The Supports for Daily Living is designed to support high risk seniors by providing multiple daily visits by trained Personal Support Workers.  Visits are prescheduled and are based on individual needs (approximately 1.5 hours per day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year).

Supports for Daily Living is designed to support high risk seniors, aged 65+, who have complex needs, but who are medically stable. These services are currently available to individuals who:

• Live in their own private home, or within a residential setting such as an apartment building
• Demonstrate a need for daily access to personal support services throughout a 24 hour period (with or without homemaking services)
• Are able to direct their own care or have a substitute decision maker or a live-in caregiver to direct care
• Are able to communicate their needs (with or without aides)
• Pose no risk to themselves or others.

We help take the stress out of daily living activities

When one's condition or disability increases your dependency on others for support, it can often lead to questions about independent living and whether or not you can still manage living in your own home.

Supports for Daily Living is a model for community-based assisted living that provides high risk seniors with access to pre-scheduled and/or urgent/on-call personal support, essential homemaking services and safety and reassurance checks seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Perhaps you have been using home care services offered through Home and Community Care Support Services, but recent changes in your health mean they’re no longer adequate to meet your needs. Transitioning to our services may help bridge the gap between regular community-based home care services and long-term care.

Non-medical in-home services are provided by trained personal support workers (PSWs) and are customized to meet the individual needs and preferred schedule of each senior. A full range of services is available through scheduled visits and/or on-call urgent response anytime during the day, evening and overnight hours.

As a non-medical program and self directed care we are unable to support insulin injections.

Supports for Daily Living is funded by the Home and Community Care Support Services Mississauga Halton for caregivers who provide support to loved ones living in the South Etobicoke, Mississauga, Oakville, Georgetown, Milton and Halton Hills areas.

• Once Central Registry receives your referral you will be contacted to schedule an eligibility assessment with a Central Registry Coordinator.
• The Central Registry Coordinator will conduct an assessment to determine eligibility for the program and gather the information needed.
• If you are eligible for the program, your file will be added to a waitlist until there is a vacancy available in the Supports for Daily Living system.
• While on the waitlist, a Central Registry Coordinator will contact you periodically to update your file.
• Once there is a vacancy in the Supports for Daily Living system, your file will be sent to an approved Supports for Daily Living provider to develop a customized service plan with you. Once a service plan is in place, your Supports for Daily Living services will begin.

If you are not eligible for this service our team will help facilitate referrals to more appropriate agencies on your behalf to find a program that best fits your care needs.

Service opportunites are determined by the availability and funding capacity of providers. This can cause a delay in service and a wait time may occur.

Supports for Daily Living is unable to support clients who:                  

•  Are medically unstable and cannot be left alone between visits
• Are unable to direct their own care or do not have a substitute decision maker or a live-in caregiver to direct care
• Pose a risk to themselves or others.
• Under 65 years of age