Thank you for your continued support in helping those of us that are able to live on our own, manage our own care. It has been an unbelievable blessing to me, and I am truly grateful and thankful.
“The staff here were wonderful about getting me in and settled and making me comfortable. No other services in this area would be able to provide the support care that you do.”
-Consumer of Assisted Living Services
The Independent Living Centre of Waterloo Region offers thirty-seven Assisted Living units, grouped in three apartment complexes:
- Mooregate Crescent Apartments (Kitchener, Ontario)
- Shamrock Housing Cooperative (Waterloo, Ontario)
- Kiwanis Village (Cambridge, Ontario)
In Assisted Living environments, consumers of attendant services live independently in their own apartments while having access to an attendant on a 24-hour basis.
While the attendant services offered at each location are fully funded through the Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, consumers are responsible for all other expenses including rent, utilities, food and transportation.
Anyone is eligible to apply for the program, as long as they answer “yes” to all of the following questions:
- Are you a person with a permanent physical disability?
- Are you 16 years of age or older?
- Do you have a valid Ontario Health Card?
- Do you require personal support services and homemaking on a continuing basis in order to remain in the community?
- Are you able to direct your own personal support and homemaking services?
- Do you require services on a 24-hour basis for one of the following reasons?
- You require monitoring or service during the night?
- You require urgent response?
- Your personal support and essential homemaking requirements warrant on-site services, such as frequent calls of short duration?
If you are interested in applying for an apartment in an Assisted Living environment, contact Program Support (leanne@ilcwr.org), fill out an Assisted Living Application, or view the Applicant Guide (both available below). Though there is often a waiting list, an Admissions Committee reviews the entire list with each vacancy, and selects the person with the most need and best fit for the location and available service hours.
