Mackenzie Health Hospital - Mackenzie Helps Program

Care Navigators assess patients while they are still in hospital

Patients must live within service boundaries and assessed by Care Navigator to determine eligibility

English

Interpretation services may be requested

Vaughan and Richmond Hill and surrounding areas

A 16-week program that assists individuals to transition home when you are discharged from Mackenzie Health

offers direct care services based on the assessed requirements for each patient, which might include a personal support worker (PSW), and rehabilitation supports such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and caregiver support/relief as required (social worker)
Care Navigators oversee each patient's transition plan and recovery after discharge from the hospital * community support services may include transportation, meal on wheels, coordination with the patient's family physician, setting up safe and appropriate in-home care