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COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES

COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES. Peel Site. COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES Peel Site. Community Support Services. In Mississauga we offer 4 different Programs: 1. Volunteer Visiting 2. Congregate Dining

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES

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  1. COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES Peel Site

  2. COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES Peel Site

  3. Community Support Services In Mississauga we offer 4 different Programs: 1. Volunteer Visiting 2. Congregate Dining 3. Transportation – provided for Congregate Dining, Red Cross overflow and Westminster Shopping Bus. 4. Supports for Daily Living (SDL)

  4. Who are our Clients? • Seniors 65+ • Adults living with physical disabilities • Socially Isolated and/or Homebound

  5. Where do CSS referrals come from? • CCAC • Central Registry • Clients • Friends, and family! • Doctors • OT/PT • Social Workers

  6. VOLUNTEER VISITING • Volunteer Visitors provide companionship to socially isolated seniors and adults living with a disability or seniors who live with chronic mental illness who live in the community . • Some activities our volunteers do with their clients: Have a coffee, go for a walk, go shopping, read, or just talk. • Volunteers spend approximately 2 hours per week with their client • Volunteers help connect clients to the community and the resources available to them Peel CSS • Page 6 • www.von.ca

  7. Here are some of our volunteers and clients:

  8. Congregate Dining • Nutritional lunch program for seniors in Mississauga which encourages socialization in a group setting • We serve 7 lunches, 4 days per week • The locations that we serve are: • Turtle Creek • Heritage Glen • Westminster Place • South Common • Caroline Street • Volunteers assist with the service delivery by setting tables, serving the meal, clearing dishes and by socializing with the clients.

  9. Here are some clients enjoying their lunch:

  10. Transportation • We currently provide transportation to and from the Congregate Dining program • We are partnered with Red Cross to provide rides for their overflow clients • We have volunteers that provide transportation for the Congregate Dining program as well as for Volunteer Visiting • We have a shopping bus program at Westminster Court that drives clients to and from the grocery store

  11. Shopping Bus Program at Westminster Court

  12. SUPPORTS FOR DAILY LIVING (SDL) • Service maximum of 1.5 hours per day • Intermittent visits • Personal Support Services—washing, bathing, mouth care, hair care and application of non-medicated creams. Light meal assistance, toileting, medication reminders • Homemaking Services—Light housekeeping

  13. VOLUNTEER RETENTION • Specialized training (Mental Health, Dementia, Parkinson, CNIB, MS) • Social Activities (Summer BBQ, Potlucks, Pole walking, Christmas Party) • Annual Volunteer Appreciation • Workshop Certificates

  14. Christmas Potluck 2013

  15. Special Visitor for the Volunteers!

  16. Volunteer Appreciation

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