Northumberland Health Services for Seniors
HEALTH SERVICES
Health services such as hospitals, community paramedicine, mental health supports and more.
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Northumberland Hills Hospital Community Mental Health Services
NHH’s community mental health services offer walk in counselling for youths and adults (age 7 and above) on Tuesdays from 8am- 4pm and Thursdays from 10am-6pm. These services don’t require referral from a physician and there are no limits on the number of times an individual can access these services
Location: 1000 DePalma Drive, Cobourg, ON K9A 5W6
Phone: 905-372-6811
Email: info@nhh.ca
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Community Care Northumberland
A Northumberland based organization that offers support for nutrition (i.e., Meals on Wheels), transportation around the County, In-home services, and wellness services – including physical wellness and community events for mental wellness. They also offer a wraparound program that can assist older adults with Housing, Safety, Financial, Spiritual, Health, Family, Social, Recreation, Culture/Values, Mobility & Legal aspects of life and hospice services which involves the operation of Ed’s House.
Phone: 1-866-514-5774
Email: admin@commcare.ca
Brighton
Location: 46 Prince Edward Street – PO Box 561
Brighton, ON – K0K 1H0
Phone: 613-475-4190
Fax: 613-475-3990
Email: brighton@commcare.ca
Campbellford
174 Oliver Road – PO Box 1087
Campbellford, ON – K0L 1L0
Phone: 705-653-1411
Fax: 705-653-0932
Email: campbellford@commcare.ca
Cobourg
1158 Division Street, Unit 2
Cobourg, ON – K9A 5Y5
Phone: 905-372-7356
Fax: 905-372-3898
Email: cobourg@commcare.ca
Colborne
Ontario Health Team Northumberland – Rural Outreach Clinic
34 Victoria Street, Colborne, ON K0K 1S0
Phone: 1-866-514-5774
Email: colborne@commcare.ca
Port Hope
99 Toronto Rd N, Port Hope, ON L1A 3S4
Phone: 905-885-9860
Fax: 905-885-1818
Email: porthope@commcare.ca
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Port Hope Medical Walk-in Clinic
The Port Hope Medical Walk-In Clinic provides professional, responsive same-day health care services. Please note, hours of operation are currently subject to change based on physician availability.
Location: 99 Toronto Road, Port Hope, ON L1A 3S4
Phone: 905-885-0062
Fax: 289-677-9561
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Northumberland Paramedics’ Community Paramedicine
Northumberland Paramedics’ Community Paramedicine programs deliver non-emergency in-home health care directly to residents in need. This 24/7 service offers a phone line, home visits to vulnerable community members and seniors and aims to reduce the demand for emergency services. Home visits are available from 6 a.m. to midnight.
Location: 555 Courthouse Road Cobourg, ON K9A 5J6
Phone: 905-372-3329
Toll Free: 1-800-354-7050
Fax: 905-372-1696
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Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton
Under the umbrella of the Alzheimer’s Societies of Canada & Ontario the Alzheimer’s Society offers supports specific to caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s disease & dementia. While their offices are located in Peterborough they have a number of localized services for Northumberland County residents. From monthly Care Partner Support groups (in-person & virtually), education and webinars on a variety of topics (including basic info, advanced care planning, and at home activities) to support services for individual needs,
Location: 18-360 George St. N, Peterborough, Ontario K9H 7E7
Phone: 705-748-5131
Toll-free: 1-800-561-2588
Fax: 705-748-6174
Email: info@alzheimerjourney.ca
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Northumberland Hills Hospital
The Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) delivers a broad range of acute, post-acute, outpatient and diagnostic services. Located in Coboutg, they have a number of offerings for caregivers including the recent launch of their Essential Care Partner (ECP) Program Pilot Project – which will focus on the unique needs of caregivers supporting patients in the hospital’s Post-Acute Specialty Services (PASS) unit (including Palliative Care and Integrated Stroke) in partnership with the Ontario Health Network of Northumberland and the Ontario Caregiver Association. Other supports include PACE talks which have been hosted as free public education sessions on a broad range of health and wellness topics.
Location: 1000 DePalma Drive, Cobourg, ON K9A 5W6
Phone: 905-372-6811
Email: info@nhh.ca
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Campbellford Memorial Hospital
Campbellford Memorial Hospital (CMH) boasts a number of facilities including a Special Care Unit, Endoscopy Surgical Suite, Diagnostic Imaging Department, Laboratory, a variety of Out-Patient Clinics, and a 24/7 Emergency Department. Situated strategically in the Trent Hills, CMH is able to provide state of the art care to a rural population.
Location: 146 Oliver Road, Campbellford, On K0l 1l0
Email: info@cmh.ca
Phone: 705-653-1140
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Peterborough Regional Health Centre
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) is a regional hospital delivering acute healthcare to a rapidly-growing population of more than 300,000 in Peterborough and the surrounding communities. PRHC offers a number of different healthcare services including a Diabetes Care Clinic, a District Stroke Centre, a Family & Youth Clinic, a Mental Health Inpatient program, Cancer care and much, much more.
Location: 1 Hospital Drive, Peterborough, ON Canada K9J 7C6
Phone: 705-743-2121
Email: info@prhc.on.ca
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CARE CENTRES
Including palliative care, home care and respite care.
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Ed’s House
Ed’s House Hospice offers palliative care aims to address physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and clinical needs of a person with a life-limiting illness. Our hospice services aim to educate patients, families, caregivers, and health service providers about the benefits of a holistic approach to care.
Location: 1301 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 0N3
Toll Free: 1-855-473-8875
Local: 365-400-7580
Fax: 289-252-0676
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Compassionate Heart Homecare
Compassionate Heart Home Care is an affordable solution for seniors throughout Northumberland, who prefer to stay at home where they can have enhanced quality of life without enduring the challenge of interrupted routines and changes in daily habits with a move to a care facility. They offer part-time, full-time, and around the clock services which are designed for people who choose to live independently, but supported in their home. These services may include personal care, companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and help with errands and shopping.
Location: 739 D’arcy Street, Cobourg K9A 0H6.
Email: care@compassionatehearthc.com
Phone: (289)-252-1975
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Senior’s Helpers Northumberland
Senior Helpers Northumberland provides a variety of services to help caregivers of aging seniors to feel less alone. Specializing in care, Senior’s Helpers provide in-home assessments, transitional care, end-of-life support care, respite care, personal care, companion care, disease specific care and much more.
Location: 52 King Street West, Cobourg, ON K9A 2L9
Phone: 289-252-2804
Email: info8932@seniorhelpers.ca
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Inclusive activity programs, community centres, and support programs from community organizations.
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The Cobourg Community Centre (CCC)
The Cobourg Community Centre is a hub for those of all ages, offering public skating, community spaces, and a variety of other events. In particular they offer a Seniors Activity Centre for adults 55+. Located at the CCC, the activity centre has social activities such as a Book Clubs, Card Games, Camera Clubs, Quilting Club, Wood Carving social group and Carpet Bowling. They also offer fitness classes which include chair Zumba, active fit, cardio and core classes among others. That’s not all – they offer a variety of sports activities, and yoga programs and square-dancing and art programs to help enrich lives.
Location: 750 D’Arcy Street,, Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2
Phone: 905-372-4301
Toll Free: 1-888-972-4301
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YMCA Northumberland
The YMCA Northumberland has offerings that include fitness and aquatics classes to help support communities in living a healthy active life. Particularly they aim to be as accessible and inclusive as possible. Their offerings include discounted rates of seniors 55+.
Locations:
• Cobourg: 339 Elgin Street W
• Brighton: 170 Main Street
• Campbellford: 150 Kent Street
Phone: 905-372-0161
Email: info@ymcanrt.org
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The Help & Legal Centre –
Senior’s Support Program
The Help Centre’s Senior Support Program can assist you and those you care for in accessing community services relating to health, wellness and finances to improve your quality of life, and to help you remain self-sufficient. A Senior Support Worker can assist and support you with navigating the social service system, reviewing income and creating a monthly budget, attending medical appointments with you, and advocating with your doctors, completing all kinds of government forms, picking up and delivering documents during tax season, and other important documents, and much more.
Location: 1005 Elgin Street West, Suite 301,
The Fleming Building, Cobourg, ON K9A 5J4
Phone: 905-372-2646
Toll-Free: 1-888-698-3382
Email: Shannon@thehelpcentre.ca
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HELP LINES
Ontario based help lines to support a variety of care related needs.
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211 Ontario
211 is a helpline that easily connects people to the social services, programs and community supports they need. 211 Ontario is one of the best ways to get information about financial assistance and community supports for seniors.
Phone: 2-1-1: (TTY: 855-405-7446)
Email: gethelp@211ontario.ca
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811 Ontario
Ontario’s 811 helpline allows you to connect with a registered nurse day or night for free, secure and confidential health advice. 811 can help you check your symptoms, find a health service or doctor and search the medical library.
Phone: 8-1-1: (TTY: 1-866-979-0007)
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