Searching for Transportation For Older Adults

A Christian ministry supported by 30 local churches in Chatham-Kent whose volunteers have been screened and are ready to assist in the community:

• free transportation to the needy (2 rides per month)
• friendly visits
• minor home repairs
• pick up and delivery of grocery items
• advocacy where appropriate

NeighbourLink accepts referrals from the C-K Health Alliance, the local Canadian Mental Health Association office, the Local Health Integration Network and C-K Children's Services. NeighbourLink connects people in need with people who can help.

COVID-19: Face coverings are mandatory on public transit vehicles and physical distancing should be practiced wherever possible, even at bus stops. Practice good personal hygiene, including frequent hand washing with soap and water or use hand sanitizer.

A curb-to-curb shared ride accessible public transit service for persons unable to use Ride CK's conventional system due to a disability. Specialized Transit is available on an unconditional (permanent), temporary, or conditional basis, depending on the registered user's eligibility. Registered passengers may use the service for medical appointments, school, shopping, visiting family or friends and social outings within service boundaries.

Service is available within the communities of Chatham and Wallaceburg.

Transportation service that focuses on connecting people to their community by providing an affordable, accessible transportation option to rural and/or low-income people. The program has one accessible vehicle that can hold 2 passengers using wheelchairs and 7 walk on passengers.

Eligible residents can use the transportation service for a variety of needs ranging from drives to appointments and social activities or to be linked to pre-existing transportation services within Chatham-Kent such as the bus or VIA Rail.

Drives will be provided to multiple passengers at the same time, based on destination. Transportation service is offered on a first come, first serve basis.

Passengers must provide the Transportation Office with at least 3 business days (72 hours) notice to book a drive, whenever possible. Short-notice requests may not be fulfilled, based on passenger capacity.

Helps older adults and persons with disabilities maintain their independence and quality of life.

Home Help

• a broker service, which matches clients to skilled, self-employed Home Helpers, based on client-identified needs and goals.
• free in-home assessment ensures all client needs are addressed.all assessments are completed by the Home Help Service Coordinator who is a registered healthcare professional.
• affordable rates range from $20-$25 per hour for a variety of services from general housekeeping to personal support and respite.

Frozen Meals

• nutritionally balanced, home-style meals developed by dietitians.
• lactose free, gluten free, minced, and pureed meals are available by request.
• pricing ranges from $2.75 to $7 for single items; savings bundles available.
• free delivery in Chatham-Kent twice monthly.

Client Intervention and Assistance

• provides short-term social work services that support and empower individuals to live independently, with dignity, in the community.
• possible services include 1:1 supports, personal assessments, service coordination, system navigation, and advocacy.
• client directed, confidential, and delivered at no cost.

CareLink Health Transit

• provides accessible, non-urgent medical transportation services.
• trips range from local to out-of-town and may include medical or therapeutic appointments, social activities and other destinations that support the activities of daily living.
• flat rate fares vary based on single destination and 3 hour service window applies.
• additional destinations can be added at a fee of $5 per destination.
• additional fees will be applied to driver wait times in excess of three hours at $20/hour.

Door-to-door pick-up and drop-off services for medical appointments, social activities or shopping trips.

• accessible vehicles

Home support service includes;
* Meals on Wheels
* Transportation
* Security Check (telephone reassurance)
* Adult Day Program
* Friendly Visitation

Respite Services:
* Available for caregivers looking after those with memory loss or other chronic health conditions
* Qualified staff provide social and recreational in-home visits that may also include light housekeeping and meal preparation
* Caregivers can take a break, go out or just rest knowing their loved one is being supervised and meaningfully engaged
* An in-home assessment and custom care plan will be developed prior to service initiation

Provides seniors and persons with disabilities with affordable door-to-door transportation using agency vehicles that are walk-on, walker and wheelchair accessible.

• Travel for medical appointments, socializing, errands, shopping, volunteering or visiting family and friends.

The Centre functions as a partnership with other community agencies that offer free social, educational, nutritional and wellness programs for all ages (Volunteer Opportunities Available).
Community Centre Programs:

• Addictions Counselling
• Advocacy Services & Community Resource Assistance
• Alzheimer's Memory Care
• At Home Instead
• Blood Pressure Clinic
• Brain Injury Cafe
• Community Cafe
• Computer Usage
• Cornhole Social
• Counselling
• Crafts with Karen
• Device Advice
• Eating for Better Health
• Guides
• Introduction to Ancestry
• Kingsville Courage to Change
• Milk Bag Creations
• Pathfinders
• Scrapbooking 101
• Self Defence
• Tai-Chi
• Tone and Stretch
• Toy Making
• Yarn Social Time

Home support service includes;
* Meals on Wheels
* Transportation
* Security Check (telephone reassurance)
* Adult Day Program
* Friendly Visitation

Respite Services:
* Available for caregivers looking after those with memory loss or other chronic health conditions
* Qualified staff provide social and recreational in-home visits that may also include light housekeeping and meal preparation
* Caregivers can take a break, go out or just rest knowing their loved one is being supervised and meaningfully engaged
* An in-home assessment and custom care plan will be developed prior to service initiation

COVID-19 - Essential services are running for transportation. Safety protocol is in place. Social transportation is provided based on availability. Volunteer driving is suspended until further notice. Subsidy is available for those who qualify.

Non-emergency transportation to local and long-distance medical appointments and regular activities such as grocery shopping and banking

• volunteer drivers or paid staff driver
• accessible vans for people using mobility devices
• transport within 160 km of office at Reeces Corners

Also available, non-urgent stretcher van transportation - transportation from home to hospital, hospital to hospital or hospital to home. See separate record.

COVID-19 - Fitness Classes (soon) and Diners Club (has returned) are returning. Essential services continue with pre-screening protocols for Transportation, Meals on Wheels, Personal Support and Crisis Intervention. As COVID-19 municipality stages are implemented, services may change; contact the office directly for latest updates.

Provides a range of support services for older adults and adults with disabilities. Services include:

• Non-Urgent Stretcher Van Transportation
• Accessible Transportation
• Homemaking / Home Help (incl. laundry, light housekeeping, meal preparation & errands)
• Personal Support
• Caregiver & Respite Support
• Home Maintenance
• Meals on Wheels (rural County only)
• Diners Club (Seniors Luncheons - call office for locations)
• Exercise Classes for Seniors
• Crisis Intervention
• Housing Support
• Seniors Cruise in June.(currently on hiatus)

Provides customized home care services. Services like companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, helping with running errands, transportation, personal care, Alzheimer's care, and much more.

Services include:

• companionship visiting
• respite
• monitoring of diet and meal preparation
• evening tuck-in and morning wake-up assistance
• help with appointments
• medication reminders
• help with home deliveries
• grooming assistance
• home maintenance supervision
• mailing bills and letters
• visiting friends
• light housekeeping
• pet care
• shopping
• hospice care
• personal care

Public transportation for City of Windsor

• Schedules & Route Maps Click Here
• LTW Route 42 Transit intercommunity transit system from Leamington to Windsor with stops in Kingsville and Essex; Click Here for Details
• Bus, South Windsor 7, services some routes in LaSalle
• Operates Tunnel Bus transportation to Detroit destinations from the Windsor International Transit Terminal Click Here for Details
• Border Crossing Click Here for requirements
• Offers free lifetime (must apply) transit bus pass for all WWII, Korean and Vietnam War veterans for unlimited use on the conventional city service (Tunnel Bus and Handi Trasit services excluded)
• Transit Windsor's new Affordable Pass Program for Low Income Resident
• Accessible and bike rack buses on specific routes
• A Free Forms Assistance Service is available to all applicants. Learn more about the times and locations for this service by calling 211 for a referral to a community agency providing this service

Transit Windsor's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)

• Transit Windsor's real-time vehicle tracking tool will allow individuals to find a Transit Windsor bus
• The tool integrates location, route and bus information with schedules and maps to provide passengers with the most accurate arrival predictions possible
• Transit Windsor users can text or call in to hear arrival times, track vehicles in real time and more

Provides a local help line which mobilizes volunteers from 22 local churches to work together to respond to needs of their Lambton County neighbours * Refers callers to existing services and agencies initially, and will try to fill the need if no other area can help *
When able, Neighbourlink volunteers can offer clients help with food, used beds and bedding, linking used furniture donors with callers in need.

Provides eligible seniors, who due to lack of resources or appropriate supports, require assistance in returning home after a hospital stay or ER visit. The goal is to support a client's independence and reduce the risk or re-hospitalization by providing transitional support services in the home. Clients can qualify for one visit per week for up to six weeks after discharge offering free services such as transportation home from hospital, frozen meals and meal prep, essential laundry, light housekeeping and grocery shopping or pharmaceutical delivery.

Provides transportation for the frail, elderly and disabled in the community. The service is for those unable to use public transportation or private means. In town; trips to medical appointments, day programs, groceries and social outings. Out of town transportation to medical appoints only with destinations along the London-Windsor corridor.

Provides a range of in-home services that allow seniors to live at home, safely and confidently. Offer laundry and housekeeping, in-home care, companionship, door-to-door transportation, and referrals to home maintenance chores such as yard work and snow removal, and personal safety services.

Home support service includes;
* Meals on Wheels
* Transportation
* Security Check (telephone reassurance)
* Adult Day Program
* Friendly Visitation

Respite Services:
* Available for caregivers looking after those with memory loss or other chronic health conditions
* Qualified staff provide social and recreational in-home visits that may also include light housekeeping and meal preparation
* Caregivers can take a break, go out or just rest knowing their loved one is being supervised and meaningfully engaged
* An in-home assessment and custom care plan will be developed prior to service initiation

Helping seniors stay in their homes by assisting them with meal preparation, laundry, personal care, medical appointments, errands and more including:

• heart to heart chats
• daily medication reminders
• offer retirement home residents rides to appointments, trips to mall, etc.
• assist seniors in nursing homes by helping with meals, daily activities, and companionship when family members not available

Affordable door-to-door pick-up and drop-off service for medical appointments, social outings and shopping or grocery trips

• Wheelchair accessible bus (bus has lift)

Non-emergency transportation to local medical and non-medical appointments and regular activities such as shopping, errands and social outings * volunteer drivers use their own vehicles and also provide a friendly visit along the way

Wheelchair accessible van and ambulatory transportation is available in Aylmer, East Elgin, St Thomas and Central Elgin

Provides transportation to St Thomas vaccine site for adults age 55 and over or adults with disabilities at a cost (VON intake process must be completed, call 519-637-6408)

Non-medical home care services including:

• laundry and linen changing
• meal planning and preparation
• light housekeeping
• personal care
• companionship and encouragement
• home and appointment organization
• communication and advocacy between senior and care team, family
• transportation and accompaniment for appointments and outings (portable wheelchair and walker accessible, in-town and out-of-town)
• overnight and respite care
• trained in supporting clients with dementia

In-home personal supports for older adults, and adults with disabilities or chronic illness * helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible * hourly, overnight, or 24-hour care

Custom care plans, such as in-home hospice, palliative and end-of-life care, respite care, hospital-discharge and post-operational care, or care associated with chronic conditions

• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• case management
  
• diabetic foot care
• eating assistance, total feeding
  
• friendly visiting, companionship, home help and homemaking, and errands
• medication administration or reminders
• meal preparation, menu planning, budgeting, shopping
• mobility, transfers, positioning (physical assistance with changing positions, moving around, getting dressed, and home exercise programs)
• nursing and therapy (wound management, ostomy care, tube feedings, physical therapy and rehabilitation, occupational therapy)
• palliative pain and symptom consultation programs
  
• personal care and hygiene (grooming, oral care, toileting)
• senior wellness coaching
• accessible transportation and escorts to medical and dental appointment

Non-emergency transportation that provides door to door pick up and return service to and from the Horton Senior's Centre * service not used for personal transportation to appointments

Wheelchair accessible transportation to and from older adult day programs in London (Dearness Home, McCormick Home and Salvation Army) * 3 day notice required to schedule a trip * special event trips scheduled throughout the year

Arrival Times

• Mon-Fri 9:30am, 11am, 12noon

Return Times

• Mon 12noon, 1pm, 2:15pm
• Tue 12noon, 1pm, 2:15pm, 3pm
  
• Wed 12noon, 1pm, 2:15pm, 3:15pm
• Thu 12noon, 1pm, 2:15pm, 3pm
• Fri 12noon, 1pm, 2pm