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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.
Office: 905-521-2100 x12250
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Services include:
- housekeeping, light chores, and laundry
- meal preparation and grocery shopping
- social supports including appointment accompaniment, friendly chatting, and day excursions
24-Hour Crisis Line: 905-902-7710
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Provides nursing care for seniors and individuals of any age needing disease care, special needs care, or mental illness care. Services are offered both in private homes and in nursing homes and health care facilities.
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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
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
Staffing
- Personal Support Workers (PSW)
- companionship workers
Staffing hours
- hourly
- overnight
- live-in
Veterans Affairs Canada approved Veterans Independence Program (VIP) provider
In Home Assistance
Friendly visiting
Alzheimer/dementia care
Homemaker assistance:
- menu planning
- budgeting
- shopping
- child care
- in-home meal preparation
- light housekeeping
Personal care:
- personal hygiene
- dressing
- mobility
- transfers/seating
- toileting
- changing beds
- nutrition/food preparation
- directing activities of daily living
- medication reminders
Telephone reassurance
Errands and Appointments
- errand running/shopping assistance
- escort programs
- medical appointments transportation
Other Home Health Care Case Management
- long term home health care
- palliative care
Podiatry/foot care:
- general foot/nail care
Respite
- adult respite care
- children's respite care
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
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
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
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
Services include:
- nursing
- therapy
- personal support
- attendant care
- homemaking services
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
Provides trained staff and volunteers to support individuals who are experiencing grief and loss through the death of a loved one * volunteer opportunities and training available
Bereavement support:
- bereavement support request available online
- one-on-one visits
- support groups: spousal/partner loss; adult child loss; mixed loss; virtual drop-in
- bereavement resource library in the Oakville office
- information on the grieving process
- bereavement walking group in Oakville
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
- support, information and education about grief, and spiritual distress
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
Supports for older adults, and adults with disabilities
- helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible
- referral to other community services
- group meals and social activities provided at a central location Hot meals delivered five days per week in Hagersville
- special diet types available
- non-emergency transportation to local medical appointments, shopping, and social activities
- referrals to local services such as snow removal, yard work, window washing, house cleaning, grocery shopping, and minor repairs
- regular volunteer visits to seniors and people with disabilities who live alone, to provide companionship and reassurance
- regular phone calls to check on the health and safety of people who live alone
- checks are done by trained and screened personnel
- medical alert system
- allows older adults and people with disabilities to call for assistance using a help button
- 24-hour emergency response
- companionship, and emotional support to people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-threatening illness
- bereavement support for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close
- services can be provided at home, or in hospitals and long-term care homes
- peer support and discussion for caregivers, including family and friends
To 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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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
The different clinics are:
- Chemotherapy Suite
- Cancer Consultation Clinic
- Radiation Consultation Clinic
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
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 * 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)
- physiotherapy (physiotherapists assess client's needs and provide education and advice as well as exercise program)
- free in-home consult
All staff are trained in Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) in dementia care
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
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
- 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