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- Operates a support group for individuals affected by Turner Syndrome including family and friends
- Coordinates monthly meetings/dinners or as needed
- Offers education and discussion related to the syndrome
- Provides public education to increase awareness
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- Provides a forum for discussion and mutual support for individuals and families affected by Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Promotes public awareness of CF in the community
- Fund raises for CF research
- Serves as a local resource CF support group
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- Offers a non-medically aligned mutual support group for breast cancer survivors
- Offers year round telephone support
- Provides information and support to breast cancer survivors
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- Provides support to individuals of all ages living with the effects of acquired brain injury through education, public awareness, information and advocacy
- Connects individuals coping with an acquired brain injury with individuals whose life experiences involve similar situations, needs, and interests
- Provides support
- Offered for survivors, family members, and/or caregivers
- Coordinated through local brain injury associations
- Partnered with Partners In Rehab to provide a garden space and a therapeutic recreation specialist
- Supports participants in learning new skills and gaining knowledge
- Allows participants to assist with gardening tasks and talk with like-minded individuals
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- Offers a monthly support group
- Features discussions on managing diabetes, the role of exercise, healthy recipe demonstrations, and blood sugar measuring
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- Provides support to persons with dementia and their family and friends
- Offers individual and family counselling in the individual's home or in other desired locations
- Facilitates a number of support groups on a regular basis
- Provides individual and system-wide advocacy
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- Provides support to prostate cancer survivors and their families
- Provides public information and awareness of early detection of prostate cancer
- Raises money for cancer research
- Volunteers are prepared to visit in the hospital or home, or to talk on the phone
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Support Services
1-800-227-5557 Office: 807-344-5433
Toll Free: 1-888-939-3333
Toll Free: 1-800-263-6750
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- A national, community-based organization of volunteers
- Funds research for all types of cancer
- Offers information on cancer risk, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and supportive care
- Provides support for people living with cancer as well as family members and friends
- Connects individuals with a survivor or caregiver to discuss what it's like to live with cancer
- Provides the Wheels of Hope transportation program to bring individuals to and from cancer related appointments
- Loans wigs and/or turbans free of charge to cancer patients
- Provides support from a trained quit smoking specialist
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Temporarily closed due to COVID - call Toll Free 1-866-518-0000 or email info@chs.ca for more information on virtual services
Offers classes to help individuals overcome challenges related to hearing loss
Helps individuals learn about:
Offers classes to help individuals overcome challenges related to hearing loss
Helps individuals learn about:
- Hearing loss
- Hearing aids
- Communication devices
- Assertivesness training
- Stress management
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Temporarily closed due to COVID - call Toll Free 1-866-518-0000 or email info@chs.ca for more information on virtual services
Offers counselling services to help adults improve communication with family and friends, stay involved in social activities, and stay safe and independent at home
Counsels on issues related to coping with hearing loss such as:
Provides information, demonstration and assistance with:
Offers counselling services to help adults improve communication with family and friends, stay involved in social activities, and stay safe and independent at home
Counsels on issues related to coping with hearing loss such as:
- Understanding your hearing loss
- Use, care and maintenance of hearing aids and other listening systems
- Managing difficult listening situations
- Selecting specialized communication equipment, such as telephones, alarm clocks, television accessories
- Referrals to other community services
Provides information, demonstration and assistance with:
- Assistive Listening Devices such as Personal FM and Infrared systems
- Specialized telephones such as amplified, Voice Carry Over (VCO) and TTYs
- Alerting devices such as fire/smoke, doorbell, phone, baby cry
- Offers education and training to consumers, family members, caregivers and the general public
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- Supports individuals with spinal cord injury and their families through its programs and services
- Provides a one-stop access for information
- Provides one on one support for individuals to assist in regaining independence in the community
- Offers service coordination to navigate the system, advocate for change, adjust to life with a physical disability and achieve goals
- Links individuals with recent spinal cord injury and their family members to people who have lived experience with a spinal cord injury
- Provides a collective voice and representative for persons with spinal cord injury to government, the health care system, communities and the public
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Offers programs for parents, caregivers and families to help them develop the knowledge and skills to care for their child or youth
Programs offered include:
Circle of Security
Programs offered include:
Circle of Security
- Helps parents and caregivers develop stronger relationships with their child
- Offered in a group setting
- Helps parents and caregivers to understand and manage their teen's emotions and behaviours
- Offered in a group setting
- Provides parents and caregivers with the skills and knowledge to build positive behviours in their children and gain confidence in their parenting abilities
- Offers support groups to parents to provide them with education and community connections
- Provides a monthly Down Syndrome Parent Support Group
- Facilitates access between children and their parents or caregiver through visits or exchanges
- Offers a safe environment where visits and exchanges can take place
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Provides supportive clinics to help supplement cancer treatments
Clinics offered include:
BLISS (Balancing Life, Intimacy, Sexuality, and Survivorship)
Clinics offered include:
BLISS (Balancing Life, Intimacy, Sexuality, and Survivorship)
- Helps patients, their partners, and/or family members with issues related to intimacy and sexuality concerns
- Refers medical care back to an individual's primary care provider once the individual has entered the survivorship stage of their treatment
- Provides care to clients who are experiencing symptoms that are difficult to resolve
- Works to improve quality of life for clients
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Operates the comprehensive cancer program for Northwestern Ontario
Provides the following programs and services:
Provides the following programs and services:
- Ontario Breast Screening Program, Northwest Region
- Diagnostics
- Education
- In-patient and out-patient treatments
- Palliative care and end of life
- Prevention and screening
- Supportive Care
- Surgical treatments
- Tbaytel Tamarack House
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Operates a regional assessment and treatment centre for pre and post-operative care of patients with obesity requiring gastric bypass surgery
Two types of services offered include:
Medical Services
Provides non-medical services, including nutrition and lifestyle counselling, for individuals who cannot or choose not to have surgery
Surgical Services
Performs gastric bypass surgery, however, will refer complex cases to a partner program in Southern Ontario
Two types of services offered include:
Medical Services
Provides non-medical services, including nutrition and lifestyle counselling, for individuals who cannot or choose not to have surgery
Surgical Services
Performs gastric bypass surgery, however, will refer complex cases to a partner program in Southern Ontario
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After Stroke Services: Stroke Recovery Peer Support Group
1-888-540-6666 Office: 807-345-6595
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- Operates a peer support group for survivors of stroke, their family members, and/or caregivers
- Conducts monthly meetings that provide educational resources, guest speakers and an opportunity to network with other survivors and caregivers
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Provides a variety of information, programs, and resources for persons with disabilities and education for the general public
Delivers the following programs:
Delivers the following programs:
- Assistive Devices Program
- Employment Service Centre
- Home and Vehicle Modification Program
- Peer Support group for Survivors of Post Polio
- Peer Support group for Survivors of Stroke and Caregivers
- Resource Centre with computers for job search, education, government forms, etc
- Recreation, arts and leisure programming
- Wheelchair/Walker Repair Assistance
- Information and referral services
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- Develops a personalized program to assist individuals living with vision loss to continue to work, play, and enjoy life
- Identifies individual needs and goals, and connects the individual to the appropriate programs and services to meet identified needs
- Provides a comprehensive program of direct services
- Offers various information resources
- Connects individuals with parent/peer support
- Advocates and provides training for children with vision loss, from birth to school age
- Assists with personal adjustment to vision loss and in the development of skills for independence in activities of daily living
- Provides a functional assessment of visual abilities
- Offers information and training in the use of low vision devices
- Educates, and instructs on how to maximize residual vision
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Supports and Services for Individuals with Vision Loss
1-800-563-2642 Office: 807-345-3341
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Assistive Technology Services
- Provides information about the availability, selection, use and purchase of specialized technology and products to assist with tasks of daily living
- Accessible catalogues can be ordered via telephone
- Local offices can provide in-person training and technical support
- Access to online webstore here
- Provides a venue to discuss work, home life, activities of daily living, or leisure and community participation, through support groups, the Vision Mate program and immediate, confidential telephone support through the Helpline
- Specialists provide instruction and assistance to build everyday skills and confidence in one-on-one or group settings to learn to live and travel with vision loss
- Works with public libraries to provide access to reading material in braille, or in audio or e-book format
- Browse the digital collection online here
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Provides assessments, counselling, consultations and in-service training for individuals with a developmental disability, their families and agencies that support them
Provides or has access to specialized services in:
Provides or has access to specialized services in:
- Health care
- Occupational Therapy
- Social Work
- Speech/Language
- Dual Diagnosis
- Psychology
- Positive Behavioural Services
- Children's Behavioural Services (ages 6-18 years)
- Community Outreach/Non-Traditional Supports
- Partnership with TBRHSC-Forensics Program
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- Provides treatment and support to individuals living with Hepatitis C
- Offers confidential HIV and Hepatitis C testing
- Provides a treatment team that works with individuals during all stages of their treatment
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Provides confidential counselling and referrals to individuals, partners, and families on issues relating to HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C
- Runs the Mother's Cupboard food bank
- Provides support groups and workshops for individuals living with or affected by HIV
- Offers HIV clinical care
- Offers Hepatitis C treatment and support
- Provides case management to help individuals with food, shelter, income and emotional support
- Provides an emergency financial assistance program to help with medical or health related costs, or with utilities or rent
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Supports for people living with pre-diabetes or diabetes
- Assists individuals to cope with diabetes and prevent complications
- Offers education and self-management support to fit an individual's lifestyle
- Facilitates client support groups
- Provides access to a Registered Nurse and Registered Dietitian
- Coordinates foot care workshops
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- Provides education, programs and workshops to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent illness
- Endeavors to improve working relationships between health care systems and Aboriginal communities
- Provides education to raise awareness of health issues affecting Indigenous people
- Ensures that Indigenous individuals understand the present health care system
- Provides education in an effort to reduce violence within Indigenous communities
- Offers presentations on health related topics
- Teaches various Indigenous craft-making workshops
- Offers one-on-one support, as well as, group support for various health related issues
- Promotes healthy eating, food preparation and storage, and budgeting for healthy food shopping
- Addresses health in a cultural and holistic way with a focus on the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional needs of individuals
- Provides information sessions on disease prevention
- Partners with other community agencies to provide programming for the clients in order to bring people together
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- Connects individuals who are living with an acquired brain injury with individuals whose life experiences involve similar situations
- Provides support, shares information and resources with other individuals coping with a similar situation
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