| Description (Service) |
Provides services to:
- children
- older adults
- persons with dementia
- persons with disabilities
Provides services in
- homes
- hospitals
- retirement communities
- assisted living homes
- long-term care facilities
- schools
- offices
Veterans Affairs Canada approved Veterans Independence Program (VIP) provider
Services include:
Non-emergency medical transportation - to medical appointments, trips from and between hospitals, to nursing homes, etc. for individuals requiring a wheelchair or gurney transportation
Activities of daily living assessment - provides an evaluation of an individual's capacity for self-care and their ability to function independently in the context of everyday living
Rehabilitation Services
- massage therapy - provides treatment services to stretch and loosen muscles, increase blood and lymphatic circulation, improve mobility, and reduce stiffness and pain
- occupational therapy - provides individualized evaluations and customized plans to improve an individual's ability to perform daily activities
- physical therapy - provides an evaluation of joint motion, muscle strength, etc. and utilizes therapeutic properties to improve circulation, strengthen muscles, reduce pain and restore mobility
- speech and language pathology - provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for individuals who have language disorders or speech impairments
Health Care Services
- home health care - nurses provide necessary medical services in the homes of individuals who are aged, ill or convalescing
- in home hospice care - provides a full range of supportive services in their own homes for terminally ill individuals who are in the final stages of their illnesses and for their families
- palliative care - provides for the comprehensive management of an individual's needs to help them achieve the best possible quality of life through relief of suffering, control of symptoms, etc.
- podiatry/foot care - provides comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services for individuals who have diseases of or injuries to the feet
Support Services
- friendly outreach programs - for individuals who are hospitalized or in another institutional setting, are socially isolated due to disability or old age, or otherwise lack companionship
- live in companions - helps individuals who are socially isolated due to disability or old age relieve their loneliness by providing a companion who shares the individual's home
- telephone reassurance - contacts frail elderly individuals, people with disabilities or others who are vulnerable by telephone on a regular basis to ensure their good health and safety
- escort programs - accompanies individuals who have limited mobility, cognitive impairments or other problems to specified local destinations and provide assistance (may include providing transportation)
In Home Assistance
- errand running/shopping assistance - makes short trips to purchase groceries, pick up prescriptions, go to the bank, etc.
- homemaker assistance - assumes responsibility for routine household activities such as menu planning, budgeting, shopping, laundry and general household management including light housekeeping
- in home meal preparation - prepares and serves meals in the home
- personal care - provide assistance with personal hygiene (bathing, grooming and mouth care), clothing care, ambulation, seating, toileting, changing beds, etc.
In Home Respite Care
- adult respite care - provides a brief period of rest or relief for family members, guardians or others who are regular caregivers for dependent adults
- children's respite care - provide a brief period of rest or relief for parents, grandparents, guardians, family members or others who are regular caregivers for dependent children
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