Attendant Outreach Program

 Assistance with personal care and activities of daily living.

 The Attendant Outreach program helps adults with permanent physical disabilities, living in their homes, to have maximum independence.  Independent Living Assistants provide assistance with personal care and a wide range of activities of daily living to eligible individuals in the Timmins area.  Services are designed to meet the individual’s needs at home, work, or in an educational facility. Services are available at different intervals throughout the day. Hours of service extend from 6:00 am to midnight, 365 days a year. Services are provided on a pre-scheduled “block of time” basis with a maximum of 21 hours per week,  up to three (3) visits per day. Individuals must have a contingency plan in place in the event of service disruption.

Services include assistance with:

• Personal hygiene
• Bathing/showering and washing
• Rising and retiring
• Dressing/undressing
• Tracheotomy care (where needs are stable)
• Bowel and bladder routine
• Essential communication
• Positioning and transferring
• Mobility exercising
• Eating
• Meal preparation
• Light house cleaning/home management 

House cleaning service time cannot exceed personal care needs.  A fee for service may apply.