Health Care & Supports
Atlantic Prosthetics
A full service prosthetics clinic, providing a complete choice of artificial limbs for amputees. Located within the Polyclinic Professional Centre.
106-199 Grafton Street Charlottetown, PE C1A 1L2 |
Tel: (902) 368-7767 Toll Free: 1-866-331-7767 Email: thelimblizard@eastlink.ca Website: www.atlanticprosthetics.com |
Bayshore Home-Health
Offers home care solutions and services such as nursing, personal care, home support, companionship, serious injury home care, and pediatric home care.
8 Mount Edward Rd. Charlottetown, PE C1A 5N2 |
Contact: Mary MacDonald, Charlottetown Area Director Tel: (902) 892-7355 Toll Free: 1-800-892-7355 Email: charlottetown@bayshore.ca Website: www.bayshore.ca |
Canadian Red Cross - PEI Regional Office
"Respite Care Services" provide comprehensive assistance tailored to individual needs. Red Cross also loans standard and specialized equipment such as canes, crutches, wheelchairs, bath seats, and commodes (limited to Queens County). The equipment is loaned on a short-term basis, free.
29 Paramount Dr Charlottetown, PE C1E 0C6 |
Tel: (902) 628-6262 Website: www.redcross.ca or click here |
PEI Community Mental Health - The Richmond Centre
The mandate of Richmond Centre, as well as the other Community Mental Health locations across PEI, is to provide a broad range of community- based counseling to individuals, families, groups, and communities. The mental health teams are established under a multi-disciplinary model with professionals from the disciplines of nursing, psychology, social work, and psychiatry.
Charlottetown Richmond Centre 1 Rochford St, Charlottetown, PE Mailing: PO Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 Tel: (902) 368-4430 |
Summerside |
Alberton |
Souris c/o Souris Hospital 17 Knights Lane Mailing: PO Box 64 Souris, PE C0A 2B0 Tel: (902) 687-7110 |
Montague 126 Douses Road Montague, PE C0A 1R0 Tel: (902) 838-0960 |
Website: click here |
East Prince Equipment Pool
Offers the free loan of specialized equipment, short-term, for persons with a disability.
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Aubin Arsenault Building, Room 317 PO Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 |
Contact; Cindy Warren Tel: (902) 888-8440 |
Harding Medical Supplies
Delivers individualized attention and innovative and custom solutions to persons with disabilities.
17 MacAlleer Drive Charlottetown, PE C1A 2A1 |
Tel: (902) 628-1400 Toll Free: 1-800-265-1360 Email: hardingpei@hardingmedical.pe.ca Website: www.hardingmedical.com |
Recreation Therapy, IWK Pediatric Rehabilitation Service
The premier Pediatric Rehabilitation service in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for children and youth. Go to the website, select "Care Services" button on top navigational bar, scroll down the list to click on the "Recreation Therapy" hotlink. Select the "Leisure For Me" button on the left-hand navigational list - this PDF has information on travel, adaptive equipment, organizations, and health tips for families.
IWK Health Centre 5850/5980 University Avenue PO Box 9700 Halifax, NS B3K 6R8 |
Tel: (902) 470-7539 Email: Andrea.Waters@iwk.nshealth.ca Website: www.iwk.nshealth.ca |
Lawtons Home Healthcare
Carries a broad range of the proper products and related services for persons with mobility impairment. Staffed with knowledgeable sales and service personnel who offer in store and in-home equipment assessments and service repair, or installation or rental of their products.
Sherwood Centre 161 St. Peter’s Road Charlottetown, PE C1A 5P7 Summerside Centre 475 Granville St Summerside, PE C1N 4P7 |
Tel: (902) 628-6611 Cell: (902) 314-2841 Contact: Blair Gallant Cell: (902) 314-0556 Tel: (902) 432-3563 Website: www.lawtons.ca |
Murphy’s Home Health Care
A complete selection of incontinence and first aid supplies, wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc. Free delivery.
24 St. Peters Road Charlottetown, PE 56 Broadway Street Kensington, PE |
Tel: (902) 628-1500 Tel: (902) 836-3316 Website: www.murphyspharmacies.com |
Health PEI
Provides residential and non-residential treatment for chemically dependent persons and their families in locations across PEI. Committed to a 12-Step philosophy and mutual support systems to assist clients and families in ongoing recovery.
Queen’s Region P.O. Box 2000 Mt. Herbert, PE C1A 7N8 |
Tel: (902) 368-4120 Website: click here Youth Addiction Services Website: click here |
PEI Department of Health
Provides public health services, primary care, acute care, community hospital, and continuing care services to Islanders to help ensure their optimal health.
PO Box 2000 16 Garfield Street, First Floor Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 |
Phone: 902-368-6130 Fax: 902-368-6136 Email: healthpei@gov.pe.ca Website: click here |
The PEI Home Care Program (Department of Health)
Provides health care and support services including assessment, care coordination, nursing, personal care, respite, occupational and physical therapies, adult protection, integrated palliative care, community-based dialysis, assessment for nursing home admission, and community support services.
Souris 17 Knights Avenue Souris, PE C0A 2B0 Tel: (902) 687-7096 Summerside Wedgewood Manor 310 Brophy Avenue Summerside, PE C1N 5N4 Tel: (902) 888-8440 Montague 6 Harmony Lane Montague, PE C0A 1R0 Tel: (902) 838-0786
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PEI Occupational Therapists Registration Board
The governing body responsible for regulating the practice of occupational therapy in PEI, and protecting public interest by reviewing applicants. Maintains a list of currently registered OTs.
PO Box 2248, Stn Central Charlottetown, PE C1A 8B9 |
Website: www.peiot.org |
The Prince County Hospital
The Restorative Care Unit offers a team approach to patient care where both the emotional and physical aspects of illness are considered. The patient, family, and team work together to achieve the best possible outcomes. General Visiting Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
65 Roy Boates Avenue Summerside, PE C1N 2A9 |
General Tel: (902) 438-4200 Website: click here |
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)
The Provincial Rehabilitation Unit (Unit 7) is a specialized, 20-bed unit, staffed by an interdisciplinary team including nurses, physicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, prosthetics and orthotics specialists, nutrition services, volunteer services, speech-language pathologists, and social workers. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, also know as Physiatry, is the medical specialty responsible for overseeing the treatment of patients with a wide range of disabilities. Other services available in the Physical Medicine Department include a "Seating Clinic" available by self-referral and a "Wound Care Clinic" by physician referral. General Visiting Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 - 8:30 p.m.
60 Riverside Drive, PO Box 6600 |
Website: click here |
Sidewinder Conversions and Mobility
Works with the customer to create a personalized vehicle that will meet mobility needs. A diverse selection of mobility products that come from distinct companies such as VMI, Ricon, and Bruno Braun.
44658 Yale Road West Chilliwack, BC V2R 0G5 |
Tel: (604) 792-2082 Toll Free: 1-888-266-2299 Sales Email: graham@sidewinderconversions.com Website: https://sidewinderconversions.com/ |
Sure Grip
Provides unique "push rock" acclaimed style of driving "push forward for brake, rock back for acceleration" promoted by the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) as the fourth recognized style of driving for the disabled under nationally recognized terminologies.
Howell Ventures Ltd. 4850 Rte 102 Upper Kingsclear, NB E3E 1P8 |
Tel: (506) 363-5289 Toll Free: 1-888-370-5050 Email: suregrip@suregrip-hvl.com Website: www.suregrip-hvl.com |
Toronto Rehab’s Lyndhurst Centre
Toronto Rehab’s Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program is housed in the Lyndhurst Centre, one of Toronto Rehab’s six centres across Toronto. It is the longest-running rehab program in North America for people with traumatic spinal cord injuries and non-traumatic diseases of the spinal cord. It is also Canada’s largest inpatient program. Toronto Rehab has an unparalleled wealth of experience helping patients with spinal cord injuries to rebuild their skills and lives. Individuals are referred from doctors from acute care hospitals across Ontario, across Canada, and around the world.
520 Sutherland Drive Toronto, ON M4G 3V9 |
Tel: (416) 597-3422 ext. 6000 Intake Coordinator Email: intakeinpatients@torontorehab.on.ca Outpatient Services Email: SCRPoutpatientsinfo@torontorehab.on.ca Website: www.torontorehab.com or https://www.uhn.ca/OurHospitals/TR_Lyndhurst |
We Care Home Health Services
Providing home care programs to persons with disabilities, including: 24-hour live-in care, homemaking and meal preparation, infant and childcare, personal care including specialized foot-care, and services directly related to specific disabilities.
161 St. Peters Rd., PO Box 20075 Charlottetown, PE C1A 9E3 |
Contact: Greg McKim Branch Director Tel: (902) 894-3025 Toll Free: 1-877-853-1195 Website: www.wecare.ca |