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Provide home and community healthcare services including the following:

Personal Care Services

• companionship
• meal preparation
• light housekeeping
• grocery shopping and errands
• appointment escort
• medication reminders
• fall prevention
• foot care
• respite care
• bathing and dressing
• ConnectCare@home

Medical Services

• Nursing
• Serious Injury Care
• Wound Care
• End-of-life/Palliative Care
• Therapy and Rehab Services

Dementia Care Services

Provides a local help line which mobilizes volunteers from 22 local churches to work together to respond to needs of their Lambton County neighbours * Refers callers to existing services and agencies initially, and will try to fill the need if no other area can help *
When able, Neighbourlink volunteers can offer clients help with food, used beds and bedding, linking used furniture donors with callers in need.

Provides customized home care services. Services like companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, helping with running errands, transportation, personal care, Alzheimer's care, and much more.

Services include:

• companionship visiting
• respite
• monitoring of diet and meal preparation
• evening tuck-in and morning wake-up assistance
• help with appointments
• medication reminders
• help with home deliveries
• grooming assistance
• home maintenance supervision
• mailing bills and letters
• visiting friends
• light housekeeping
• pet care
• shopping
• hospice care
• personal care

Provides a range of in-home services that allow seniors to live at home, safely and confidently. Offer laundry and housekeeping, in-home care, companionship, door-to-door transportation, and referrals to home maintenance chores such as yard work and snow removal, and personal safety services.

Provides eligible seniors, who due to lack of resources or appropriate supports, require assistance in returning home after a hospital stay or ER visit. The goal is to support a client's independence and reduce the risk or re-hospitalization by providing transitional support services in the home. Clients can qualify for one visit per week for up to six weeks after discharge offering free services such as transportation home from hospital, frozen meals and meal prep, essential laundry, light housekeeping and grocery shopping or pharmaceutical delivery.

Dedicated to enhancing the health, quality of life and independence of individuals in our communities by offering a single point of access to home and community services. Our services include: case management, specialized nursing programs, nursing clinics, personal support services, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work, speech-language pathology, information and referral to community health and social services, services for children and youth, palliative care consultation, telehomecare and much more.

A comprehensive network of services available to clients in urban, rural and remote communities across Ontario. Services include:

Help in the Home

• Bathing
• Dressing
• Personal hygiene
• Medication reminders, premeasured medication use and monitoring
• Mobility
• Other routine activities of daily living

Relief & Support for Caregivers

• Safety supervision
• Social engagement
• Respite care
• Medication reminders
• Home management and home safety
• Overnight care
• Palliative Care

COVID-19 - Offering the following programs virtually: Little hellos - Seniors, vulnerable peoples, teens can receive a phone call once, twice or three times a week just to chat with someone * Tele-Chat with coffee - via zoom and telephone we connect seniors for some social time, every Tue 10:30 am * Triva - via zoom and telephone organized trivia games every Thu at 10:30 am * Hot meals for seniors - Mon and/or Thu vulnerable people and seniors have an opportunity to receive a hot home made meal delivered to their doorstep. This program is funded by the New Horizons for seniors initiative and the Local United Way just funded us to add meals for a 10 weeks period. The volunteers are also asked to do a visual check on seniors well beings while delivering meals. Ask how they are doing, look for signs of falls, anxiousness and/ or abuse * Gardening assistance - a 7 week program to assist seniors, injured or vulnerable people with maintaining their yards.


A Francophone community centre representing the Francophone and Francophile community of Sarnia-Lambton. Offers cultural, social and recreational programs including:

• French Youth Group
• Coffee Chat
• Seniors Exercise Program
• Play and Share
• Chefs' Club

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

Offers a variety of programs to assist individuals with developmental disabilities; including assistance to live independently in the community.

Offer Sarnia/Lambton homeowners and renters affordable home maintenance and repairs. Preference and a separate pricing stream available for low income homeowners.

Services offered include:

• Interior/exterior general carpentry
• Cabinet removal and install
• Kitchen repair/renovation
• Bathroom repair/renovation
• Vinyl siding repair, removal & install
• Drywall installation/repair
• Interior/exterior paiting
• Installation of flooring (laminate and ceramic)
• Installation of attic insulaiton
• Pressure washing - home exterior
• Deck/Porch Repair and Maintenance
• Roofing service for sheds and garages
• Yard maintenance and clean up
• Fence and Deck construction

NOTE: Will receive requests for services not listed above. Do not currently offer electrical, rough in plumbing or heating services.

This program provides home care and community services for people requiring assistance to continue to live a productive life in the familiar surroundings of their own home and community. The program promotes self-reliance, well-being, and support from family and community.

• In home services - include personal care and home management (light housekeeping, shopping and meal preparation).
• Seniors Program - a variety of programs are offered throughout the year such as drop-ins, craft workshops, shopping and game nights.
• Seniors Congregate Dining - takes place Wed at Community Centre. Free lunch served to community members ages 55 and up.
• Medical Loan Cupboard - A limited amount of medical equipment is available for lending. Availability depends upon community need.

Provide home care services including the following:

• Senior Home Care
• Hospital to Home Care Services
• Companionship
• Transportation
• Light Housekeeping
• Personal Care
• Meal Preparation
• Medication Reminders

A social service agency committed to providing quality supports for adults with developmental disabilities. At LCDS the supports are designed by the goals and dreams of the person we are serving. Clients are supported in their homes, work, community involvement and in their relationships in order to live a meaningful life.

A variety of services are offered throughout Lambton County such as:

• Residential options (group, host family, supported living, residential care)
• Community participation
• Empowering Employment
• Passport Services
• Learning & Development
• Respite

COVID-19 - Essential services continue with pre-screening protocols for Transportation, Meals on Wheels, Personal Support and Crisis Intervention. Diners Club is back and Fitness Classes will return by fall of this year. As COVID-19 municipality stages are implemented, services may change; contact the office directly for latest updates.

Home Support Workers assist with light housekeeping and organization, grocery shopping, meal preparation, laundry and other related duties.

COVID-19 - Fitness Classes (soon) and Diners Club (has returned) are returning. Essential services continue with pre-screening protocols for Transportation, Meals on Wheels, Personal Support and Crisis Intervention. As COVID-19 municipality stages are implemented, services may change; contact the office directly for latest updates.

Provides a range of support services for older adults and adults with disabilities. Services include:

• Non-Urgent Stretcher Van Transportation
• Accessible Transportation
• Homemaking / Home Help (incl. laundry, light housekeeping, meal preparation & errands)
• Personal Support
• Caregiver & Respite Support
• Home Maintenance
• Meals on Wheels (rural County only)
• Diners Club (Seniors Luncheons - call office for locations)
• Exercise Classes for Seniors
• Crisis Intervention
• Housing Support
• Seniors Cruise in June.(currently on hiatus)

COVID-19 - Offices are closed to the public, however, all support activities are being conducted.

A progressive organization where people realize their potential and choices within inclusive communities.

The agency adapts it's resources and utilizes community contacts to organize activities and respond to requests for consumer directed supports. Specific initiatives include:

• Person centered life planning
• Recruitment and training of volunteers
• Summer youth programs
• Community development - special projects
• Community based leisure and recreational activities
• Employment and career support including ODSP employment supports
• Accommodation supports (up to 24 hour)
• Supported Independent Living
• Lifelong learning opportunities
• Home based respite (adults and children)
• Access and coordination of Special Services at Home for Chatham-Kent
• Planning and support with transitional age youth

A social service agency that provides supports for adults with Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

Offer basic and advanced foot care provided to individuals in the comfort of their home.

Services include:

• assessment
• nail trimming and filing
• calluses and corns
• dry cracked heels
• off-loading shoe and orthotic assessment and health teaching at each visit

All tools are autoclaved and spore tested for sterility.

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

Community-based services for people with developmental disabilities

Residential Supports - Group living accommodations, supported independent living, Family Home Share

Employment Services - Assists with obtaining and maintaining competitive employment

Continuing Education - Builds upon literacy and numeracy skills

Community Access Service - Links adults to community leisure and recreational activities Person Centered Planning - Creates life plans that promote a person's goals and dreams

Passport Funding - Administers individualized funds and schedules qualified and trained staff for person directed supports

Community Respite - Provides out of home caregiver relief to families

Family Home - allows people with developmental disabilities to share a community home while receiving the supports needed to be independent.

Leisure and Recreation - provides opportunities for people to participate in leisure and recreational activities in their community

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

Assisted living services * personal support, homemaking, care coordination, medication assistance and security checks on a scheduled and unscheduled basis * staff available during the day and on call overnight * services provided on-site and for clients living in the town of Strathroy

Assistance with daily chores, such as laundry, light housekeeping, errands, shopping, meal planning and meal preparation * Home Help personnel visit weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly

Home Help services assist frail or elderly seniors and adults living with a physical disability to remain independent in their own homes

Provides companionship and assistance with errands and shopping * transportation for medical and non-medical appointments* household tasks * pet care assistance