Navigation and Health Helplines

• Emotional support programs
• Homecare
• Transportation
• Where to find a wig or prosthesis
• Hotels that provide discounts for people receiving cancer treatment
• How to find financial support

Provides confidential telephone and email support to Individuals who are blind or partially sighted as well as their friends and family to help access the right programs and services such as support groups, and assistive technologies.

Email directly through website

Trained volunteers provide personal support and information to individuals living with celiac disease or a gluten disorder.

Offers care kits that provides information and resources for individuals and their families who are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

There are two types of kits:

• Teen Care Kit
• Adult Care Kit

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Provides support to individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer and their families. The Cancer Patient Navigator can help to:

• Explain what to expect during appointments and treatments
• Find answers to questions about cancer screening and genetic testing
• Find answers to questions about care system
• Provide brief supportive counselling
• Connect patient with appropriate programs such as social programs, community groups, counselling, spiritual care, tobacco cessation support, the provincial breast prosthesis program and a dietitian
• Help prepare for and provide support during out-of-province travel for cancer related medical appointments and procedures
• Help coordinate care between provinces if moving to/from Epekwitk / PEI
• Connect to resources to help with financial needs and expenses for medications, travel or medical supplies

Note: Cancer patient navigators do not provide medical care.

• Cancer treatment and side effects
• Clinical trials
• Coping with cancer
• Emotional support services
• Prevention
• Help in the community
• Complementary therapies

Provides navigation to individuals who have received a positive result from the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and to those without a primary care provider who have applied for a colonoscopy through the online self-referral form, helping them access health care services, community support, and other resources.

• Providing families with information
• Helping prepare families for meetings
• Attending meetings with families as needed

• Working with staff at a diagnosed child's school
• Applying to government/other agencies for respite support
• Other situations specific to a person's autism spectrum diagnosis where support is required

Offers a free telephone and email service where Certified Respiratory Educators (CREs) can answer questions about asthma and allergies and provide expert advice.