Independent Living Services Simcoe County
44 Cedar Pointe Unit 1102 L4N5r7 Barrie, ON, Canada

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Are you looking for rewarding work that allows you to make a difference? Come work with us! We are looking for caring people who want to make a difference in the community. You will be a member of a great team supporting seniors and people with disabilities to live independently. ... We care about our employees! We offer competitive wages, flexible working hours, and paid training. And you will do your job every day with confidence in our unwavering commitment to a safe environment for both yourself and those in your care. Are you ready to join us! Please visit: https://www.ilssimcoe.ca/about/careers/ Please do not upload your resume to Facebook.

Our new We’ve Got A Long Way To Go (WGALWTG) Dept wonders why a young woman like Chelsea is still living in a large congregate long-term care facility in 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1821593667906

Newly released results of a Statistics Canada survey reveal that one in five older Canadians are caring for a friend, colleague or neighbour a role that has become more difficult, perhaps impossible, during the pandemic. https://www.ctvnews.ca//a-quarter-of-canadians-over-the-ag

Every year, the arrival of winter seems to trigger an annual round of pleas from people living with mobility challenges all over Canada for better clearance of public walkways. Here’s the situation in St John, New Brunswick. https://www.cbc.ca//disability-wheelchairs-snow-sidewalks-

If you use the Ontario Government’s Assistive Devices Program (ADP) www.ontario.ca/page/assistive-devices-program to subsidize the purchase of a power wheelchair, you’ll have the knowledgeable assistance of a certified authorizer to find the right one for your needs. But an informed consumer is always a more empowered one. So, here’s a useful primer on these essential mobility aids. https://www.natureworldnews.com//electric-wheelchairs-diff

In normal times, we’d be tut-tutting about the ever-earlier commercialization of the holiday season. But, given that many will be resorting to remote gift-giving this year, we’re pretty sure delivery services will be swamped, come December. So, already, we’re sharing these gift ideas for that person in your life who lives with a physical disability. Have any nifty gift suggestions of your own? Let us know!... https://jennysmithrollson.com/the-best-gifts-for-someone-w/

We may already have shared a link about this aging in place initiative in the UK. But we really like it, so (with apologies), here it is again. Staffordshire Council offers a vitual tour of its innovative ‘Happy at Home’ house, presenting difficult situations and day to day tasks encountered in a typical home. Visitors are then offered suggestions for simple and easy to use solutions, including inexpensive gadgets for preparing food, getting washed or dressed, or maintainin...g safety. Take the tour yourself at: www.staffordshire.gov.uk//Daily-livin/Support-at-home.aspx https://www.tamworthinformed.co.uk/online-tool/