Useful Links For Our Patients
Hip and Knee Replacements – Cleveland Clinic – Excellent for the patient who is considering having a replacement. 31 page instruction booklet on pre and post op requirements and exercises and home functional activities
Arthritis – Education, Partners, Assessment of joint inflammation and videos of 7-9 joint assessments
https://arthritis.ca/about-arthritis
Fall Prevention Guidelines – Fall Prevention checklist, Common Causes, fall prevention tips, Chronic Health conditions and increasing falls, How to get up from a fall
https://www.lifeline.ca/en/resources/fall-prevention-guide/
Diabetes: Eleven million Canadians are living with diabetes or prediabetes. Chances are, diabetes affects you or someone you know. Diabetes is a disease in which your body either can’t produce insulin or can’t properly use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone produced by your pancreas.
https://www.diabetes.ca/diabetes-basics/what-is-diabetes
Alzheimer’s / Dementia – Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60 percent to 80 percent of dementia cases. Symptoms, Role of plaque/tangles, Research and Progress, help and support.
https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers
Mental Health and Addictions – Mental Health is health. Join the movement. Programs and services, Mental illness and Addiction index, Forensic Mental health, Indigenous youth suicide, improving mental health in transgender.
Medical Information in Asian Languages:
Such topics as: Asthma, Cardiac, cancers, Blood Pressure Management, Diabetes, Back pain, Exercises, Arthritis etc.
http://spiral.tufts.edu/index.php
Central East health Line: for all health agencies in the Central East areas – Local health services, news, careers and events for Central East, Ontario including Scarborough, Durham Region, Northumberland, Trent Hills, Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough and Haliburton
Useful Links For Our Staff
Routine Practices Fact Sheet for Health Care Setting [download]
Facts About Handwashing [download]
Stroke, Driving and the Health Care Professional
Rules and Guidelines [download]
Best Practices Document for the Management of Clostridium difficile in all health care settings [download]
Preventing Febrile Respiratory Illnesses [download]
Infection Tool for Health Care Providers (HCP)
Guide to Accessibility Standards for Community Services [download]
LP-F.30.10 Appendix Common Abbreviations [download]
Codes of Ethics – PT [download]
Codes of Ethics – OT [download]
Codes of Ethics – SW [download]
Codes of Ethics – Dietitian [download]
Privacy Secure Destruction [download]