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Provides continuing, medically complex and specialized services to individuals who have long-term illnesses or disabilities that typically require skilled, technology-based care not available at home or in long-term care facilities.Rehabilitation - Core Programs:

• Integrated Stroke Unit - 4-bed Acute Stroke Unit aligned with Rehabilitation
• Stroke Rehabilitation
• Hip Fracture Care Path
• General Debility Rehabilitation

Complex Continuing Care - Core Programs:

• End of Life Services
• Chronic Ventilation
• Recreational Therapy Program

Provides non-medical assistance with activities of daily living in the home. Assists with daily activities such as personal grooming, transferring, dressing, bathing, meals, specialized procedures such as transfers, vent/trach care.

Currently have 3 supportive housing programs, with a total of 18 fully accessible and 11 partially accessible apartments with round-the-clock non-medical care available to assist tenants with all Activities of Daily Living including but not limited to, personal care routines, hygiene, feeding, transfers, medication administration and meal preparation.

COVID-19 - The Children's Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent building is close to the general public and appointments are encouraged for all services. We are providing in person and virtual services based on the needs of our clients and families. Referrals are still continuing to be accepted and forms are available through the website. Referrals are accepted through email, voicemail and fax. For information on our services please refer to our website at www.ctc-ck.com.

Telepractice services available during Covid-19 for intervention, screening, assessment and consultation.

Some services may be different due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and increased focus on health and safety and reducing exposure to Covid-19.

Registered audiologists serve both children and adults. In-depth hearing tests are performed. Hearing related counseling for clients and their families and consultation with involved caregivers is also provided.

Audiology Chatham- Kent Clinic:

• Hearing Testing - determines if there is hearing loss, the extent and what kind
• Middle ear testing- to rule out hearing loss related to reasons like ear infections or excessive wax buildup
• Hearing aid prescription/evaluation- to discuss the use of hearing aids, provide information and prescribe a hearing aid
• Hearing aid dispensing/selling hearing aids
• Hearing aid re-check
• Central Auditory Processing testing- for children between the ages of seven to thirteen, who may be experiencing learning difficulties
• Otoacoustic Emissions testing- to test the reliability and function of the cochlea (organ of hearing)

The Ontario Infant Hearing Program:

• Identifies infants who are born deaf or hard of hearing or who are at risk of hearing loss in early childhood
• Provides parents of deaf or hard of hearing infants with the services needed to develop communication and language skills
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
• Audiological assessments and follow-up
• Communication development
• Family Support Services

Augmented Communication Clinic

Augmentative Communication Services (ACS) General Level Clinic helps children, youth and their families find ways to communicate. The Ministry of Health Assistive Devices Program authorizes Children's Treatment Centre to provide appropriate ACS services to children and youth with home based complex communication needs. Eligibility is restricted to children aged 19 or younger, but clients of the program may be monitored for ongoing communication needs and remain on the case load if needed. Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapists and Communication Disorders Assistants all with additional training in AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). Together the team supports children, youth and their families who have communication challenges through the prescription and customization of AAC devices, training and consultation in all environments over time. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clinic Form and Principal Referral Form are to be completed with parent's consent by the school principle and submitted by FAX, mail or email the forms to mball@CTC-CK.com.

For Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clinic Form please use the following link: Please Click Here for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clinic Referral Form

Website: For More Information on Augmented Communication Clinics Please Click Here

COVID-19: The Children's Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent building is close to the general public and appointments are encouraged for all services. We are providing in person and virtual services based on the needs of our clients and families. Referrals are still continuing to be accepted and forms are available through the website. Referrals are accepted through email, voicemail and fax. For information on our services please refer to our website at www.ctc-ck.com.

Telepractice services available during Covid-19 for intervention, screening, assessment and consultation.

Some services may be different due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and increased focus on health and safety and reducing exposure to Covid-19.

To access Principal Referral Forms for services use the following link: Please Click Here For Principal Referral Form for all forms

A non-profit treatment centre for children who require support with speech and language, audiology, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

A support group of people who have low vision or who are blind, along with some sighted volunteers

• Addresses the social aspects of blindness and vision loss
• Acts as an advocate for the people with vision loss
• Invites guest speakers for various topics including guest speakers from community agencies to share what they offer for people with disabilities
• Organizes social outings in the community
• Get together with Technology teleconference tips and tricks for people living with vision loss meeting once a month

Outpatient specialist clinics providing diagnoses and treatments for various medical conditions

Services and Programs:

• Dermatology Clinic
• Endoscopy Clinic

Personal care for frail older adults who have difficulty caring for themselves but who are still capable of living independently in their own apartment

Services to promote the independence of adults with developmental disabilities in the areas of supportive living, work related, leisure and skill development

Residential Services
203 Main St, Glencoe
519-287-2306

Supported Independent Living - Assistance with living skills such as personal care, meal preparation, medication monitoring, budgets, house management and community involvement

Host Family Program - Alternate living arrangements using a room and board approach for people who need 24-hour care

Community Participation Supports - Leisure, volunteer and employment opportunities * opportunities to build skills focusing on gaining independence in the community

Passport Program - Assists families with passport funding to plan and obtain services

Services and Programs:

• Middlesex County - Youth Job Connection and Youth Job Connection Summer

Regular visits and phone calls to check on the health and safety of older adults, adults with disabilities, and adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias who live alone * screened volunteers listen, talk, and help isolated people stay in contact with the outside world * general security check includes a short telephone call at a scheduled
day and time

A hearing care clinic offering hearing assessments, home visits, custom earmolds, earwax removal, tinnitus management, and hearing aids. Offer both in-person and virtual appointments.

A hearing care clinic offering hearing assessments, home visits, custom earmolds, earwax removal, tinnitus management, and hearing aids. Offer both in-person and virtual appointments.

A parent-directed resource for families caring for a loved one with a disability

• provides emotional support to parents and families, promotes family leadership, and serves as a resource to families, professionals, and government agencies
• promotes family leadership so that families thrive and become active members in the community
• affiliated with and supported by Community Living Essex County

Head office for ambulance services for County of Essex, City of Windsor and Pelee Island with 12 base locations

• Offers a Cool Aid program which is a form completed to help identify potential high-risk patients in emergency situations.
• The information on the form is used to assist paramedics in rendering the proper medical treatment for those unable to communicate with them at the time of the emergency. It includes information about medical conditions, past history, current medications and allergies.
• There is also a provision for emergency contacts.
• Once the form has been completed it is to be placed on the front of one's refrigerator with a magnet.
• To obtain a form(s) either open and print the form, Click Here for form or fill out online Click Here

Vulnerable Patient Navigator Program:

• helps ease the strain on the local ambulance service and reduces offload delays by working closely with patients who use emergency medical services more than three times per year.
• Click here for more information

Texting 9-1-1

• For individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment
• Must register with your wireless provider first and then call 911 to finalize the set up
• More information can be found at: textwith911.ca

Home Help Program:

The Home Help program is designed to help isolated seniors, seniors recovering from surgery, frail seniors and those persons with permanent physical disabilities, who do not have access to assistance, remain safely in their home by providing light housekeeping services

Assistance includes:

• light housekeeping which could include floor mopping, dishes, vacuuming and dusting
• laundry services which could also include folding and putting away
• light bathroom and kitchen clean-up
• making beds could include changing linens
• grocery shopping

Supportive Housing program:

• offers personal care, attendant services and homemaking
• assistance, supervision or training with personal support for washing/bathing, personal hygiene and preventative skin care
• activities for daily living:
  • dressing
  • transferring and positioning
  • toileting
  • bowel routine
  • assistance with eating
  • assistance with pre-measured medications
  • medications reminders and exercising
  • light housekeeping and laundry

Provides people who live with impairments, their families and the public answers to simple and life-changing questions.

Services for individuals with vision loss and deaf-blind individuals include:

• rehabilitation teaching
• orientation and mobility instruction
• vision rehabilitation
• technical aids and devices
• emotional and wellness support
• early intervention child and family services
• volunteer services
• deaf-blind services

Non-profit agency providing rehabilitation services for the blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind individuals


Services include:

• Camps
• vision rehabilitation and technical aids
• rehabilitation teaching
• assistance with reading
• Independent living
• Low vision Services
• referrals for service animals
• Independent travel
• Orientation and Mobility
• Early intervention services
• Deafblind services
• Library services
• elearning
• Virtual programs including career support, tech training, youth groups, cooking classes, book clubs

A hearing care clinic offering hearing assessments, home visits, custom earmolds, earwax removal, tinnitus management, and hearing aids. Offer both in-person and virtual appointments.

Assist all blind and visually impaired persons by providing information and referral, technical aids for demonstration and loan and independent living (for sale at cost). Volunteer opportunities available.

Eye glass program

• purchase glasses for the needy
• used glasses are also collected and sent over seas
• assists with the needs of the blind and sight impaired
• local club also involved with Diabetes Association, and persons with a hearing loss

Please click on the link to obtain the locations, and contacts for the Lions Clubs in the Windsor Essex County areas Click Here

Assists persons with physical disabilities live independently with the supports they require and in a way to achieve meaningful and dignified lives. Services include:

• Supportive Housing
• Congregate Care for Complex Needs
• Outreach Attendant Services
• Mobile Wellness

Day program serving adults with a developmental and/or physical disability