Service Information
Let's Go Home (LEGHO)
VON - Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
Category:
Hospital Transition to Home Support
Target Population: Older Adults, Seniors
For patients recently discharged from hospital
Service Details
Description:
LEGHO is a 4-6 week program that offers navigation and community support services for people who have been recently discharged from hospital. This program covers the cost for people to receive services including frozen meals, rides to medical appointments, support with iADLs (i.e. light housekeeping, laundry, grocery shopping), home safety assessments, phone check-ins, etc. The program also offers a flex fund which provides discretionary funding for essential supplies and equipment.
Languages:
English
Cost to Client:
N/A
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria:
- Recently discharged from a hospital.
- The client is 60+ or an adult who is at risk of visiting ED again in the next two months.
- The client is ALC, medically stable and ambulatory.
- The client is not currently living in LTC or retirement home.
- This referral is generally not for mental health, addiction and substance use support.
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Referral Contact Information
Referral Fax:
1 (519) 323-9655