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CANES Home Support ServicesAddress: 135 Queen's Plate Drive, Suite 400, Etobicoke, M9W 6V1Phone: 416-743-3892 Fax: 416-743-7654 Email: canes@canes.on.ca Website: www.canes.on.ca Major Intersection: Rexdale - Hwy 27 Map: LHIN: Central West LHIN Subregion: Predominant Culture: Somali, South Asian |
| Bereavement Counselling | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Population Served: | Seniors, persons with dementia, family members and caregivers who give care to a senior in Etobicoke. |
| Area Served: | Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Counselling is provided by a Social Worker in the client's home. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Case Management | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Population Served: | Seniors, persons with dementia, family members and caregivers who give care to a senior in Etobicoke. |
| Area Served: | Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Assistance to the senior and/or family to address the needs of a person with dementia. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Client Intervention and Assistance | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Population Served: | Seniors, persons with dementia, family members and caregivers who give care to a senior in Etobicoke. |
| Area Served: | Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Counsellor provides individual support, advocacy and resources, assisting with a variety of social and emotional issues, in the client's home. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Crisis Support and Assistance | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Population Served: | Seniors, persons with dementia, family members and caregivers who give care to a senior in Etobicoke. |
| Area Served: | Northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Counsellor will come to the client's home. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Dementia Specific Counselling | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Population Served: | Seniors, persons with dementia, family members and caregivers who give care to a senior in Etobicoke. |
| Area Served: | Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Counsellor will come to the client's home. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Friendly Visiting | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free. |
| Population Served: | Seniors 65 years and over and adults with disabilities. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | A voluteer is matched for social visits in the home, may include short outings. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Group Dining | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | $3.00 to $5.00 for a nutritious hot meal in a social setting. Transportation can be provided to some locations. |
| Population Served: | Seniors who can access the physical building (wheelchair accessible). |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Offered at 3 locations in northern Etobicoke. Minimal supervision available for seniors with dementia, caregivers may attend. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Home Maintenance and Repair | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Fees vary by service. |
| Population Served: | Seniors 65 years and over and adults with disabilities, persons with dementia and their caregivers. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke, some areas of west Toronto. |
| Additional Information: | Services may include snow shoveling, grass cutting, yard work. Handyman available for light repairs around the home. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Homemaking / Home Help | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | From 10.50 to $26.50 per hour. Subsidies may be available to eligible clients. |
| Population Served: | Seniors 65 years and over and adults with disabilities, persons with dementia and caregivers. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Minimum of 2 hours per visit. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Hospital to Home Transition Service | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free |
| Population Served: | Seniors 65 years and over and adults with disabilities. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Home at Last program supports seniors to settle at home when they are discharged from William Osler Health Centre, including Etobicoke General Hospital, Peel Memorial Hospital (until closing in 2007), Brampton Civic Hospital. Services include: transportation home from hospital, accompaniment by PSW from hospital room to home, and required support to help patient and caregiver, as required, to get settled at home, up to 9 pm. On the discharge day. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Personal Care / Personal Support | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | From 10.50 to $26.50 per hour. Subsidies may be available to eligible clients. |
| Population Served: | Seniors 65 years and over and adults with disabilities, persons with dementia and caregivers. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Minimum of 2 hours per visit. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Respite Care at Home | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | $10.50 per hour for the first 6 hours, then up to $26.50 per hour. Subsidies may be available to eligible clients. |
| Population Served: | Seniors 65 years and over and adults with disabilities. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Minimum of 2 hours per visit. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
| Support Groups for Caregivers | |
| definition | |
| Cost: | Free |
| Population Served: | Family caregivers. |
| Area Served: | Central and northern Etobicoke |
| Additional Information: | Caregivers are looking after a family member who may have Alzheimer's disease, a related dementia, stroke, MS or other illness. Group runs from September to June on the third Wednesday of the month. |
| Last Updated: | November 2007 |
Organizations in Toronto offering dementia related programs and services are invited to send us the details so that they can be posted on our website. Just send the completed survey to mcameron@alzheimertoronto.org OR fax: 416-322-6656 For more information on how to be added to the database, or to update your organization's existing records, please contact Margaret Cameron at: mcameron@alzheimertoronto.org or tel: 416-640-6320. |
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