Searching for Hospice / Palliative Care

Compassionate and comprehensive care of the terminally ill and their families at a time when treatment aimed at cure and prolongation of life is no longer appropriate

• Palliative Care unit consists of ten private rooms and two fully-furnished family rooms

Compassionate supportive care services for individuals and families living with a life-limiting illness or coping with grief and loss

• In-home care
• Telehospice
• Weekly day wellness program
• Caregiver Support (Group & one-on-one)
• Grief and bereavement services (Group & one-on-one)
• Care Coordination

Palliative care consultation for pain and symptom management

• psychosocial and spiritual support for patients who are living with a life-threatening illness and for their families

Services for Indigenous patients

• cultural support through cancer care
• medical recommendations and treatment
• culture-based end-of-life/palliative support, understanding and compassion
• breast, colorectal, or cervical cancer screening and prevention programs

Offering a full range of in-home and community health services including:

• respite care
• foot care
• senior companionship
• dementia care
• personal care
• palliative care

Services to individuals wanting to remain independent at home, retirement home, or long-term care facility

• services available by the hour, day or week

Care services

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

In-home companion care services

• conversation and companionship
• meal preparation
• laundry
• light housekeeping
• grocery shopping/ errands
• transportation referrals or arrangement to medical appointments, barberships, beauty salons, shopping, or wherever else a client wants to go
• medication reminders
• grooming guidance
• live-in services from a few hours a week to full-time care for continuity of service for individual who may be at risk shen unattended such as those with Alzheimer's or other dementia related conditions

24-hour care

• continuous in-home care service ideal for clients who are at risk when unattended, such as those with Alzheimer's or other dementia related conditions

Respite care

• provide in-home care to loved one while providing relief for the caregivers so they can attend to other matters or take a deserved time to care for themselves

End of life care

• provide comforting, end-of-life care for the loved one and assist the family during this difficult time

Nursing services

• provides one-on-one medical care to an individual in the home or a facility while corking in tandem with the caregiver who is providing homemaking or personal care services

Interactive caregiving

• keep seniors engaged and active
• promote health through physical exercise, mental activities, nutritious meals or proper hydration and home safety so seniors can continue to enjoy independent living at home

Alzheimer's disease and dementia care

• provided by caregivers specialy trained to care for seniors with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia related condition to stimule mental and physical activities to create more lucid thought

Transition Services

• specialized care to helps ease the transition from a hospital stay to the home

Individualized home and health care services helping seniors maintain independence at home

• nurse-managed care include: personal care
• housekeeping
• meal preparation
• grocery shopping
• companionship
• home maintenance
• respite
• nursing
• hospital discharge
• palliative care
• health claims for auto insurance

Volunteer hospice visiting service offering

• emotional and practical support to clients diagnosed with a life-limiting or terminal illness
• home visits providing companionship, assisting with errands or watching over as the client rests
• support at home and respite to family and friend caregivers
• hospital and long-term care visiting
• over-the-phone support

Southern Frontenac Community Services strives to provide a variety of programs and services that support allseniors and families in need in South Frontenac and rural Kingston.

• information and referral
• home help
• congregate dining
• respite care, including palliative care
• transportation
• income tax assistance
• client intervention and assistance
• frozen meals on wheels
• hot meals on wheels
• foot care
• volunteer hospice visiting program
• bereavement support and caregiver support
• training, information and education for seniors and adults with a physical disability (adult-based services)

Community-based group of trained volunteers dedicated to caring for the terminally-ill and those with life threatening illnesses through support services:

• palliative care services
• one-on-one bereavement support and support groups for those who have lost a loved one
• bereavement support groups for children and youth
• non-denominational
• caregiver support
• lending library
• equipment loan

Douglas Thompson Children's Wish Fund: grants small scale, life enhancing wishes to children living with a life threatening illness

Wishes include:

• technology to help keep families connected during treatment
• gaming equipment or games
• excursions
• room enhancements that meet the physical and emotional needs of the child

Convalescent care services * 22 beds

A network of services provided by qualified staff to assist individuals in remaining in their own home for as long as possible

Services includes:

• Client Assessments
• Case Management
• Home Care Nursing
• Personal Care
• Home Making
• In-Home Respite Care
• Palliative Care

Home care service provider

• nursing services
• personal support services
• foot care
• wellness
• clinics
• flu clinics
• CPR
• respite care
• dementia home care
• palliative care

Home health care provider, personal care services, medical services and dementia care services, including:

• Companionship
• Meal prep and nutrition
• Medication reminders
• Light housekeeping
• Fall prevention
• Respite care
• Nursing
• Serious injury care
• Wound care
• End-of-life / palliative care
• Therapy and rehab services
• Dementia services

Volunteer palliative support for patients and families at home and in hospital

Includes:

• comfort measures
• companionship
• respite
• transportation
• trained volunteers

Community Day Hospice Program:

• provides social interaction
• therapies
• activities
• nursing consultations

Comprehensive service for adults requiring 24-hour nursing care, and who can benefit from a multidisciplinary care program

• individuals are now being referred closer to the end stage of their disease process and often have multiple social and family issues

Palliative care service

• palliative care nursing consult in: Patients' homes, hospitals, long-term care facilities or other settings
• continuity of care and coordination among service providers
• pain and symptom management
• support to enable families to stay together at home as long as possible
• assists with planning for admission to an inpatient palliative care bed, if required
• volunteer support
• bereavement counselling

Full service provider of home care services

Personal care services:

• companionship
• meal prep and nutrition
• medication reminders
• light housekeeping
• fall prevention
• respite care

Medical services:

• nursing
• serious injury care
• wound care
• end-of-life/palliative care
• therapy and rehab services
• dementia Services

Volunteer Hospice Visiting service provides:

• time off/respite for family
• simple comfort measures
• support and companionship
• Errands - picking up prescriptions; grocery shopping; visits to the doctor's office, etc

COVID19 (8 Apr 2020): Offices are closed to the public. Diners club and foot care are suspended until further notice. Frozen meals will still be delivered, transportation provided to life-sustaining medical appointments and limited home help may be available to existing clients.

Home support program to help seniors and physically disabled adults to remain in their homes and community

• serves Perth, Smiths Falls, Merrickville, Maberly, Lanark,and Carleton Place.

Programs include:

• diners club
• transportation
• Meals on Wheels
• foot care clinics
• Parkinson's support group
• home help
• hospice/palliative care, respite service

Health care facility located on two sites and providing specialized services such as:

• emergency
• acute
• long-term
• outpatient
• rehabilitation
• sexual assault and treatment
• psychiatric care
• more

Community support programs

• Meals on Wheels (Northbrook and Denbigh)
• diners in Northbrook and Flinton
• medical transportation
• homemaking program/ home maintenance
• diners club in Denbigh
• foot care