Medical Accompaniment
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:
Almage Senior Community Centre
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
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: info@ndgscc.ca
Offers regular medical or bank accompaniments to seniors in the Metro Montreal area.
1801 de Maisonneuve West, Suite 750, 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.
6555 Ch. Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal (QC) H3T 1Y2
Tel: (514) 737-2454
E-mail: sarpadcdn@sarpad.com
The Council for Black Aging Community of Montreal
202-8606 Centrale, Lasalle (QC) H8P 1N5
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.
90 Roosevelt Ave, Town of Mount Royal (QC) H3R 1Z5
Tel: (514) 734-2900
E-mail: info@town.mount-royal.qc.ca
Organizes home support services throughout the West Island bouroughs.
1, Rue de l’Église, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (QC) H9X 1W4
Tel: 514) 457-5445
E-mail: info@volunteerwestisland.org
A volunteer based non-profit organization, ABO-VAS offers medical accompaniment as well as others services to West Island residents.
Tel: (514) 694-3838
E-mail: info@abovas.com
Assistance is available for extended travel, appointments, social activities, shopping and other needs.
Tel: Doug Brice, Director of Services, (514) 991-7432
Fee based on sliding scale.
Tel: 514.342.1234
E-mail: information@cummingscentre.org