Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle

Site: Rama

Service: Indigenous Independent Living Care / Homemaking

Record #: BAR1847
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2024
Last Full Update: 28 Jul 2023

Location, Telephone & Internet

E-Mail iilc@banac.on.ca
Website https://banac.on.ca/aging-well-senior-supports/
Located In Community Chippewas of Rama First Nation
Address 6036 Rama Rd 
Unit 3 
Chippewas Of Rama First Nation, ON 
Canada L3V 6H6
Intersection Rama Rd and Child Rd

Contact Information

Primary Contact Alex King, Indigenous Independent Living Care Worker; Phone: 705-818-3080

Description & Services

Description (Service) Provides culturally sensitive homemaking and assisted living care services to older adults living in their homes in Midland, Wasaga Beach, and Collingwood, services include:
  • light housekeeping
  • laundry
  • sweeping/mopping and dusting
  • personal hygiene care
  • medication support
  • meal preparation
Program is a partnership between March of Dimes Canada and Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle.
Hours Hours vary
Areas Served Collingwood ; Midland ; Wasaga Beach
Eligibility
  • Individuals must self-identify as First Nation, Metis or Inuit
  • Individual must be 55 yrs or older
  • income must be less than $20,000
  • Individual resides within Midland, Wasaga Beach or Collingwood (North Simcoe and South Georgian Bay)
Application
  • Call the Indigenous Independent Living Care worker (IILC) at 705-818-3080 or contact by email at iilc@banac.on.ca. IILC worker will meet with the individual to fill out intake and assessment forms and will identify needs and develop a plan of care
  • referral form can be filed out through self-referral, partnering agency, community organization or from a family physician
  • form can then be directly submitted to the IILC worker to confirm the eligibility
Languages English
Fees None

Other Details

Physical Access Fully Accessible

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