P.O.I.N.T. Inc. (People and Organizations in North Toronto)

Office phone: 416-440-3330
Fax: 416-440-3331
E-mail:
Web site: www.cancer.ca
Address: 20 Holly St, Ste 200, Toronto, ON, M4S 3B1
Location: (Intersection) Toronto North (Yonge St-Eglinton Ave E)
Ward: St Paul's (Ward 22)
Officers: Kathy Fairbarns, Interim Regional Director
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5
Languages of service: English
How to apply: Self referral
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms on first and third floors
Service description: Cancer Information Service 1-888-939-3333, Monday-Friday 9-6

• Peer Support 1-800-263-6750 -- group, face to face, and telephone peer support, including program for mastectomy and lumpectomy patients
• matches people with cancer and their caregivers with trained volunteers who have had similar experiences
• volunteer transportation to and from treatment centres may be available
• information pamphlets, videos, displays, speakers, seminars
• Smoker's Helpline 1-877-513-5333, Monday-Thursday 9 am-9 pm, Friday 9-5 -- information, advice and support
• Man to Man -- prostate cancer peer support group
• Side by Side 416-932-8820 -- women's group

Organization type: Non Profit, Registered Charity
Subjects Cancer; Family support; Information and referral; Smoking; Transportation
Other Services See List
Record ID MET0158
Last complete update 2007-12-10
Last modification date 2008-04-01

respiteservices.com
Office phone: 416-322-6317
Fax: 416-481-1512
E-mail:
Web site: www.respiteservices.com
Address: 112 Merton St, Toronto, ON, M4S 2Z8
Location: (Intersection) Toronto North (Yonge St-Davisville Ave)
Ward: St Paul's (Ward 22)
Officers:
Lorna Powers, Supervisor,
Kristen Tanner, Administrative Coordinator,
Area served: Network -- Ontario - CHAP Program -- Greater Toronto Area
Languages of service: English
How to apply: Call or visit web site
Fees: None
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms
Service description: Coordinates network of agencies interested in building a more comprehensive, accessible system of respite care for persons with developmental disabilities

• Access Facilitators -- work directly with families of individuals with physical disabilities, developmental disabilities or autism to connect them with respite opportunities

• CHAP (Community Helpers for Active Participation) Program -- connects individuals with physical disabilities, developmental disabilities or autism with support workers through a family registry and worker database
• information on community respite services
• workshops

Organization type: Non Profit
Subjects Coordinating organizations; Developmental disabilities; Disabilities; Information and referral; Internet information services; Registries; Respite care
Record ID MET4892
Last complete update 2007-10-10
Last modification date 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-480-4440
Fax: 416-480-4496
Web site: www.wellspring.ca
Address: 2075 Bayview Ave, T-Wing, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5
Location: (Intersection) North York Central (Bayview Ave-Lawrence Ave E)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 25)
Contacts: Dawn Wasylow, Facility Manager
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm - peer support -- Monday - Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm - also evening programs
Languages of service: English, access to interpreters for other languages
Eligibility: Cancer patients and their families
How to apply: Call or drop in
Fees: None
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms
Service description: Same services as main location

• see main record for Wellspring for details

Organization type: Non Profit, Registered Charity
Subjects: Alternative therapy; Art therapy; Cancer; Caregiver support; Children; Family support; Music therapy; Special libraries; Youth Other Services See List
Record ID: MET4607
Last complete update: 2007-07-20
Last modification date: 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-480-4440
Fax: 416-480-4496
Web site: www.wellspring.ca
Address: 2075 Bayview Ave, T-Wing, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5
Location: (Intersection) North York Central (Bayview Ave-Lawrence Ave E)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 25)
Contacts: Dawn Wasylow, Facility Manager
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm - peer support -- Monday - Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm - also evening programs
Languages of service: English, access to interpreters for other languages
Eligibility: Cancer patients and their families
How to apply: Call or drop in
Fees: None
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms
Service description: Same services as main location

• see main record for Wellspring for details

Organization type: Non Profit, Registered Charity
Subjects: Alternative therapy; Art therapy; Cancer; Caregiver support; Children; Family support; Music therapy; Special libraries; Youth Other Services See List
Record ID: MET4607
Last complete update: 2007-07-20
Last modification date: 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-480-6026
Fax: 416-480-6068
E-mail:
Web site: www.rgp.toronto.on.ca
Address: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, H478, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5
Location: (Intersection) North York Central (Bayview Ave-Lawrence Ave E)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 25)
Officers: Dr Barbara Liu, Executive Director
Contacts:
Marlene Awad, Director, Administration and Information Management,
Joanne Ardern, Coordinator, Administration and System Implementation
Area served: Greater Toronto Area and surrounding region
Languages of service: English, interpreters may be available
Eligibility: Elderly persons, living in community or institutions, with complex and multiple health and social problems
How to apply: Call for connection with appropriate local geriatric service
Service description: Coordinated hospital-based services

• may be delivered in a variety of settings
• assistance with remaining in or returning to the community when possible
• outreach assessment visits by interdisciplinary team to home or institution
• short term treatment and rehabilitation at geriatric clinics, day hospitals, psychogeriatric and Alzheimer clinics, inpatient acute geriatric units, inpatient geriatric rehabilitation units
• geriatric emergency management
• inpatient consultation teams
• information and guidance for families and caregivers
• consultation for professional staff in hospitals and long term care facilities

Service delivery through 27 participating organizations in the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding region
Organization type: Non Profit
Subjects: Alzheimer disease; Caregiver support; Coordinating organizations; Family support; Geriatric care; Health assessments; Home health care; Physical rehabilitation; Psychogeriatric care; Strokes
Record ID: MET2155
Last complete update: 2007-10-30
Last modification date: 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-686-3390 ext 334
E-mail:
Web site: www.eyetfrp.ca
Address: Jenner Jean Marie Community Centre, 48 Thorncliffe Park Dr, Toronto, ON, M4H 1J7 Mail Address 947 Queen St E, Toronto, ON, M4M 1J9
Location: (Intersection) East York (Thorncliffe Park Dr-Overlea Blvd)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 26)
Officers: Hawa Ashna, Coordinator
Hours: Tue 1-3:15
Area served: East York
Languages of service: Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu, occasional Chinese (Mandarin) - interpreters arranged for other languages
Eligibility: Pregnant women

• new parents
• caregivers

How to apply: Drop in or call
Fees: None
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms
Service description: Family resource centre

• prenatal and postnatal support
• information on nutrition, family health, infant development, and community resources
• parent and caregiver support groups
• guest speakers

Organization type: Non Profit, Registered Charity
Subjects: Nutrition; Parenting support; Postnatal care; Prenatal care; Special libraries
Other Services: See List
Record ID: MET5364
Last complete update: 2006-10-12
Last modification date: 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-423-3559, 416-701-4646 French
Fax: 416-217-1168
Web site: www.toronto.ccac-ont.ca
Address: 1 Leaside Park Dr, Unit 1, Toronto, ON, M4H 1R1
Location: (Intersection) East York (Overlea Blvd-Millwood Rd)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 26)
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 8:00pm, Saturday - Sunday 8:30am - 6:00pm, on call 24 hours
Area served: East York
Languages of service: English, other languages may be available
Eligibility: Varies according to service - must have Ontario Health Insurance

• In-home health and social services -- need for professional or support services in the community (home or school) that cannot be met on an outpatient basis
• those needing service may include adults and children with any illness, seniors, persons with physical, psychiatric or developmental disabilities

• Placement in long term care homes -- adults 18 years and over with disabilities, who require placement in long term care homes
• must meet one or more of the following conditions -- need assistance with tasks of daily living, or monitoring of medication, or availability of on site nursing, or must be at risk of being abused or abusing others, and community services are no longer sufficient

How to apply: Call above number for information - home visit may be necessary to complete assessment Placement in long term care homes -- eligible applicants will be placed on waiting list of one to three homes in Ontario chosen by the applicant

• applicants will not be placed without their consent
• applicants may select individual facilities, but may not apply to them directly

Fees: Free with Ontario Health Insurance
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms
Service description: Same services as main location

• see main record for Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
  Organization type: Non Profit, Registered Charity
  Subjects: Alzheimer disease; Case management; Children; Disabilities; Head injuries; Health assessments; Home health care; Home support; Homemaking; Information and referral; Long term care facilities; Mental health; Nursing care; Nutrition; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Seniors; Speech disorders; Vacation care
  Other Services: See List
  Record ID: MET3926
  Last complete update: 2007-10-02
  Last modification date: 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-597-3422 ext 5200 ; 416-59-REHAB ext 5200
Fax: 416-425-0301
Web site: www.torontorehab.com
Address: 347 Rumsey Rd, Toronto, ON, M4G 1R7
Location: (Intersection) North York East (Bayview Ave-Eglinton Ave E)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 26)
Officers: Nathalie Beaulieu, Operations Director
Hours: Monday - Friday 9-6
Languages of service: English
Eligibility: Diagnosis of myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty, coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, heart transplantation or valvular heart disease
How to apply: Medical referral only
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms - metered parking in front of building
Service description: Integrated approach to rehabilitation including physical assessment, exercise training, patient education and risk factor interventions

• 12 month outpatient program

Organization type: Non Profit ; Registered Charity
Subjects: Heart diseases; Physical rehabilitation; Rehabilitation hospitals
Other Services: See List
Record ID: MET4754
Last complete update: 2007-09-05
Last modification date: 2008-03-31

Office phone: 416-421-6719
Fax: 416-425-1971
E-mail:
Web site: www.suomikoti.ca
Address: 795 Eglinton Ave E, 7th Fl, Toronto, ON, M4G 4E4
Location: (Intersection) East York (Laird Dr-Eglinton Ave E)
Ward: Don Valley West (Ward 26)
Contacts: Leila Carnegie, Administrator/Director of Care, 416-421-6719 ext 228
Hours: Office -- Monday - Friday 9-5 - nursing home -- Mon-Sun 24 hours
Area served: Greater Toronto Area
Languages of service: English ; Estonian ; Finnish
Eligibility: Adults 55 years and over who require assistance with daily living and 24 hour care
How to apply: Apply through your local Community Care Access Centre -- see separate entries
Fees: Standard fees - subsidies may be available
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms - street parking close to entrance - designated parking close to entrance in rear parking lot
Service description: Suomi-Koti Toronto -- long term care facility

• private, semiprivate, ward accommodation
• designated care facility with priority to Finnish community
• doctor on call, nurses on duty
• capacity 34
• short term private respite care
• social and recreation programs
  Organization type: Non Profit ; Registered Charity
  Subjects: Finnish community; Long term care facilities; Vacation care
  Other Services: See List
  Record ID: MET4766
  Last complete update: 2008-04-11
  Last modification date: 2008-04-11

Office phone: 416-227-9700
Toll-free phone: 1-800-565-3000
Fax: 416-227-9600
Email:
Web site: www.parkinson.ca
Address: 4211 Yonge St, Ste 316, Toronto, ON, M2P 2A9
Location (Intersection): North York Central (Yonge St-Hwy 401)
Contacts: Melissa Adamson, Manager, Operations and Administration, 416-227-9700 ext 3383
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5
Area served: Canada
Languages of service: English ; French
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms - entrance close to parking
Service description: Information

• public awareness
• exercise and support groups for Parkinson patients and their partners
• discussion group for partners
• special events
• advocacy
• location also houses Central and Northern Ontario office
• call for local chapter services
• regional conferences
• online newsletter

Organization type: Non Profit ; Registered Charity Last complete update 2007-01-29