Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES Community Resources & Support Services for Palliative Care Name of Agency Telephone Brief Description of Services Website ALLIANCE/ASSOCIATION/COLLEGE/ FEDERATION/FOUNDATION/SOCIETY American Cancer Society Provides information on all major cancers as well as www.cancer.org information treatment, support services and healthy living Allergy/Asthma Information Association (AAIA) (416) 679-9521 Resources, educational materials, cookbooks, I&R www.aaia.ca (800) 611-7011 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Society of (416) 497-2267 I&R, Education, Support groups, ALS Equipment www.alsont.ca Ontario (aka Lou Gehrig's disease) (800) 267-4257 Program (loan, purchase assistance for new equipment, funding assistance for lease of communication devices) Anaphylaxis Canada (416) 785-5666 Helping people live with deadly allergies www.anaphylaxis.ca Arthritis Society - Peel Region and Dufferin (905) 455-6273 Information &Referral about RA, OA, osteoporosis, gout, www.arthritis.ca County (888) 434-0009 scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, sjogren syndrome, lupus. Arthritis Info Line is (800) 321-1433 Association for the Neurologically Disabled of (416) 244-1992 Provide individualized treatment program to improve both www.and.ca Canada (AND) cognitive and functional levels for people with ABI, ADD, ADHD, autistic spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, stroke, etc. Association quebecoise de la douleur chronique (514) 355-4198 To improve the condition of people suffering from chronic www.douleurchronique.org (AQDC) - Quebec Association for Chronic Pain pain in Quebec Autism Society - Peel Chapter (905) 450-2299 Information and Referral (I&R) on autism www.autismsociety.on.ca Canadian Abilities Foundation (CAF) (416) 923-1885 Directory of over 5000 disability organizations in Canada; www.enablelink.org employment service, disability products, service guide, advocacy, support groups, links, etc. Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (519) 649-5284 www.caccn.ca (866) 477-9077 Canadian Association of Independent Living (613) 563-2581 National organization representing and coordinating the www.cailc.ca Centres (CAILC) network of Independent Living Resource Centres (ILRCs) Canadian Association of Transplantation (CAT) transplantcanada Offer organ and tissue transplantation facts and statistics www.transplant.ca @yahoo.ca and helpful links for health care professionals and the public Canadian Medic Alert Foundation (416) 696-0267 Medic Alert is the leading provider of medical information www.medicalert.ca (800) 668-1507 services that are linked to customized medical bracelets and necklets Canadian Pain Society (905) 668-9545 www.canadianpainsociety.ca Brain Injury Association of Peel & Halton (BIAPH) (905) 823-2221 Community resource for the survivors of brain injury, their www.biaph.com (800) 565-8594 families, advocates and professionals 1 Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES Community Resources & Support Services for Palliative Care Name of Agency Telephone Brief Description of Services Website Canadian Association for Community Care (613) 241-7510 Merger of Home Support Canada and Canadian Long www.cacc-acssc.com (CACC) Term Care Association Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (613) 523-2268 www.caot.ca (800) 434-2268 Canadian Association of Rehabilitation (416) 494-4700 www.carpnational.org Professionals Inc. ext 202 Canadian Blood Services (888) 236-6283 To donate blood www.bloodservices.ca Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (416) 485-9149 To fund cystic fibrosis research and care www.cysticfibrosis.ca (800) 378-2233 Canadian Diabetes Association (416) 363-0177 Diabetes information and supply centre, support groups, www.diabetes.ca (416) 408-7145 public education, volunteering, etc. Canadian Liver Foundation (416) 491-3353 Research & education into the causes, diagnoses, www.liver.ca (800) 563-5483 prevention and treatment of all liver disease Canadian Lung Association (905) 696-0077 Fund respiratory research, promote better mgmt of www.lung.ca (905) 847-1033 asthma, help those with chronic lung disease Canadian Mental Health Association - Peel (416) 521-4006 Access to Recovery Mental Health Case Mgmt www.cmhapeel.ca Canadian Nurses Association (CAN) (613) 237-2133 Nursing in Canada with good link to other resources www.cna-nurses.ca (800) 361-8404 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (613) 241-3663 Has an on-line directory to provide information on the www.chpca.net (800) 668-2785 availability of hospice palliative care services across Canada Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association (CINA) (416) 696-7761 Establish and promote standards of IV therapy which will www.cina.ca enhance patient care and patient safety Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) (613) 526-9397 National advocacy association committed to the health www.cps.ca/english/index.htm needs of children and youth Canadian Prostate Cancer Network (866) 810-2726 Support groups, online resources www.cpcn.org Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) CSS is a professional association of clinicians, scientists, www.css.to technologists to further the advancement and understanding of sleep and its disorder through scientific studay and public awareness Chronic Pain Association of Canada (780) 482-6727 www.chronicpaincanada.com College of Audiologists and Speech-Language (416) 975-5347 www.caslpo.com Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO) (800) 993-9459 College of Chiropodists of Ontario (416) 542-1333 College of Chiropodists and Podiatrists of Ontario www.cocoo.on.ca (877) 232-7653 College of Chiropractors of Ontario (CCO) (416) 922-6355 www.cco.on.ca College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario (CDHO) (416) 961-6234 www.cdho.org (800) 268-2346 2 Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES Community Resources & Support Services for Palliative Care Name of Agency Telephone Brief Description of Services Website College of Dental Technologists of Ontario (416) 438-5003 www.cdto.ca (CDTO) College of Denturists of Ontario (416) 925-6331 www.denturists-cdo.com College of Dieticians of Ontario (CDO) (416) 598-1725 www.cdo.on.ca (800) 668-4990 College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (416) 489-2626 www.cmto.com (CMTO) (800) 465-1933 College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of (416) 861-0934 www.cmlto.com Ontario (CMLTO) (800) 323-9672 College of Medical Radiation Technologists of (416) 975-4353 www.cmrto.org Ontario (CMRTO) (800) 563-5847 College of Midwives of Ontario (CMO) (416) 327-0874 www.cmo.on.ca College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) (416) 928-0900 www.cno.org (800) 387-5526 College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (416) 214-1177 www.coto.org (COTO) (800) 890-6570 College of Opticians of Ontario (416) 368-3616 www.coptont.org (800) 990-9793 College of Optometrists of Ontario (416) 962-4071 www.collegeoptom.on.ca (888) 825-2554 College of Pharmacists of Ontario (416) 962-4861 www.ocpinfo.com (800) 220-1921 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (416) 967-2603 To find a physician and or a specialist www.cpso.on.ca (800) 268-7096 ext 306 College of Physiotherapists of Ontario (416) 591-3828 www.collegept.org (800) 583-5885 College of Psychologists of Ontario (416) 961-8817 www.cpo.on.ca (800) 489-8388 College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario (416) 591-7800 www.crto.on.ca (CRTO) (800) 261-0528 Colon Cancer Alliance Information provided through patient support services, www.ccalliance.org education, research and advocacy Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada (CCAC) (416) 962-2700 Resources, support groups, public education, advocacy www.ccac-accc.ca (877) 413-7970 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada (416) 920-5035 www.ccfc.ca (800) 387-1479 3 Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES Community Resources & Support Services for Palliative Care Name of Agency Telephone Brief Description of Services Website Dietitians of Canada (DC) Formerly the Canadian Dietetic Association. Trusted www.dietitians.ca source of information on food and nutrition for Canadians. Check under Resource Centre section. Down Syndrome Association of Toronto (416) 966-0990 Resource guide, support groups, camp, etc. www.dsat.ca Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (905) 451-0021 To improve people's health by preventing & reducing www.heartandstroke.ca (905) 897-0366 disability and death from heart disease and stroke thru research, health promotion & advocacy Hospice Association of Ontario (416) 304-1477 End-of-Life Information Service (416) 979-9779. Help www.hospice.on.ca (800) 349-3111 callers to find the answers to questions about end-of-life care across Ontario Islamic Society of North America-Canada (905) 403-8406 Full funeral services available to the Muslim Community. www.isnacanada.com Also has Muslim patients visiting services Kidney Foundation of Canada (416) 445-0373 I&R, educational materials, short-term and emergency www.kidneycob.on.ca financial assistance, peer support, dialysis camps fro children and adults Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (613) 238-5721 National voice for persons with disabilities www.ldac-taac.ca Learning Disabilities Association, Mississauga (905) 272-4100 Assist people with learning disabilities www.ldapeel.com Learning Disabilities, Halton County (905) 333-1977 Advocacy, workshop, support, resource library www.ldahalton.ca Learning Disabilities Association, North Peel (905) 791-4100 Assist people with learning disabilities www.ldapeel.com Leukemia Association of Canada provides information and publications about leukemia,