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Outreach Home Support
Outreach Home Support is a light housekeeping service that clients may access on a weekly or monthly basis. This services costs $18 per hour and includes:
  • Kitchen: wipe counters, wash dishes, take out garbage, sweep and mop floors, wash inside of window above sink
  • Bathroom: clean sinks, tubs, inside/outside toilets, mirrors, mop floor and take out garbage
  • Living room/dining room: vacuum, dust, polish, tidy
  • Bedrooms: vacuum, dust, change/make beds, tidy
  • Wipe fridge, stove and microwaves
  • Spot clean walls
  • Laundry (in-home or laundromat), ironing
  • Errands (i.e. grocery shopping)
  • Meal preparation
  • Respite for caregivers
  • Family relief: temporary support to families in crisis (i.e. family illness, death in family, other emergency situations)

Subsidy Guidelines (July 2011 to June 2012):

ANNUAL INCOME ADULT with disability or inability to complete household tasks SENIOR with disability or inability to complete household tasks
Single: $20,201 to $36,900
Couple: $31,801 to $40,000
$9/hour subsidy
Doctor's note required.
$9/hour subsidy
No Doctor's note required.
Single: Under $20,200
Couple: Under $31,800
$18/hour subsidy (OHS)
Doctor's note required.
Client must apply for subsidy from special needs assistance for seniors.
Doctor's note required










Please note that annual income categories are reflective of limits set by Special Needs Assistance for Seniors and may change annually to match changes to that program.
 
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