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Media Advisory
What: The Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) will be announcing its support of three Aging at Home projects to help Ottawa-East seniors age at home. The Saint-Louis Residence’s Day Program provides francophone seniors with physical or cognitive limitations with the opportunity to participate in daily social activities. The Snoezelen room is a therapeutic, multisensory relaxation station located in Saint-Louis Residence where residents can relax in a safe environment. The Eastern Ontario Resource Centre’s Aging at Home van provides seniors with health-related transportation services.
Speakers: Phil McNeely, M.P.P, Ottawa-Orleans, Marie Fortier, President, Champlain LHIN Board of Directors, Josée Belke, Executive Director, Long Term Care, Saint-Louis Residence and Élisabeth Bruyère Residence, Renée Ladouceur-Beauchamp, Executive Director, Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre
Where: Saint-Louis Residence, 879 Hiawatha Drive, Orleans, Ontario, Room C-014 (basement)
When: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
There will be an opportunity to take photos of seniors interacting with program staff and the van will be onsite for viewing.
The Champlain LHIN plans, coordinates and funds health services in Renfrew County, City of Ottawa, Eastern Counties, and North Lanark/North Grenville. The following health sectors are under the responsibility of the Champlain LHIN: Community Support Services; Hospitals; Community Care Access Centre (CCAC or home care); Addictions and Mental Health Agencies; Community Health Centres (CHCs); and Long-term Care Homes.
Bruyère Continuing Care, located in Ottawa, provides complex continuing care, palliative care, rehabilitation, care of the elderly, long-term care, research and family medicine. Bruyère Continuing Care is the champion of well-being for aging Canadians and those requiring continuing care helping them become and remain as healthy and independent as possible through innovative and compassionate care, research, education and advocacy. One of the largest health care centres of its kind in Canada, Bruyère Continuing Care includes: Saint-Vincent Hospital, Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital, Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, Résidence Saint-Louis, Résidence Élisabeth Bruyère, Bruyère Family Medicine Centre, Primrose Family Medicine Centre and Bruyère Foundation.
The Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre is committed to improving the quality of life for all individuals and to building a safe and healthy community. Our Vision is to ensure the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre is an accessible, visible, expanding centre that recognizes diversity and strives for excellence in service delivery. Since 1979, the Centre has been offering a wide range of social and community services which include: counseling for individuals, families, children and youth; crisis intervention; individual and group support to women facing abuse and to children who witness violence; services for older adults, caregivers and persons with disabilities; information, resources and referral workshops and self-help groups; community development initiatives; and other services.
For more information:
Carole Ouellette, Communications Officer
Tel: 613-747-3238, Carole.Ouellette@lhins.on.ca or
Suzanne Charest, Communications Manager, Bruyère Continuing Care
Tel: 613-562-6262, ext. 4020, cell: 613-371-8841, scharest@bruyere.org |