Community Step Up program
Due to COVID-19 unfortunately our Community Step Up Clinics are closed. During this time we are receiving referrals and will ensure that all referrals are processed once our clinics reopen. Please continue to refer to the program by submitting an online referral here or call us at 1.877.696.1620
Lifemark Seniors Wellness in partnership with Acclaim Health and Mississauga Halton LHIN are pleased to have launched the Community Step Up Program. This program is designed to provide a rehabilitative care approach for older adults with multiple medical conditions, aiming to help reduce hospital visits, and prevent/delay placement in a long-term care facility.
Program details
The Community Step Up Program is a six-week program, free of charge for older adults who require a multi-disciplinary team to help restore their functional abilities, improve their quality of life, and allow them to live independently or with the support of a caregiver in a community setting.
Rehabilitative services for this program include: physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language pathology.
The Community Step Up Program has three locations to serve you:
The Village of Erin Meadows
2930 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5M 7M4Sheridan Villa Long Term Care Home
2460 Truscott Dr, Mississauga, ON L5J 3Z8NEW - Birkdale Place Retirement Residence
611 Farmstead Dr, Milton, ON L9T 4M3
Ideal participants for this program include:
- Seniors and older adults with one or more complex medical conditions
- People with increasingly limited mobility (frail)
- Those who could benefit from a multi-discplinary approach to rehabilatation (require 2 out of the 3 discplines including: physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language pathology)
- People with conditions that will improve with rehabilitative care
Enroll in the Community Step Up program if you, your loved one or your client experiences one or more of the following:
- Recent episode of acute care (hospital admission)
- Sufferring from stroke, parkinson’s or other neurological disorders
- Unsteady on feet
- Loss of balance, strength, range of motion
- Difficulties walking
- Coughing while eating or taking longer to eat meals
- Making modifications to foods or avoiding types of foods
- Difficulty finding their words
- Difficulty understanding what client is saying (excluding english as a second language challnges)
- Gradual or sudden changes to communication, e.g., voice, comprehension
- Has difficulty or is unable to perform the activities of their daily life
Referral process
- Physician referral is not required
- If you are interested in referring a client or a Loved One to this program please click on the link below to fill out an online referral