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Caregiver Support
Caregiver Support
- Bereavement programs provide emotional support, problem-solving assistance, information, and guidance for people who have recently lost a loved one. Included are counselling programs and mutual support groups for widows and widowers, children who ...
- A caregiver is someone who looks after a sick, frail or disabled relative, friend or neighbour. Supportive programs are available to help caregivers cope with their responsibilities and may include self-help, informal counselling, recreation and ...
- Services that provide caregivers with temporary rest options such as adult day programs or substitute living arrangements in a supported environment for adults with disabilities.
- Caregiver support services that provide a break or temporary relief, such as short-stay residential, day programs, as well as in-home supports.
Drugs and Equipment
Drugs and Equipment
- Drug benefit programs that assist Ontario residents with the cost of prescription drugs.
Education
Education
- Pain and symptom management are an essential component in the delivery of hospice palliative care. The Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Program provides health care providers with access to consultation, education, mentorship, and ...
Facility-Based Care
Facility-Based Care
- Adult day programs (ADP) provide part-day supervised activities in a group setting for dependent adults, such as the frail elderly, people with Alzheimers disease, or people with disabilities. Services may include leisure activities, meals, and ...
- Palliative care that is provided in a supportive, home-like environment for people with a life-limiting illness. These services, which are delivered in the last months of life, focus on symptom and pain management and are provided on a daily 24-hour ...
- Hospitals provide a variety of inpatient and outpatient programs and services. Many provide learning opportunities for health science students and participate in the conduct of health and medical research.
- In-patient palliative care provides a full range of services for people who are in the final stages of their illnesses, as well as their families and/or caregivers. Services may include medical care, pain and symptom management, consultation, ...
- Long-term care homes are subsidized facilities providing nursing and personal care to individuals who are no longer able to live independently. Many long-term care homes also offer short term respite care. Long-term care homes are also known as Homes ...
- Retirement homes (or retirement residences) offer rental units for seniors, ranging from independent living with little or no outside help to more complex care.
Planning Ahead
Planning Ahead
- Advance care planning is a process that guides a person to talk about their wishes, values, and beliefs that would inform future decisions when a person is unable to make or communicate their own healthcare choices.
- A person's ability to make choices can be challenging at times. Government agencies and organizations provide a structure for ensuring informed consent, determining capacity and substitute decision making, as well as upholding people's rights during ...
- Programs that provide people in financial need with basic income support and temporary assistance for urgent and unexpected financial events.
- Services to help plan and arrange for a funeral, including the memorial service, and type of burial.
- Des programmes d'aide pour la réalisation de rêves qui apportent du bonheur à des personnes ayant une maladie grave ou des blessures ayant un impact profond sur leur vie. Il peut s'agir de réaliser des rêves ou d'offrir des programmes de soutien dans ...
Support in Your Home
Support in Your Home
- Home maintenance services help people live independently in their own homes by assisting with home repairs.
- In-home hospice palliative care supports for individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families and caregivers. These services focus on relieving suffering and the enhancement of the quality of life for persons who are living with, or dying ...
- Nursing services provided in the client's home. Therapy, personal support, and home support may also be offered.
- Services that assist people at home with their daily care, mobility, routine activities of daily living, and provide respite care.
- Services or programs that prepare and provide regular delivery of meals to older adults or people with disabilities or other medical conditions.
- Health care services offered at home, at school, and in the community, as well as access to supported living programs and long-term care, are coordinated by Ontario Health atHome to ensure people of all ages can make informed choices about their ...
- Rehabilitation services provided in the patient's home or other non-clinical locations. Services can include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, case management, and vocational or other evaluations. Publicly funded in-home ...
- Therapy-based rehabilitation services provided in the patient's home or other non-clinical locations. Services can include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, case management, and vocational or other evaluations.
- Wheelchair accessible transportation is available through public transportation services, community organizations and private companies.