Red Pine Lodge

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Elders Road
Telephone: 705-356-5578
Fax: 705-356-5622
Tanya Bates, Long Term Care Manager
Email: tanya@mississaugi.com

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The Mississauga First Nation Home and Community Care Program provides caregiver services to First Nation Community Members who are elderly, disabled or terminally ill and who cannot manage without the confidential and caring support of the Home and Community Care Workers.  The goal of the Home and Community Program is to keep our clients safely in their own homes for as long as possible.


Services Provided:

• Adult Day Services
• Meals on Wheels Mondays and Fridays at a fee of $20/month
• Home Help/Homemaking
• Personal Support Services
• Occupational and Physiotherapy Services
• Maintenance Services

Eligibility Requirement:
All applicants need to be assessed by the Long Term Care Nurse Case Manager and/or the Occupational/Physiotherapist

• Over the age of 50 with an assessed need
• Needs are identified through means testing
• Elderly person in need of support services
• Adults with physical and/or mental disabilities
• Community members of any age who require support services at home for a short period while recovering from hospital

What the program does not do:

• 24hr Care
• Child Care
• Maid Service
• Administer prescribed medication
• Scrub floors on hands and knees
• Personal Banking
• Major Home Renovations
• Provides services when client is not home
• Provide services without an assessed need

Services are client based, not household based