- shifts
- days evenings overnight
In Home Assistance
Friendly visiting
Home delivered meals
Homemaker assistance:
- menu planning
- budgeting
- shopping
- 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
Telephone reassurance
Nutrition assessment services by a dietician
Activities of daily living assessment by an occupational therapist
Errands and appointments
- errand running/shopping assistance
- escort programs
- medical appointments transportation
In Home Nursing Care
- home nursing
- geriatric home nursing
- medical/surgical home nursing
- oncology home nursing
- psychiatric home nursing
- rehabilitative/restorative home nursing
- medication administration
Other Home Health Care Case Management
- long term home health care
- in home hospice (end of life) care
- palliative care
Podiatry/foot care
- general foot/nail care
- nail conditions
- diabetic foot care with an RN/RPN
Therapies
- occupational therapy
Respite
- adult respite care
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Staffing:
* Registered Nurse (RN)
* Personal Support Worker (PSW)
Staffing hours:
* shifts
* overnight
* live-in
1. In Home Assistance
Homemaker assistance:
* menu planning
* budgeting
* shopping
* in home meal preparation
* light housekeeping
Personal Care:
* personal hygiene
* dressing
* mobility
* transfers/seating
* toileting
* changing beds
* reminding
* directing activities of daily living
* medication reminders
2. Errands and appointments
* errand running/shopping assistance
* escort programs
* medical appointments transportation
3. In Home Nursing Care
* home nursing such as diabetic visits and wound care
* medication administration
4. Other Home Health Care Case Management
* Alzheimer's and dementia care
* palliative care
* post-op (knee surgery, hip surgery in-home transition)
5. Respite
* adult respite care
* children's respite care
* Registered Nurse (RN)
* Personal Support Worker (PSW)
Staffing hours:
* shifts
* overnight
* live-in
1. In Home Assistance
Homemaker assistance:
* menu planning
* budgeting
* shopping
* in home meal preparation
* light housekeeping
Personal Care:
* personal hygiene
* dressing
* mobility
* transfers/seating
* toileting
* changing beds
* reminding
* directing activities of daily living
* medication reminders
2. Errands and appointments
* errand running/shopping assistance
* escort programs
* medical appointments transportation
3. In Home Nursing Care
* home nursing such as diabetic visits and wound care
* medication administration
4. Other Home Health Care Case Management
* Alzheimer's and dementia care
* palliative care
* post-op (knee surgery, hip surgery in-home transition)
5. Respite
* adult respite care
* children's respite care
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Short Description
Staffing:
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)
- Personal Support Worker (PSW)
Staffing hours:
- shifts
- overnight
- live-in
In Home Assistance
Friendly visiting
Homemaker assistance:
- in home meal preparation
- light housekeeping
Personal care:
- personal hygiene
- dressing
- mobility
- transfers/seating
- toileting
- changing beds
- directing activities of daily living
- medication reminders
Errands and Appointments
- medical appointments transportation
In Home Nursing Care
- home nursing
- geriatric home nursing
- medical/surgical home nursing
- pediatric home nursing
- medication administration
Other Home Health Care Case Management
- long term home health care
- in home hospice (end of life) care
- palliative care
Podiatry/foot care:
- general foot/nail care
- diabetic foot care with an RN/RPN
Respite
- adult respite care
- children's respite care
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In-home health care offered in private homes, long-term care homes, group homes, hospitals, and community settings.
Services include:
Services include:
- nursing
- therapy
- personal support
- attendant care
- homemaking services
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Provides support services by qualified professionals that improve the quality of life for seniors. Hourly, weekend, short term, long term, and respite care available. Staff are properly screened, fully licensed and insured. Services include:
Personal care
Personal care
- Exercise and range of motion
- Transferring
- Feeding
- Fall prevention
- Medication reminders
- Meal preparation
- Light housekeeping
- Shopping and errands
- Laundry
- Alzheimer's
- Dimentia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Hip Replacement
- Stroke
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Hospice or palliative care volunteer visitors are specially trained, caring volunteers who visit with clients and their families to support them through a life-limiting or end-of-life journey. They offer compassion, emotional support, companionship, as well as respite support for caregivers. All volunteers are interviewed and provided with 30 hours of hospice palliative care education.
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Provides a specialized team of visiting palliative nurses, who support clients facing life-threatening illness with the aim of promoting an optimum quality of life for clients and their caregivers, with particular attention to physical comfort and emotional well-being. Care is offered in the client's home.
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Palliative Care Program, St. Peter's Hospital
Office: 905-521-2100 x12234Office: 905-521-2100 x12250
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Provides interprofessional palliative/end of life care to people experiencing any life threatening illness. Focuses on patient and family-driven decision making to maintain comfort, quality of life, spirituality, autonomy, and dignity of each dying person. Part of the Hamilton Health Sciences Network.
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Provides 24-hour residential hospice and palliative care to individuals with a life-limiting illness. Offers nursing care, pain and symptom management, psychological, social, and spiritual support.
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Education and consultation to service providers offering end-of-life care * sessions includes basic and advance palliative-care training * consultation regarding pain and symptom management
Services include:
- case-based palliative care consultations available in-person, by phone or via email for providers
- training and mentorship for front-line providers such as home care agencies, long term care homes, hospices, day programs, supportive housing, correctional facilities, or volunteer providing hospice palliative care (courses and workshops designed to enhance knowledge)
- resources on a variety of topics including Advance Care Planning, Disease Specific, End of Life, Grief and Bereavement, Hospice and Hospice Philosophy, and Pain and Symptom Management
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Emotional, social and spiritual support, companionship, respite care for people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-limiting illness * services provided at home
Hospice Care
Bereavement support:
Hospice Palliative Helpline: 905-667-1865
Hospice Care
- hospice coordinators meet with clients and caregivers in their home to understand their physical and emotional needs * they listen, support, educate and connect to resources in the community
- trained volunteers can provide much needed respite for caregivers, practical assistance and a listening ear
- in-home wellness services include complementary therapies and music therapy
Bereavement support:
- bereavement support request available online
- one-on-one visits
- support groups: spousal/partner loss; adult child loss; drop-in group (Milton)
- bereavement resource library in the Oakville office * bereavement newsletter
- information on the grieving process
- virtual bereavement support group for those grieving the death of a loved one
- bereavement walking group in Oakville and in the summer for people grieving the loss of a loved one
- to register contact Carole La Tour 1-800-387-7127 ext 2312 (Oakville) or Nina Page ext 2316 (Burlington) or Melinda Brown ext 2320 (Milton and Halton Hills)
Hospice Palliative Helpline: 905-667-1865
- confidential counselling and emotional support by phone or video conference
- provide/share resources
- facilitate conversations about the goals and plan of care for end of life
- address challenges and support emotional well being
- support, information and education about grief, and spiritual distress
- support for palliative care clinical questions by a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
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Complex Transitional Care Department, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Call 911 in emergenciesTo avoid long distance charges to a Halton Healthcare hospital, just dial local hospital number and request to be transferred
905-845-2571 ext 3524
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Provides a transitional level of care when a patient no longer requires the hospital's acute care services * services are provided by an interdisciplinary health team for people with medically complex, nursing, and therapeutic needs * focus of the Complex Transitional Care (CTC) is to develop a plan of care that would enhance quality of life and facilitate discharge to a lighter level of care
Short Term Complex Medical Management (SCMM) - Medically complex and specialized services to increase activity tolerance and progress functioning overall
Long Term Complex Medical Management (LCMM) - Medically complex and specialized services offered over an extended period of time to maintain and/or slow the rate of patients' functional losses
Palliative Care - Symptom management and comfort care for people with a life-limiting illness
In order to be considered for admission to CTC, the care of patients must exceed the capability or provision of community services or those services found in a long-term care facility
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Cancer Care Clinic, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
1-866-662-9233 (Cancer Care Ontario)905-338-4635
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Provides access to Colorectal Diagnostic Assessment Programs (DAPs), Consultation Clinics, Specialized Systemic Therapy Treatments such as radiation therapy, medical oncology and spiritual care, Pre/Post Consultation and palliative care
The different clinics are:
The different clinics are:
- Chemotherapy Suite
- Cancer Consultation Clinic
- Radiation Consultation Clinic
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Non-medical in-home health support services for seniors and disabled adults in community * free consultation
Services include:
Services include:
- personal care (bathing/showering, grooming, dressing, toileting or incontinence care, mobility assistance, medication reminder)
- home support (meal preparation, grocery assistance, laundry, light housekeeping, household errands)
- companionship
- transportation for medical appointments or for social activities such as banking, grocery shopping, visiting a friend, etc.
- mobile non-medical foot care services (Mississauga, Brampton and Etobicoke West)
- respite care
- palliative care
- care for people with Alzheimer's and dementia
- rehabilitation services (orthopedic, cardiac rehab, neurological conditions, etc)
- chronic disease management
- post-operative care
- 24/7 care
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Private home health care agency providing registered nursing visits, nursing care, personal support workers, 24-hour live-in care, overnight caregiving, homemakers and companions * also provides additional support in hospital and in residence
Services include:
- Nursing visits / Nursing care
- Surgical, oncology, psychiatric, rehabilitative/restorative, palliative/hospice care
- Personal care - personal hygiene, dressing, mobility, transfers/seating, toileting, changing beds, nutrition/food preparation, cueing, reminding, directing activities of daily living
- Homemaker assistance - housekeeping, laundry, budgeting, in home meal preparation
- Errands and appointments - errand running, shopping assistance, medical and social appointments escort program
- Transportation services for seniors - driver companions can accommodate seniors with walkers and collapsible wheelchairs
- Companionship for seniors, friendly visiting
- Adult respite care - providing relief for family members who need to step away from their care-giving roll for a short period of rest
- Memory loss and progressive disorders - care for those living with Alzheimer's and other forms of age-related Dementia
- 24-hour live-in care - overnight care giving
- Veterans Independence Program (VIP) provider - Veterans Affairs Canada approved
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Operates a 10 bed residential hospice in a home-like setting. Provides end of life comfort and caring support to meet the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of people living with a progressive life-limiting illness. This support extends to provide grief and bereavement for caregivers.
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Provides a large variety of services including:
*care geared towards older adults such as living assistance including bathing, feeding, dressing as well as rehabilitation including occupational therapy and physiotherapy. Also provides assistance in nursing needs and footcare.
*support for family caregivers.
*community support and education in health care for aboriginal persons.
*driver's assessment and training for older adults.
See Services and Programs for a full list of supported services.
*care geared towards older adults such as living assistance including bathing, feeding, dressing as well as rehabilitation including occupational therapy and physiotherapy. Also provides assistance in nursing needs and footcare.
*support for family caregivers.
*community support and education in health care for aboriginal persons.
*driver's assessment and training for older adults.
See Services and Programs for a full list of supported services.
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Private home care agency providing the following services:
All staff are trained in Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) in dementia care
- nursing care (provided in the client's home, in retirement home or long term care facility)
- personal care * all our Personal Support Workers have CPR and First Aid
- companion services such as accompanying to appointments, assisting with errands, cleaning, laundry, shopping assistance, daily check-ins, etc.
- foot care * foot care nurse can help reduce calluses, corns and trim deformed/thickened nails
- wound care management (acute wounds, chronic wounds, surgical wounds, diabetic ulcers, ostomy sites)
- respite care
- dementia care
- palliative care (specialized care for clients with terminal illness or end-of-life care)
- free in-home consult
All staff are trained in Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) in dementia care
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Offers in-home care services that covers a wide array of activities, including:
Companionship and home helper
Personal services
Alzheimer's or other dementia care
Transportation services
Other home health care case management
Companionship and home helper
- meal preparation
- medication reminder
- accompany to medical appointments
- grocery shopping
- laundry and linen
- light housekeeping
- companionship and socializing
Personal services
- bathing
- dressing
- incontinence care
- mobility assistance
Alzheimer's or other dementia care
- managing behavioral symptoms
- encouraging engagement
- assist with activities of daily living
- keeping seniors safe
- respite care for family caregivers
Transportation services
- doctor appointments
- worship services
- senior centres
- fitness classes
- club events
- volunteer meetings, etc.
Other home health care case management
- long term home health care
- in home hospice (end of life) care
- palliative care
- overnight and live-in care also available
- free consultation
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In home health care services including registered nurses, personal support workers, physiotherapists and occupational therapists * services provided in the home, retirement communities, hospitals and long term care homes
Services include:
Services include:
- nursing care, senior care
- companionship and homemaking
- shopping, errands and outings
- escort to medical, dental, foot care and other appointments
- physical assistance - getting dressed, help with walking, transferring and positioning
- personal care - bathroom assistance, eating assistance, medication management and palliative care
- hygiene - bathing, personal grooming and oral care
- nursing - wound management, post-surgical and chronic condition care
- physical therapy and rehabilitation
- occupational therapy
- hospital to home transition support
- respite care
- specialty care (Alzheimer's and dementia care, diabetes, and Parkinson's)
- hospice/palliative support and end-of-life care
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Offers a full range of home care services for seniors and other adults including Alzheimer's care and dementia care and end-of-life care * in-home consultation
Personal care services
Home companionship and care services
In-home nursing services
Personal care services
- bathing, grooming, and hygiene
- mobility assistance
- transferring and positioning
- toileting and incontinence care
- feeding and special diet
Home companionship and care services
- conversation and companionship
- meal preparation
- laundry
- light housekeeping
- grocery shopping/errands
- medication reminders
- incidental transportation and transportation to medical appointments
- live-in services and 24-hour care available
- end-of-life care
- respite care
In-home nursing services
- administering medications such as oral and topical medications, eye and eardrops, injections, nebulizers, inhalants and oxygen
- filling insulin syringes, interpreting blood sugar results, drawing and/or mixing insulin for future injections
- wound care
- blood samples
- post-operative care
- maintaining ostomy and catheter hygiene
- care training for family members
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Medical family health team focused on family and community health * coordinates patient care in order to assess and treat injuries or illness * team includes 6 family doctors, 2 nurse practitioners, 3 registered nurses, an RPN, a mental health counselor and a pharmacist
Practice focused on fully coordinated, comprehensive and continuity of care through preventive care measures, chronic disease management, mental health counselling, integration with Home and Community Care Support Services Mississauga Halton, electronic medical record, availability for same day appointments (Advanced Access), coordination and integration with pharmacist
Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Program - Sessions to learn ongoing self-care * includes information about coping, health guidelines, medication usage, working with health professionals, and informed treatment decisions
- memory clinic
- free seasonal flu shots by appointment
- medical lab by appointment only * call the lab from the parking lot at 905-842-7154 ext 242 when coming in for blood work
- acute care
- normal development, prevention and screening * care of healthy people, detection of conditions which may not be apparent yet
- palliative care
Practice focused on fully coordinated, comprehensive and continuity of care through preventive care measures, chronic disease management, mental health counselling, integration with Home and Community Care Support Services Mississauga Halton, electronic medical record, availability for same day appointments (Advanced Access), coordination and integration with pharmacist
Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Program - Sessions to learn ongoing self-care * includes information about coping, health guidelines, medication usage, working with health professionals, and informed treatment decisions
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Offers home support, nursing and respite services provided in client's home or in hospitals, assisted living homes, long-term care facilities, schools and offices * all clients received an initial assessment completed by a Registered Nurse * free in-home care assessment
Home support includes:
Nursing includes:
Respite care:
Home support includes:
- personal care
- homemaking
- companion aide
- palliative care
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
Nursing includes:
- wound care
- intravenous care
- palliative care
- acute care post hospitalization
- chronic disease management
- pediatric services
- mental health
- foot care services (in-home foot care available)
- school health
Respite care:
- provided for shorter or longer periods of time
- right level of staff to meet the care and support needs
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Health care agency providing personalized home care services * free care assessment * core services from this location include:
Personal care services:
Medical services:
Dementia Care Services:
Personal care services:
- companionship
- meal preparation (prepare hot meals, assist with light clean up after meals)
- grocery shopping and errands
- medication reminders
- light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming, mopping floors, sweeping, dusting, cleaning bathrooms and cleaning up the kitchen)
- fall prevention
- foot care
- respite care
- bathing and dressing
Medical services:
- nursing services (medication administration, intravenous therapy, dressing changes, ventilator care, pain and symptom management, post-op care, chronic disease management, etc.) including Nurse Practitioner Program (diagnosis and treatment for common illnesses and injuries, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescriptions for medications, counselling and health education, specialist referrals, etc.)
- serious injury care
- end-of-life/palliative care
- therapy and rehabilitation services
- postpartum care
Dementia Care Services:
- offers personalized care services for clients living with dementia or Alzheimer's to meet their every need
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