A trip to the doctors', the dentist or the hospital can be a laborious and intimidating experience. Sometimes it helps to have someone along for moral support, transportation, or navigation of the healthcare system.
The following anglophone community and volunteer centres provide medical accompaniment services as part of their community outreach activities:
8680 Hochelaga, Montreal (QC) H1L 2M6
Tel: (514) 355-1712
E-mail: almage@ccs-montreal.org
4695 boul. de Maisonneuve West, Westmount (QC) H3Z 1L9
Tel: (514) 932-2326 or (514) 932-3433
E-mail: contactivity@bellnet.ca
2901 boul. Saint Joseph, Lachine (QC) H8S 4B7
Tel: (514) 637-5627
NDG Volunteer Centre
Provides services for the elderly such as transportation to and from appointments, accompaniment, and other services.
5319 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal (QC) H4A 1L2
Tel: (514) 489-0588
NDG Senior Citizens' Council
A volunteer based, non-profit community organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people in Notre Dame de Grace and Montreal-West. Home support services help frail, older people with their daily needs.
88 Ballantyne North, Montreal West (QC) H4X 2B8
Tel: (514) 487-1311
E-mail: ndgseniors.council@sympatico.ca
Offers regular medical or bank accompaniments to seniors in the Metro Montreal area.
1801 de Maisonneuve West, 5th Floor, Montreal (QC) H3H 1J9
Tel: (514) 939-9575
E-mail: ebmmetro@vif.com
Sarpad services seniors in Cote-Des-Neiges, Outremont, and Mont-Royal, in English when resources allow. Services include medical accompaniment, shopping, and friendly visits.
5366 Ch. Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal (QC) H3T 1Y2
Tel: (514) 737-2454
E-mail: sarpadcdn@sarpad.com
3007 Delisle, Montreal (QC) H4C 1M8
Tel: (514) 935-4951
E-mail: counb@bellnet.ca
Community Support Service (Mount Royal)
Free, confidential, available to all citizens of Mount Royal borough whose goal is to enable residents to remain autonomous and to maintain a maximum quality of life.
60 Roosevelt Ave, Town of Mount Royal (QC) H3R 1Z5
Tel: (514) 734-2937
E-mail: sylvia.adams@ville.mont-royal.qc.ca
Offers homecare services and meals-on-wheels to seniors in the Verdun and Nuns' Island Areas.
3215 LaSalle Boul., Verdun (QC) H4G 1Z1
Tel: (514) 761-1773
E-mail: info@reseau-benevoles-verdun.org
Organises home support services throughout the West Island bourroughs.
1, rue de l’Église
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (QC) H9X 1W4
Tel: (514) 631-3720
E-mail: info@wivolunteer.org
A volunteer based non-profit organiztion, ABO-VAS offers medical
accompaniment as well as others services to West Island residents.
207 Place Frontenac, Pointe Claire, QC, H9R 4Z7
Tel: (514) 694 6389
E-mail: abo.vas@cldwi.com
www.abivas.com
Assistance is available for extended travel, appointments, social activities, shopping and other needs.
Doug Brice, Director of Services
Tel: (514) 991-7432, E-mail: dbrice@bartimaeus.com
Paul Saunders, Co-ordinator of Services
Tel: (514) 726-5211, E-mail: psaunders@bartimaeus.com
