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How to Care: Provincial Home Care Programs
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Yukon Territories

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

Yukon Territories

Home care/home support services available

Professional services

  • Social work
  • Nursing
  • Occupational therapy
  • Physiotherapy
Home support
  • Personal care
  • Home management
  • Meals
  • Assessment for home adaptation

Respite care for caregivers

Palliative care

Note: The complete range of services is available only in Whitehorse. Outside of Whitehorse, home support is the main component of the program. The availability of social work and nursing support varies, depending on the work demands of the regional professional stationed in each community.

Administrative services

  • Needs assessment
  • Counselling
  • Advocacy
  • Placement
  • Referral services

Basic eligibility criteria

  • Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, of any age, who are permanent resident of the Yukon

Typical clients

  • People recovering from acute illness
  • People with chronic illness, disability, terminal illness
  • Frail and elderly people

For detailed information on the Yukon Home Care Program, services, eligibility requirements and fees, call Local Health Centre Home Care Admin Assistant Wendy Sheppard at (867) 667-5774. Or go online, and click on "Home Care". To find the appropriate contact, go here.

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Northwest Territories

Home care/home support services available

  • Home nursing
  • Personal care
  • Activation for activities of daily living
  • Homemaker service
  • Respite care
  • Palliative care
  • Meals programs
  • Life skills training

Administrative services

  • Needs assessment
  • Case co-ordination
  • Referral to consultation services, such as rehabilitation, nutrition, and physicians

Basic eligibility criteria

  • Permanent residents of the Northwest Territories
  • Valid health care card
  • Care needs that cannot be met by the family
  • Care services provided subject to availability in the community

Typical clients

  • People whose assessed needs can be provided for in the community
  • People whose assessed needs can be best met through home care programs

For detailed information on the program, services, eligibility requirements and fees call (867) 920-3338 or contact

  • The nearest Regional Health Board
  • The nearest Community Service Board

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Nunavut

Contact Edward Malnychuk at Health & Social Services: (867) 975-5708.



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