Whitefish Bay (Naotkamegwanning)
Health Services
- Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
- Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals
- Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
- Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
- Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting chiropodist
- Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
Addresses individual health care needs by providing:
- Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
- Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
- Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
- Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
- Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
- Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments
Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
- Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
- Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
- Reduces the need to travel to receive care
Aboriginal Head Start Program
- Offers a comprehensive holistic program for Aboriginal children and their families living on-reserve to prepare young children for school
- Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
- Offers activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast/lunch/snacks and circle time
- Participates in community events and special celebrations
Offers daily programs focused on:
- Education
- Health and nutrition
- Native culture and language
- Parental and family involvement
- Social support
Aboriginal Healthy Babies/Healthy Children
- Delivers a parenting support program and promotes healthy child development
- Provides group information and educational sessions on topics about healthy pregnancy, birth and taking care of baby at home
- Provides information on the stages of pregnancy
- Offers parents handbook of pregnancy and baby care (Baby's Best Chance)
Program participants are provided with:
- Follow up via telephone within 48 hours of discharge from hospital
- Home visits pre birth to prepare family for new arrival
- Home visits post birth to offer support to new mothers
- Milk coupon program
- Home visits during child's early years to offer development guidance
- Referrals to other programs and services
Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
Provides supports and services to help families improve maternal and infant nutritional health.
Focuses on the following 3 areas:
- Maternal Nourishment that may include:
- Baby food making and nutritional cooking sessions
- Healthy snacks and meal information
- Milk and food vouchers as well as vitamin supplements
- Nutrition Screening, Education and Counselling includes:
- Education on prenatal nutrition
- Understanding food labels
- Presentations by dietitians and health specialists
- Nutrition screening by Community Health Representative
- Individual counselling by nutritionists
- Breastfeeding Program includes:
- Promotion of breastfeeding initiation and duration
- Support groups
- Breastfeeding videos and resource materials
Community Care Program
- Provides health care services for ill, injured or elderly community members in their own homes and living at the Mino' Giizhigad Elders Centre
- Provides the following services through personal support workers, homemakers and home support worker:
- Assessment to determine individuals health history and develop a personalized care plan
- Case management to ensure that care plans are being carried out and that the plan developed is still suitable
- Home care nursing duties
- Personal care help with activities such as dressing and bathing
- Basic or advanced practice foot care
- Teaching the individual in need to care for themselves
- Home support with light housekeeping, laundry and meal preparation
- Respite for family members and caregivers
- Help with light outdoor/yardwork
Community Wellness Program
- Supports reduction or prevention of family and community violence
- Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
- Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
- Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
- Offers Aboriginal culture-based healing, illness prevention, and crisis intervention workshops
- Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
- Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness
Crisis Intervention
- Provides crisis intervention services to community in crisis situations and to individuals affected by family violence and suicide
- Offers immediate on site or telephone assistance
- Dispatches call to police when deemed necessary
- Ensures victims receive support and assistance to secure their safety
- Arranges meeting family members at centre or agreed upon location to discuss possible crisis resolutions
Also coordinates:
- Crisis plan to follow in response to suicide intervention, domestic violence intervention and any other form of crisis situations that may arise in community
- Information sessions and workshops on techniques for healing strategies
Support Services
- Supports can include but are not limited to:
- Debriefing and stabilization following crisis situation
- Advocacy on behalf of individuals and families dealing with various agencies
- Meal preparation, transportation, homemaking and other areas requiring support for families in crisis situations such as the suicide of a youth
- Information about/referrals to appropriate resources and services
Mental Health Program
- Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health and addictions issues
- Provides the services of a youth support worker and an elder support worker
Provides information, services and activities including the following areas but not limited to:
- Addictions
- Depression
- Family violence
- Health promotion
- Stress management
Services include:
- Counselling services
- Cultural activities, feasts and ceremonies
- Group workshops
- Educational sessions that promote wellness
- Fitness activities
- Coordination and referrals to psychologist, psychiatrist, other counselling services and treatment centres
- Coordination of aftercare services
National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
- Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
Prevention
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
Intervention
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
Aftercare Services
- Provides the following services aimed at preventing alcohol and drug abuse problems from reoccurring:
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
Referral Clerk
- Responsible for processing Non-Insured Health Benefits Service claims and coordinating medical transportation for community members
- Submits medical appointment travel, mileage, meal and accommodation requests on behalf of individual
- Assists with making travel arrangements
- Maintains client documentation, receipts and related information
- Provides transportation to medical appointments within the community and medical appointments out-of-town in Kenora, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay
Youth Suicide Prevention
- Coordinates a week-long camp during summer months to empower Anishinaabe children and youth with pride and knowledge in their traditional culture and heritage
- Focuses on suicide prevention
Activities include:
- Dancing
- Fishing
- Sharing circles
- Singing
- Storytelling
- Swimming
- Teachings from Elders
- Traditional craft making
Source: https://www.northwesthealthline.ca/displayService.aspx?id=152467
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