Searching for Hospice / Palliative Care

• nursing
• therapy
• personal support
• attendant care
• homemaking services

Provides consultation, chemotherapy treatment and follow-up care to patients with a variety of cancers

• associated with the Juravinski Cancer Centre and part of the Cancer Care Ontario regional system
• also provides Outpatient Palliative Care support for patients and families

• 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

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

• 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 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)

• 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

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

• Chemotherapy Suite
• Cancer Consultation Clinic
• Radiation Consultation Clinic

• 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 (caregiver relief) services
• 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

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

• 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

• meal preparation
• medication reminder
• accompany to medical appointments
• grocery shopping
• laundry and linen
• light housekeeping
• companionship and socializing

• bathing
• dressing
• incontinence care
• mobility assistance

• managing behavioral symptoms
• encouraging engagement
• assist with activities of daily living
• keeping seniors safe
• respite care for family caregivers

• doctor appointments
• worship services
• senior centres
• fitness classes
• club events
• volunteer meetings, etc.

• long term home health care
• in home hospice (end of life) care
• palliative care
• overnight and live-in care also available
• free consultation

• 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

• bathing, grooming, and hygiene
• mobility assistance
• transferring and positioning
• toileting and incontinence care
• feeding and special diet

• 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

• 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