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Provides a range of non-medical, assisted living services to support high risk seniors with complex needs to continue living independently in the comfort of their own homes, including personal hygiene activities (washing, bathing, hair care, mouth care, preventative skin care, transferring/ positioning, etc.), personal routine of activities of daily living (dressing/undressing, toileting, help with eating, medication reminders), and essential homemaking services and safety and reassurance checks * services are scheduled at multiple times throughout the day or overnight according to clients' needs and preferences * each scheduled time is customized to the client's needs, depending on the level of support needed and the activity involved


Service providers are:

• MICBA Forum Italia
• Nucleus Independent Living
• OSCR (Oakville Senior Citizens Residence)
• Ontario March of Dimes
• Peel Senior Link
• Region of Halton
• VON Peel
• Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care

Provides caregiver relief away from home from two (2) to fourteen (14) nights, up to three (3) times per year at Oakville Senior Citizens Residence (OSCR) in Oakville * short stay rooms are located on the main floor of the OSCR's residential tower


Short stay services include:

• help with personal care (bathing, toileting, dressing/undressing, brushing teeth)
• medication reminders and management (some limitations apply)
• 3 meals and an evening snack each day
• access to OSCR's programs, activities, entertainment and exercise groups

This listing provides information on programs for snow removal on roads and sidewalks, windrows and driveways.

Roads and Sidewalks:
Road and sidewalks are plowed by the Town of Oakville
* see Snow Clearing for more information

Windrows: (snow pushed by plows across the end of driveways):
* Oakville Driveway Snow Windrow Clearing Program provides season long clearance of windrows
* for people aged 65+ and people with disabilities
* there is a fee for use - residents must register for service

Driveways:
Links2Care Oakville office (also serves Burlington and Milton):
* matches seniors and people with permanent physical disabilities with students or private companies to clear driveways and walkways for a fee (based on sliding scale according to income)
* register in September-October (there may be a waiting list)
* windrow clearing may also be available if agreed between the resident and service provider
* see Links2Care for more information

Snow Angels Canada connects seniors or people in need with volunteers online
* for more information see separate listing here

Private snow removal companies:
* see Yellow Pages under Snow Removal Service

GROCERY DELIVERY

• check with your regular grocery store to see what delivery services they offer
• delivery is available from most grocery stores for a fee

SHOPPING SERVICES / ACCOMPANIMENT

• some commercial home care/home support agencies offer shopping services and/or accompaniment (usually for a fee)
• for complete list see here
  
  
• occasional accompaniment for shopping may be available at no charge for clients of Home Help programs of the non-profit agencies Acclaim Health (see separate listing here) and Links2Care (see separate listing here)

A snow windrow is the pile of snow that is left at the bottom of a driveway after the snow plow has cleared the road

• the windrow clearing program helps seniors 65+ and people with physical disabilities or medical conditions who are unable to clear the windrow on their own

Provides in-home care services for seniors * each client is assigned their own caregiver based on their needs and interests * service available at home, in assisted living home, retirement home or long term care facility * free in-home consultation

Services include:

• personal care
• home nursing care
• homemaking
• meal preparation
• overnight or 24 hour care
• companionship
• transportation and accompaniment/escort services
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• caregiver relief/respite care
• errand running/shopping assistance

Health care agency providing personalized home care services * free care assessment * core services from this location include:

Personal care services:

• companionship
• meal preparation (prepare hot meals, assist with light clean up after meals)
• grocery shopping and errands
• medication reminders
• light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming, mopping floors, sweeping, dusting, cleaning bathrooms and cleaning up the kitchen)
• fall prevention
• foot care
• respite care
• bathing and dressing

Medical services:

• nursing services (medication administration, intravenous therapy, dressing changes, ventilator care, pain and symptom management, post-op care, chronic disease management, etc.) including Nurse Practitioner Program (diagnosis and treatment for common illnesses and injuries, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescriptions for medications, counselling and health education, specialist referrals, etc.)
• serious injury care
• end-of-life/palliative care
• therapy and rehabilitation services
• postpartum care

Dementia Care Services:

• offers personalized care services for clients living with dementia or Alzheimer's to meet their every need

Offers a variety of child and elder care services including live-in and live-out nannies, housekeepers, caregivers, babysitters, PSW's companions on a full-time, part-time, temporary and occasional basis

Offers home support, nursing and respite services provided in client's home or in hospitals, assisted living homes, long-term care facilities, schools and offices * all clients received an initial assessment completed by a Registered Nurse * free in-home care assessment

Home support includes:

• personal care
• homemaking
• companion aide
• palliative care
• Alzheimer's and dementia care

Nursing includes:

• wound care
• intravenous care
• palliative care
• acute care post hospitalization
• chronic disease management
• pediatric services
• mental health
• foot care services (in-home foot care available)
• school health

Respite care:

• provided for shorter or longer periods of time
• right level of staff to meet the care and support needs

Provides non-medical services in the home and retirement communities * no contracts

Services include:

• homemaking (meals, light housekeeping, laundry)
• personal care (bathing, dressing, toileting, moving, transferring, eating, medication reminders, etc)
• companionship services
• transportation (medical appointments, shopping)
• hospital to home transition support
• Alzheimer and dementia care
• respite care

Provides the Supports for Daily Living program to the residents of John R. Rhodes Seniors Residence and eligible individuals living in the surrounding Kerr Street neighbourhood

Support can include, but is not limited to:

• personal care including showering
• dressing/undressing
• assistance with pre-measured medication
• reassurance
• safety checks

Those who qualify for personal care services may also be eligible for:

• light housekeeping
• laundry
• assistance with meal services

Other locations for Assisted Living/Supports for Daily Living Programs managed by the Region of Halton.

Residential services for people based on their individual needs

24 Hour Support Group Living:

• each home provides support for up to 5 people residing in a group living setting
• support is person-directed and designed to meet each person goals, wishes, needs and dreams
• promote personal decision making, meaningful community involvement and assist people to develop and maintain independence in their everyday lives

Supported Living and Supported Independent Living:

• designed to offer varying amounts of support to people where they live
• support is also offered while they are in their family home and in the process of moving to their own home
  
  

Support could include:

• money handling and budgeting
• menu planning and assistance with preparation of meals
• shopping
• landlord and tenant negotiations
• home maintenance
• assistance with appointments and accessing other community resources to enhance their quality of life

Offers a full range of home care services for seniors and other adults including Alzheimer's care and dementia care and end-of-life care * in-home consultation


Personal care services

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

Home companionship and care services

• 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

In-home nursing services

• 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

In home health care services including registered nurses, personal support workers, physiotherapists and occupational therapists * services provided in the home, retirement communities, hospitals and long term care homes

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 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

Offers in-home care services that covers a wide array of activities, including:

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

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

Non-medical in-home health support services for seniors and disabled adults in community * free consultation

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

Private home health care company providing the following services:

• personal care (showering, dressing, grooming)
• supervising medications
• assistance with transfers and mobility
• homemaking and light housekeeping
• meal preparation and assistance
• running errands
• companionship
• escorted shopping, outings and appointments
• respite care
• dietary aids
• 24-hour and live-in care available
• provision of RN, RPN, PSW services
• maintenance and facilities management services

Provides customized and supportive services for isolated seniors, cognitive exercises, mental stimulation for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia * additional services include companionship, assistance with errands, accompaniment to medical appointments and different types of outings, falls prevention exercises, friendly visiting, etc * individual program or group program available

Private, community-based home health care agency

Services include:

• free assessment
• companion care
• respite care
• live-in care or 24 hour care (full-time care in the client's home)
• homemaking, meal preparation and housekeeping
• shopping and grocery assistance
• personal care and support at home
• incontinence care
• medication management
• support at home for people with Alzheimer's and dementia
• in-home nursing
• wound care and IV therapy
• hospital discharge and follow up care
• complex and special needs care
• therapeutic arts program

Services are provided in the client's home or in a healthcare facility * member of the Ontario Home Care Association (OHCA)

Private home care agency providing the following services:

• 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

All staff are trained in Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) in dementia care

Private home care providing the following services:

• Homemaker support (light housekeeping, grocery shopping, taking care of pets, meal preparation, cleaning bedroom and bathroom, mopping and sweeping floors, ironing and laundry, etc)
• Personal care assistant (dressing and bathing, medication reminders)
• Companionship and friendly check-ins to senior citizens by phone or video chat
• Live-in home support
• Appointment management (provide companionship at social events and doctor's appointments)
• Respite care

Note: Due to Covid-19, all programs are currently being offered remotely

• Youth Mental Health Programs - workshops and peer support sessions to vulnerable youth, with a special focus on programs for Black and Indigenous youth who may be vulnerable
  
• Child & Youth Mentoring - takes place virtually or in community recreation centres and/or classrooms, providing children and youth an opportunity to interface directly with role models within their communities & providing classroom/homework support. Special focus on programs for Black and Indigenous youth who may be vulnerable
  
• In-Home Support Services for Seniors - Friendship Support/Friendly Visiting for isolated seniors; Home and Personal Support

Supportive Housing Program - Provides personal support (activities of daily living or ADLs) and essential homemaking (personal hygiene activities or IADLs) to adults 16 years old and up who have a permanent physical disability and meet the eligibility requirements and live in these two buildings:

• 30 Denarda St, Toronto, M6M 5C3
• 2100 Weston Rd, Toronto, M9N 3W6

Attendant Outreach Program - Provides an attendant for adults 16 years old and up who have a permanent physical disability living in Mississauga who meet the eligibility requirements * goal of the program is to enable an individual's full participation and integration into their communities * services include non-medical support and essential homemaking and are offered between 6am and 12midnight, 7 days a week

Supports for Daily Living (SDL) - Program helps frail, high-needs seniors 65 years residing in Mississauga, Oakville and South Etobicoke, with assistance with activities of daily living, e.g. bathing, light meal preparation, dressing, in their own home * services are not available for older adults residing in retirement homes, group homes or long term care facilities

Caregiver Recharge Program - Temporary relief for primary caregivers who are experiencing high levels of stress while caring for someone with high-needs * non-medical assistance with personal care, ambulation and range of motion exercises, meals, medication reminders, light housekeeping, safety and risk monitoring and companionship

Short Stay Respite Program - Allows caregivers to take a break while someone else steps in to fulfill their responsibilities of looking after their loved one

Meals Programs - Congregate dining, meal delivery, and food banks

Companion Call Program - Virtual social connections * partnered with Companion Link to connect clients with trained volunteers to combat isolation * interactions will be a mixture of structured activities and unstructured social engagement * tablets and activity kits will also be provided to interested participants

Provides assistance to seniors and adults with a disability * this service enables people to remain independently in their own homes * to be eligible for home help, clients must require twos) of the following services:

• light cleaning (includes laundry)
• meal preparation
• grocery shopping
• companion/accompany to appointments via taxi/public transit (client covers costs)