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Provide residential care and community based programs and services to those living with a life limiting illness and their families

• extend service through bereavement when loved ones require counseling or other forms of grief and loss support
• provide information and education on end-of-life issues
• advocate with the existing health care system, community agencies, health professionals and volunteers to enhance end-of-life care

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

One inpatient room for palliative care * pain and symptom management * guidance, support and connections to community resources for patients and families * continuing education on pain, symptom management and end-of-life care for care team

Companionship, respite care, and emotional support to people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-threatening illness at any stage of illness from diagnosis on * bereavement support for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close

Bereavement Support - Emotional and social support and companionship for people who have lost a loved one * provided by volunteers

Bereavement Programs:

• Reaching Out - 8-week structured support groups
  
• Healing Together - Monthly support group
  
• Mourning Walk - Weekly bereavement walking group

Trained volunteers provide one-to-one support, companionship, and respite for caregivers, and emotional support to people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-altering chronic or terminal illness

Resource Library - End-of-life care and bereavement books and DVDs available to community free of charge

A comprehensive network of care services available to clients in urban, rural and remote communities across Ontario. A team of nurses, therapists and community support workers deliver a broad range of services ranging from chronic illness management, nutrition, physiotherapy, to personal grooming and support, all aimed at helping to ensure clients enjoy the freedom and independence that comes with staying in their own homes. Provide any level of care required, from 24 hours/ day to once a month. Services include:

Help in the Home

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

Nursing Care

• Health care teaching
• Wound management
• Ostomy management and teaching
• Continence nursing
• Palliative care
• Home risk assessment
• Parenteral nutrition
• Chemotherapy
• Health promotion
• Ventilator management
• Enteral nutrition
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Medication management
• Chronic disease management
• IV Therapy
• Skilled shift nursing
• Fall prevention
• Care of technologically dependent children
• Pain management
• Post surgical care
• Care of the fragile elderly
• Care of medically fragile and technologically dependent children
• Ventilator management

Rehabilitation Services

• Physiotherapy
• Occupational therapy
• Speech language pathology

(These services are provided in homes, workplaces, and schools)

Relief & Support for Caregivers

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

Nutrition & Diet Help

• Dietitians can provide nutrition assessment and counselling for a variety of medical conditions including diabetes management and weight management
• Offer nutrition education and support around the implications associated with cancer therapy.
• Can monitor feeding and growth of infants and children and offer support for clients on enteral feeding and total parenteral nutrition.

Offers a wide range of customized quality health care services. Nurses work together with clients, caregivers and Health care professionals to assess the individual's health care needs and collaboratively develop a personalized plan of care to meet their needs. Every visit will consist of ongoing assessment, support, encouragement and holistic care.

Nursing services include:

• Wound care
• Intravenous care
• Palliative care
• Acute care post hospitalization
• Pediatric
• Mental health
• Foot care
• School health
• Chronic disease management
• Ostomy care

COVID-19 - Staff/Visitor screening and visitor restrictions are still in effect. Our hospice team are doing everything they can to support families and encourage them to use FaceTime, Skype, and telephone to keep in touch with their loved one. Please know that our Supportive Care Team is able to provide support by telephone, please call 519-354-3113 ext 2406.

A 10 bed residence with additional space for bereavement counselling, resource library and meeting rooms with the flexibility to grow and play a role in developing a centre of learning for healthcare providers and the families of Chatham-Kent.

Provide licensed home health care services. Services include homemaking, personal care, short term child and infant care, nursing, companionship, meal preparation, rehabilitation, palliative care, foot care and specialty programs. Services offered on a daily/weekly basis up to 24 hour care

Personal Care Services

• Companionship
• Meal Prep and Nutrition
• Medication Reminders
• Light Housekeeping
• Fall Prevention
• Respite Care
• Medication Reminders
• Light Housekeeping
• Fall Prevention
• Respite Care​

Medical Services

• Nursing
• Serious Injury Care
• Wound Care
• End-of-Life / Palliative Care
• Therapy Services​

Dementia Care Services

Provides access to in-home health and personal support services to help individuals live independently at home

• Assist community members with the transition to long-term care homes when living at home is no longer possible
• Can provide information about, and can link individuals to, other helpful services available in the community
• Care Coordinators are health care professional specially trained to help patients investigate and organize their health care services so that patients are able to achieve the best possible state of health and well being.
• Offer a single point of access to home and community services
• Services include: 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, long-term care placement and more.

Jessica's House is a 3 bedroom residential hospice built in the community of Exeter, South Huron that welcomes anyone diagnosed with a life limiting illness for end-of-life care. Jessica's House also provide 1:1 as well as group grief and bereavement services.

Cares for patients, families and caregivers who have been affected by a life-altering diagnosis from the time of pre-diagnosis to bereavement.

• Services are holistic in nature and can include wellness programs, support groups, fitness programs, counseling & spiritual care, education and of course palliative care.

Home care services to assist seniors to continue to live in their home, including personal support and homemaking services

Service provided:

• assistance with activities of daily living
• bathing/showering
• companionship
• assistance in dressing
• light housekeeping
• meal preparation
• medication reminders
• respite care
• dementia care
• palliative care
• hospital visits
• errands, shopping and grocery assistance, walks
• doctor visits
• respite for family caregivers

Health care services offered at home, at school, and in the community, as well as access to supported living programs and long-term care * care coordinators work with people in the community or leaving the hospital to determine what help is needed and arrange for care
Services may include:

• nursing
• nurse practitioner
• personal support
• physiotherapy and occupational therapy
• speech and language therapy
• social work
• nutrition and food counselling (dietitians)
• palliative care
• medical supplies and equipment
• access to long-term care homes
• access to supported living (adult day programs, supportive housing, retirement homes and assisted living)
• health support in the school
• specialized services for people living with specific health conditions
• referral to other community supports

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Provides personal support caregivers at the client's location (e.g. home, retirement home, hospital, long-term care home) * end-of-life-care * in-home footcare * restorative care * caregivers are health care aides, personal support workers (PSWs) and retired registered practical nurses (RPNs) * will travel and are available to drive to appointments, grocery shopping and outings * medication reminders * meals * laundry * light housekeeping * available from two hours to 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Provides services to seniors and individuals during their rehabilitation to help them remain safe and independent at home.

In-Home Care:

• Conversation and Companionship
• Housekeeping/Organization
• Meal Preparation
• Grocery Shopping/Grooming Guidance
• Transportation
• Advocacy/Appointment Management
• Home Maintenance and Repairs

Personal Care and Nursing:

• Home Foot Care/ Pedicures
• Medication Reminders
• Toileting and Incontinence Care
• Bathing, Grooming and Hygiene
• Mobility Assistance
• Transferring and Positioning
• Feeding and Special Diet
• Nursing Care
• Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
• Specialized Care

* 24 hours/ 7 days per week private assistance available.

In-home visiting nursing and shift program:

• ensures that a medical/nursing plan of care is followed
• includes all levels and complexities of care
• services include:
  • wound care
  • intravenous care
  • palliative care
  • acute care post hospitalization
  • pediatric
  • mental health
  • foot care
  • school health
  • chronic health management
  • ostomy care

In-home and clinic based therapy services including:

• physiotherapy
• speech and language pathology
• occupational therapy
• personal care services (respite, foot care, fall prevention, companionship, medication reminders, bathing and dressing, housekeeping, meal prep and nutrition, life guardian medical alert system)
• in-home nursing services (serious injury care, care after surgery or hospitalization, palliative care, wound care)
• dementia care services
• care planners

Qualified caregivers on a flexible schedule for clients in-home, hospital or residing in a retirement or long-term care facility * short or long term coverage or part time situations * range of clients including veterans, the elderly, the physically and mentally challenged, accident victims and those recently discharged from hospital * home care support for new parents requiring extra assistance also offered * specially trained staff for Alzheimer care, disability assistance, palliative care

Services include:

• light housekeeping, laundry, linen change
• meal planning and preparation
• companionship, shopping and errands
• personal care and medication reminders
• assistance with daily living tasks
• hourly, overnight, and live-in care
• transportation (non-accessible)

Provides high-quality home health care programs and related support services in homes, long term care, retirement homes, and hospital.

Services Include:

• Personal home health aids
• Companion care services
• Live in & overnight care
• Alzheimer' & dementia care
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Cancer/hospice care
• Foot care
• Medication management
• Community wellness
• Physical therapy & post-operative rehabilitation assistance
• Falls prevention
• Aging at home program
• Out Patient Surgery Support Program
• essential care to maintain an independent lifestyle
• Care when recovering from surgery or illness
• Care with on-going chronic conditions
• Outpatient Surgery Support In-Home Support Program
• Assistance in living as independently as possible

Community-based nursing and personal/ home support services

• care for populations with specialized needs may include visiting nursing, complex care, personal care, virtual care and more

Services Offered:

• Companionship
• Diabetes Care
• Foot Care
• Home Support
• Nursing
• Ostomy Care
• Palliative Care
• Personal Care
• Senior Care
• Virtual Visits
• Wound Care

Local staff serve as outreach workers for the Saint Elizabeth Foundation and volunteer over the winter months to reach out to vulnerable people on Windsor's streets. To donate items of warm clothing, blankets or to make a monetary donation, call 519-962-6200 or go online to donate.sehc.com.

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Alliance of community agencies, hospitals, long-term care homes, and other stakeholders who are committed to improving hospice palliative care services

Website has information and resources of interest to people with progressive life-threatening illnesses, their families, volunteers and anyone with a stake in hospice palliative care * resources for health care professionals

Home health care services including:

• Personal Care
• Companion Aide
• Dementia Care
• Palliative Care
• Respite Care