❦ PALLIATIVE CARE RESOURCES FOR PHYSICAL CARE IN THE BOW VALLEY
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PROFESSION CONTACT INFORMATION
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When you call the doctor’s office, ask for a doctor trained in palliative care. Several local doctors have this expertise. A list of doctor’s offices in the Bow Valley is shown in Disease management , page 13 Call: 403-678-7200 Also available are home care aides, occupational thera- pists, respiratory therapists, social workers, dietitians and pharmacists.
Doctors’ Offices
GPs
Home Care (Banff and Canmore)
RNs, LPNs
Ask for case manager
1100 Hospital Place Canmore, AB T1W 1N2 403-678-7200 Main Desk
Bow Valley Community Cancer Care
Ask for Cancer Care Navigator
GPs & RNs
Palliative spe- cialist doctors and nurses
Rural Palliative Care Consultation Team
Available only by referral through your nurse or doctor
Check the yellow pages, or the Internet for a list of local pharmacies in Banff and Canmore
One-to-one medication counselling
Local Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Canmore
Medic Comforts #1 1302 Bow Valley Trail Canmore, AB T1W 1N6 403-678-3002 Gourlay’s Banff Pharmacy 220 Bear Street Banff, AB T1L 1B1 403-762-2516
Medical Equipment and Supplies
Banff
Home Care RN refers you to the Provincial Program
780-644-9992 (Edmonton) 1-877-644-9992 (Toll-free) www.alberta.ca/alberta-aids-to-daily-living. aspx
Covers 75% cost of catheters, incontinence pads, bath equipment, wheelchairs etc.
Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL)
1-800-661-6995 www.bluecross.ca 780-427-1432 Palliative Drug Benefits
Home Care RN refers you to Provincial Programs
Covers most costs of prescriptions for those receiving palliative care. Also covers ambulance.
Seniors Blue Cross & Palliative Drug Benefits (Two separate programs)
www.ab.bluecross.ca/dbl/publications.php www.alberta.ca/palliative-care-health-ben- efits.aspx 1100 Hospital Place Canmore AB T1W 1N2 403-678-5536 www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/ facility.aspx?id=1000951 305 Lynx Street Banff AB T1L 1H7 403-762-2222 www.covenanthealth.ca/hospitals- care-centres/banff-mineral-springs-hospital
GPs, RNs, LPNs, full complement of professional support staff GPs, RNs, LPNs, full complement of professional support staff
Canmore General Hospital
2 dedicated palliative care beds
2 dedicated palliative care beds
Mineral Springs Hospital
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www.palliativecarebowvalley.com
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