Clientele
- Persons of 65 years of age or more that meets the following conditions:
- diagnosed with a vision or a dual sensorial loss (hearing and vision)
- live on the Island of Montreal
- request support to maintain autonomy in the community
- wish to break social isolation
Objective
- To assist client with a visual or dual sensorial impairment to remain at home, thereby delaying or avoiding institutionalization and fostering an optimal quality of life in the community
Services offered
- Joint Nursing and Special Care Counseling assessment of client’s health and autonomy in the community with weekly follow ups
- Psychosocial support for coping with vision loss
- Support in the practice of using visual aids, assistive listening devices and other technical aids for persons with sensorial loss
- Support in implementing efficient communication strategies
- Group activities related to:
- physical and cognitive health
- physical fitness and wellness
- infection control
- fall prevention
- safety in the home
- rehabilitation follow-up
- activities of daily living
- digital reader training
- When indicated, referral to the 25+ Sensorial Impairment Program, other rehabilitation services and CLSC
All services are provided by a team of professionals from the nursing, patient care assistance and special care counseling disciplines.
Types of interventions
- Individual
- Group interventions
Services are offered
- At the MAB site
Other services and partnerships
- 25+ Sensorial Impairment Program
- Braille Book Lending Library
- Quebec Federation for the Blind
- Service for Assistive Technology – Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
- Service for Assistive Technology – Vision Impairment
- Technical Aids Boutique
- Partnerships and referrals to community resources
To access services
- To be eligible for services, the person must have:
- a specific diagnosis related to vision impairment with or without hearing loss
- report persistent and significant difficulties in executing life habits as a result of the vision impairment
- The referring source must include:
- a copy of a recent eye report (<1 year)
- a copy of the most recent audiogram for those with a hearing loss
- any other pertinent medical and professional reports (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Optometry, Social Work, etc.)
- Request for Services form or the Demande de services interétablissements (DSIE) for professionals working within the Health and Social Services Network
- all documents must be sent to the ID-ASD-PD Access Desk
To make a request for services
- Referral using the Request for Services form can be made by the individual, the family or a member of the community
- See the Request for Service form from the ID-ASD-PD Access Desk