Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle
Indigenous Care Coordinator / Homemaking and Dementia Supports
- Description
- Culturally sensitive homemaking and assisted living care services for older adults with age related health conditions and/or disabilities who self-identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit
Homemaking Supports- light housekeeping
- laundry
- sweeping/mopping and dusting
- personal hygiene care
- medication support
- meal preparation
- social visiting
- telephone reassurance
- local trips to shopping centres/banking, in Barrie only
- education to increase awareness to support earlier identification and reduce stigma of Dementia
- increase community support services to Indigenous families managing Dementia
- Eligibility
- For Homemaking Support
- Individual lives in Barrie or Orillia
- Must self-identify as First Nation, Metis or Inuit
- Must be an older adult (55+) and/or an older adult with age related health conditions or disabilities
For Transportation Services- individual must live in Barrie, local transportation only
- Must self-identify as First Nation, Metis or Inuit
- Must be an older adult (55+) and/or an older adult with age related health conditions or disabilities
For Dementia Support- Individual lives within North Simcoe Muskoka Home and Community Care Services area
- Must self-identify as First Nation, Metis or Inuit
- Must be an older adult (55+) and/or an older adult with age related health conditions or disabilities
- Individual lives in Barrie or Orillia
- Application Process
- Call the Indigenous Independent Living Care worker (IILC) at 705-818-3080 or contact by email at [email protected]
- IILC worker will meet with the individual to fill out intake and assessment forms and will identify needs and develop a plan of care
- referral form can be filed out through self-referral, partnering agency, community organization or from a family physician
- form can then be directly submitted to the IILC worker to confirm the eligibility
- Documents Required
- Completed referral form
- Office
- 705-627-3499
- Web Site
- https://banac.on.ca/aging-well-senior-supports/
- [email protected]
- Languages
- English
- Contact
- Margaret Bruyns, Indigenous Care Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 705-627-3499 - Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
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- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- Community Connection, 211 Central East Region Contact Centre
- Last Updated On
- September 8, 2025
- Last Verified On
- September 8, 2025
- Address
- 6036 Rama Rd, Unit 3
Chippewas Of Rama First Nation, ON, L3V 6H6
Cross street: Rama Rd and Child Rd
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- Fully Accessible
- Hours of Operation
- Hours vary
- Service Area(s)
- Grey County
- Muskoka District
- Simcoe County
