Mackenzie Health Stroke Community Resources 1 DRAFT COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE Table of Contents DISTRICT STROKE CENTRE ......................................................................................... 3 STROKE PREVENTION CLINIC .................................................................................... 3 CARDIOVASCULAR REHABILITATION CENTRES .................................................. 5 GENERAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................. 7 STROKE SURVIVOR GROUPS ....................................................................................... 9 CENTRAL COMMUNITY CARE ACCESS CENTRE (CCAC) ................................... 11 APHASIA (SPEECH AND LANGUAGE) RESOURCES .............................................. 13 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ..................................................................................... 13 PATIENT SELF MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ........................................................... 15 IN-HOME NURSING CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES ........................................... 16 HOMEMAKING SERVICES .......................................................................................... 17 EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL ............................................................................ 17 RESPITE CARE SERVICES/FRIENDLY VISITING PROGRAMS ............................. 19 TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................................... 19 VEHICLE MODIFICATION ........................................................................................... 20 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS ................................ 21 FOOD SOURCES SERVICES ......................................................................................... 21 EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES ....................................................................................... 21 GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO RESOURCES ............................................................. 22 CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STROKE ............................................................ 23 DIABETES ....................................................................................................................... 23 HYPERTENSION ............................................................................................................ 25 SMOKING CESSATION ................................................................................................. 26 HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION ........................................................................ 27 APPENDIX A .................................................................................................................. 29 There may be fees associated with the services listed in this guide. Please contact the individual service providers for more information Mackenzie Health Stroke Community Resources 2 DRAFT STROKE SERVICES DISTRICT STROKE STROKE CENTRE PREVENTION CLINIC The Stroke Prevention Clinic is an Mackenzie Health, formerly York outpatient clinic for people who have Central Hospital received designation experienced signs and symptoms of a as a District Stroke Centre in 2005. We recent stroke or transient ischemic attack participate in ongoing education and (TIA). The goals of the clinic are: training in stroke care, providing coordinated stroke services for York To provide early assessments and Region. We work with providers across appropriate interventions the health care continuum. We receive leadership, support, and education from To provide rapid access to our Regional Stroke Centre, Royal diagnostic tests Victoria Hospital in Barrie. To provide education to patients For more information, please contact and family members about risk Judy Murray, District Stroke factor management and stroke Coordinator: prevention Telephone: (905) 883-1212 ext. 3882 Open to all patients in Richmond Hill 10 Trench St. Richmond Hill, ON Telephone: (905) 883-1212 ext. 7721 Fax: (905) 883-2065 Note: A referral from a Physician is required. Mackenzie Health Stroke Community Resources 3 DRAFT STROKE SERVICES (cont.) Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Heart and Stroke Foundation of Services– Mackenzie Health Ontario The Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Contact either office to request a brief Services promotes overall cardiovascular health presentation or to get a copy of wellness. An exercise program will be heart disease and stroke brochures and tailored for each individual. Individual support literature. For more information and group counseling sessions are also and e-tools to support personal risk available to provide nutrition and prevention and healthy lifestyle changes, medication counseling. Those interested please visit www.heartandstroke.ca must be referred by a family physician, cardiologist, internist, or neurologist. York South Office: Supporting Markham Richmond Upper Thornhill Centre Hill, Thornhill, Vaughan 955 Major Mackenzie Drive 9251 Yonge Street, Suite 204 Vaughan, ON, L6A 4P9 Richmond Hill, ON, L4C 9T3 Telephone: (905) 832-8070 ext. 2232 Telephone: (905) 709-4899 Fax: (905) 709-0883 Carefirst Community Cardiovascular Prevention and York North Office: Supporting Aurora, Newmarket, Rehabilitation Program King, Whitchurh-Stouffville, East Carefirst offers a six (6) month program Gwillimbury, Georgina, and to inspire, educate, monitor, and support Bradford the client to do appropriate endurance, 17665 Leslie Street, Unit 29 strength, and flexibility exercises. This Newmarket, ON, L3Y 3E3 will help clients meet the Canadian Telephone: (905) 853-6355 Guidelines for Healthy Eating by Fax: (905) 853-7961 undertaking behavioral modification and help establish a regular healthy Stroke Recovery Canada - behavioral habit. Classes are conducted in English and March of Dimes Chinese. 10 Overlea Boulevard Toronto, ON, M4H 1A4 Bayview Hill Community Centre Toll Free: 1-800-263-3463 114 Spadina Road Fax: (416) 425-1920 Richmond Hill, ON Email: [email protected] Telephone: (416) 502-2323 ext. 6308 www.strokerecoverycanada.com Warmline: 1-888-540-6666 (Confidential support line) Mackenzie Health Stroke Community Resources 4 DRAFT STROKE SERVICES (cont.) CARDIOVASCULAR REHABILITATION CENTRES Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Community Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Rehabilitation Program Management Toronto Track & Field Centre: York Mackenzie Health University Upper Thornhill Centre 4700 Keele St. 955 Major Mackenzie Dr. 231 Ian MacDonald Blvd. Thornhill, ON, L6A 4P9 Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3 Telephone: (905) 832-8070 ext. 2232 Telephone: (416) 597-3422 x5200 Fax (905) 832-0720 Fax: (416) 425-0131 Cardiovascular Chronic Disease Community Cardiovascular Prevention and Management Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Program Southlake Regional Health Centre Carefirst The Tannery Mall Bayview Hills Community Centre 465 Davis Dr. Suite 404 114 Spadina Rd. Newmarket, ON, L3R 2P1 Richmond Hill, L4B 2Y9 Telephone: (905) 895-4521 x2806 Telephone: (905) 695-1135 Fax: (905) 830-5980 Fax: (905) 695-0826 TIA- Specific Class Lifestyle, Education and MAGNA Centre Exercise Program (LEEP) 800 Mulock Dr. Markham Stouffville Hospital Newmarket, ON L3Y 9C1 381 Church Street Markham, ON, L3R 7P3 Cardiovascular Wellness and Telephone: (905) 472-7379 Prevention Program Fax: (905) 472-7135 Stevenson Memorial Hospital 200 Fletcher Crescent Rehabilitation Alliston, ON North York General – Branson Site Telephone: (705) 434-5117 555 Finch Avenue West Fax: (705) 434-5118 Toronto, ON, M2R 1N5 Telephone: (416) 756-6307 Fax: (416)756-6385 Mackenzie Health Stroke Community Resources 5 DRAFT STROKE SERVICES (cont.) Cardiac Rehabilitation Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Headwaters Health Care Centre and Secondary Prevention 100 Rolling Hills Dr. Program Orangeville, L9W 4X9 Toronto Rehab Institute Telephone: (519) 941-2702 x2220 347 Rumsey Rd. Toronto, ON, M4G 1R7 Cardiac Prevention and Telephone: (416) 597-3422 x5200 Rehabilitation Services Fax: (416) 425-0130 Rouge Valley Health System 2867 Ellesmere Rd. Cardiac Wellness and Scarborough, ON Rehabilitation Centre Telephone: (416) 281-7400 x4 Trillium Health Centre – West Toronto Fax: (416) 281-7280 Site 150 Sherway Dr. Cardiac Rehabilitation Toronto, ON, M9C 1A5 William Osler Health Centre – Telephone: (416) 259-7580 x5998 Brampton Civic Hospital Fax: (416) 521-4073 2100 Bovaird Dr. East Brampton, ON, L6R 3J7 Telephone: (905) 494-6479 Fax: (905) 494-6473 Mackenzie Health Stroke Community Resources 6 DRAFT STROKE SERVICES (cont.) GENERAL RESOURCES Heart and Stroke Foundation 211Ontario Let’s Talk About Stroke This is a province-wide directory and http://www.heartandstroke.com/atf/cf/% referral service for community and 7B99452d8b-e7f1-4bd6-a57d- social services for community and social b136ce6c95bf%7D/LETSTALKABOUT services in Ontario. Their phone service STROKE_LR.PDF is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and is available in more than 150 Tips and Tools for Everyday languages. They can be reached by Living: telephone – just dial 2-1-1 A Guide for Stroke Caregivers is a www.211ontario.ca resource published by the Heart and Stroke Foundation that provides Central East Stroke Network practical knowledge and skills for family caregivers and health care providers. The Central East Stroke Network is one http://www.heartandstroke.on.ca/site/c.p (1) of the eleven (11) regional stroke vI3IeNWJwE/b.6194819/k.FEB1/Tips_a systems in Ontario. It is divided into nd_Tools__2010.htm five (5) Districts: Muskoka, Simcoe,