Patient and Family Resources

Resources at LHSC

• Accessing Your Health Information
• Paediatric Family Resource Centre
• Shared Decision-Making
• Indigenous Health
• Black Health
• Patient Relations

Other resources

Community support programs

• ATN Employment Services
  • One-to-one employment preparation support for individuals with disabilities
• Community Living London
  • Connects youth with disabilities to transitions support resources
• Goodwill Career Centre
  • Helps individuals ages 16 and up find work
• Humana Community Services
  • Connects youth ages 13-18 and their families to community services, including 24/7 crisis phone support and counselling
• LEADS Employment Services
  • Supports individuals with disabilities who are looking for work
• London and Middlesex Community Housing
  • Offers affordable, rent-geared-to-income housing for economically disadvantaged individuals
• Looking Ahead Clinical Services
  • Provides skill building activities, behavioural assessment and therapy to individuals who have mild to moderate disabilities
• March of Dimes Canada: Skilling Up
  • Free online learning for individuals with disabilities who are interested in growing their technology skills
• Ontario 211
  • Connects Ontarians with community supports and social services in their area
• Pathways Health Centre: Teen Transition Program
  • Recreational programming, skill development activities and counselling for individuals ages 9-21 who are living with a disability

Health, mental health and wellness

• Canadian Mental Health Association
  • A nationwide organization that promotes mental health and supports people recovering from mental illness
• CMHA Community Outreach and Support Team
  • Supports individuals in London who are at risk of crisis (or who frequently experience crises) due to a mental illness and/or addiction
• Health Care Connect
  • Helps Ontarians find a primary care provider
• Kids Help Phone
  • 24/7 crisis line that provides supportive listening, information and referrals for young individuals experiencing mental health challenges
• One Stop Talk
  • Free, confidential therapy for kids and teens
• Reach Out
  • Free, confidential 24/7 mental health and addictions support and services line for people living in London and surrounding areas
• Tandem
  • Offers immediate crisis support services and walk-in counselling, as well as coordinates the intake process for Vanier, Craigwood and Humana
• Vanier Children's Mental Wellness
  • Provides crisis services, counselling, family/caregiver support, specialized assessments and more
• Youth Wellness Hub Ontario
  • Offers individuals ages 12-25 mental health and substance use supports, primary health care and community and social supports
• 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline
  • Trained responders offer 24/7 phone or text support to individuals having thoughts of suicide

Government assistance programs

• Developmental Services of Ontario (DSO)
  • Provides funding for individuals ages 18 and up who have a developmental disability
• Disability Tax Credit
  • Helps offset the amount of taxes owed for individuals who have disabilities (or their caregivers)
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  • Income support for Ontarians ages 18 and up who are living with a disability
• Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
  • Helps pay for part-time or full-time college or university tuition, textbooks, equipment, living expenses and childcare
• Passport Funding Program
  • Funding for community services and participation
• Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP)
  • Helps individuals with a disability improve their long-term financial security
• Trilium Drug Program
  • For those with low household income who have high prescription drug costs not covered by another Ontario drug benefit plan

Mobile apps

• Am I Series: "Am I Anxious", "Am I Depressed," "My Thought Record," "Behavioural Experiment" and "Safety Plan" (five separate apps)
  • Decision-making tools, tools to manage anxirty and depression, wats to reach out for help and more
• Be Safe
  • Develop your own digital safety plan
• CALM
  • Library of sounds for guided meditation, breathing, sleep and relaxation
• HealthyMinds
  • Problem-solving tool for managing emotions and stressors
• Insight Timer
  • The world's largest library of free guided meditations
• Mindfulness for Teens
  • Mindful activities, including videos and guided meditations, that teens can use to incorporate for mindfulness into their day
• MindShift
  • Scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of anxiety
• Mood
  • A mood and sleep tracker that will graph information and email it to your health-care team