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Below is a list of some of the healthcare services available in Huron-Perth including: primary care, pharmacy, treatment facilities, long-term care, community care nursing, occupational and physical therapy, blood pressure and foot care, to name a few. Talk to your healthcare provider if you feel some of these additional services would be beneficial to you or your care recipient’s health.

Caregivers can be advocates for the person they care for. Here are four questions to consider asking when you interact with healthcare providers:

1. What is the main concern today?
2. What needs to be done next?
3. Why is it important to do this?
4. Who can I contact if I have questions?

If you are feeling overwhelmed in your role as a caregiver, please speak to your healthcare provider right away.

 

A Caregiver's Perspective


My sister depends on me for care. I take her to all of her appointments, and help keep her information straight. I find it difficult to keep track of where I’m going for each appointment, or who to call if we have questions. I began keeping a list of all the providers we were using and questions I had for them as they popped into my head. I found the Healthcare Journey Binder is especially helpful for this. In the Healthcare Provider Section of this binder – I keep ongoing notes in my “recent and upcoming healthcare appointment” pages. When we go to our meetings, we are prepared and have a list of our questions. We can also share information with our provider from visits to other providers. It’s a big load to balance, but using some of these tools and tips can make things go a lot smoother.
 

Tips for Caregivers by Caregivers


•Be honest with yourself and others. Remember you are feeling drained, because you care.

•Focus on the basics first. Is your loved one safe, clean, fed, hydrated, receiving medications and content. Then move on to specialized therapies, entertainment, short and long term planning.

•Your emotional wellness is just as important as your physical wellness.

•Remember every caregiving role is unique and does not come with a manual – be easy on yourself and others as you learn.
 

Click on the links below to find out what healthcare resources are available to assist you in your caregiving role.
  • Ambulances
    Ambulance services provide emergency care and transportation. Land and air ambulances are equipped and staffed to provide medical care during transit. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
  • Cancer Treatment Centres
    Cancer treatment centres provide prevention, screening, diagnostic and treatment services as well as supportive care to patients and their families.
  • Community Health Centres
    Community health centres provide primary care, health promotion, education and illness prevention services using a community development approach. Health care professionals including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, counsellors, ...
  • Complex Continuing Care
    Complex Continuing Care (CCC) provides continuing, medically complex and specialized services to people of all ages, sometimes over extended periods of time. CCC is offered in healthcare centres for people who have long-term illnesses or ...
  • Dental Clinics - Low-Cost Programs
    Dental clinics specialize in the care of teeth and gums including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of their diseases. The organizations listed here provide options for low-cost dental care.
  • Diabetes Education Programs
    Diabetes education programs provide individuals with the tools, skills and confidence needed to properly self-manage their diabetes and enable them to live healthy lives. The diabetes education teams consist primarily of a registered nurse ...
  • Diagnostic Imaging Clinics
    Diagnostic imaging clinics provide a wide range of services such as X-rays, ultrasound, bone mineral densitometry (BMD), mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • Emergency Departments
    Most hospitals provide twenty-four hour emergency diagnostic and treatment services for people who have acute, life-threatening injuries or severe illnesses. Call 911 if you are having a medical emergency.
  • Family Health Teams
    Family health teams are teams of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and other health care providers who work together to provide team-based primary care in their communities.
  • Family Medical Centres
    Family medical centres are group-based practices of medical doctors providing comprehensive primary health care and after-hours services to their enrolled/assigned patients.
  • Flu Shots (Influenza Vaccines)
    During flu season, these services provide the flu vaccine, the best defense against influenza, a disease caused by a virus infecting a person's respiratory system (nose, throat, and lungs).
  • Foot Care - Clinics
    Foot care services provide non-invasive treatments and general skin care advice. These services may also offer in-depth review of a patient's foot care needs, and help address foot-related symptoms.
  • Health Care Facilities for Children and Youth
    The health care treatment facilities listed here have a special interest in the health care needs of children and youth.
  • Health Centres and Programs for Indigenous Peoples
    Community-led health programs and services for First Nations, Inuit, or Métis communities in Ontario.
  • Hospital Family Accommodations
    Temporary accommodations available to patients, and their families, who live a significant distance from a treatment centre or hospital.
  • Hospitals
    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.
  • Immunization Clinics
    Services that provide information, or offer vaccinations to protect people against many serious or life-threatening diseases, such as measles, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, meningitis, influenza, typhoid, and cervical cancer.
  • Long-Term Care Homes
    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 ...
  • Long-Term Care Homes - Short Stay Beds
    Long-term care homes offering short stay beds for temporary care convalescent or respite (caregiver relief) care.
  • Medical Doctors (Physicians and Surgeons)
    Medical doctors assess the physical or mental condition of an individual and diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases, disorders, or dysfunctions.
  • Medical Laboratories
    Laboratories that take and collect samples for analysis to get information about the health of a person to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. A requisition from a health care professional is required.
  • Mental Health Hospital Programs
    Hospital programs provide support and treatment for individuals of all ages who have acute or chronic mental or emotional disturbances. Services may be provided on an inpatient or outpatient basis.
  • Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics
    Community clinics that provide primary health care where nurse practitioners work collaboratively with an inter-professional team, including a consulting physician, to provide comprehensive, accessible, and coordinated health care services.
  • Occupational Health Clinics
    Occupational health clinics provide medical services for workers who may have work-related health problems. They focus on the prevention of occupational illnesses and injuries, and promote a worker’s physical, mental and social well-being. ...
  • Ontario Breast Screening Programs
    Provincial program that screens for the early detection of breast cancer in women 40 years and older.
  • Ontario Health atHome
    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 ...
  • Pharmacies
    Pharmacies provide drug prescription services, as well as medication checks and guidance. Some also provide vaccinations and immunizations, and non-prescription healthcare services.
  • Physiotherapy Clinics - Publicly Funded
    Government-funded clinic-based services where physiotherapists help people recover from illness, surgery, or injury.
  • Public Health Promotion
    Programs that inform, educate, and promote healthy child development, families, aging, lifestyles, and communities.
  • Public Health Units
    Municipal health agencies that offer a wide range of healthy living programs, clinics, and services, and disease prevention information to all members of the community.
  • Rehabilitative Care - Hospital-Based Outpatient Therapy
    Therapy-based rehabilitation services provided by regulated health professionals who work for a hospital. Therapies and services are provided on an outpatient basis, and may include occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech language ...
  • Rehabilitative Care - Private Pay Clinics
    Rehabilitation services provided at a clinic can include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, case management and vocational or other evaluations. Many extended health care benefit plans cover physiotherapy and ...
  • Retirement 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.
  • Screening Programs
    Screening programs attempt to detect disease by examining people before they show symptoms.
  • Sexual Health Clinics
    Free and confidential clinical services which include sexual health testing, counselling, and treatment.
  • Sports Medicine Clinics
    Sport and exercise medicine physicians have specialized training to diagnose, treat, and help prevent activity-related injuries and conditions.
  • Walk-In Medical Clinics
    Medical clinics for walk-in or same-day non-urgent care, often without an appointment. Doctors and nurses at these clinics can assess and treat minor illnesses and injuries.
  • Women's Health Care Centres
    General health care for medical conditions typically seen in women. Services may include related self-management programs.