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Homefront Cancer Services
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Older Adult Categories	DRIVING & TRANSPORTATION (ALL) ; DT - Volunteer Driver Programs ; HELP TO LIVE AT HOME (ALL) ; Home - Friendly Visiting/Phone Reassurance ; Home - Maintenance & Adaptations ; Home - Medical Equipment/Supplies
Location, Telephone & Internet
Address & Map	605 Highway 8 Stoney Creek, ON L8G 5G2
Located In Community	Stoney Creek
Major Intersection	Hwy 8 and Dewitt Rd
Ward	Ward 9
Office Phone	905-643-0404
E-Mail	hcs@bellnet.ca
Contact Information
Primary Contact	Deborah Delullo, Executive Director
Alternate Contact	Elizabeth Forster, President, Board of Directors
Description & Services
Description	Homefront Cancer Services is a volunteer driven organization with programs available to provide comfort and support to cancer patients, their families and any supporting persons.     * Tiffany Room - a resource centre offering comfort, support and community resource information to patients and their families * internet access available  * Hobby Time - runs from September until the end of June * open to the public * meets Tue and Thu from 1:30 pm-3:30 pm  * Transportation to and from medical appointments  * Loan Program - free sickroom equipment e.g. hospital beds, commodes, wheelchairs, walkers and bath aids  * Dressings and externals program - provides incontinent supplies, mouth swabs etc after all other resources are exhausted  * Card program - provides a volunteer who will drop off a card or provide a phone call to patients  * Feeling Good About Me - provides aroma therapy as well as wig referral and chemo hats  * Home Support - program provides some snow shovelling and home services for patients and families
Hours	Tue, Wed, Thu 9:30 am-1 pm * Fri by appointment only
Areas Served	Beamsville ; Grimsby ; Hamilton (City of)
Boundaries	The City of Hamilton including Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, Hamilton and Stoney Creek * Beamsville * Grimsby
Fees	None
Languages	English
Other Details
Accessibility	Not Accessible
Print Material	pamphlets available
Funding	Self supporting
Other Links for Searching
Service Categories	Agency Based Libraries/Resource Centres ~ Cancer ; Assistive Technology Equipment Loan ~ Cancer ; Escort Programs ~ Cancer ; Friendly Telephoning ~ Cancer ; Friendly Visiting ~ Cancer ; Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services ~ Cancer ; Incontinence Supplies ~ Cancer ; Mobility Aids ~ Cancer ; Residential Snow Shoveling ~ Cancer ; Specialized Information and Referral ~ Families/Friends of People with Cancer ; Telephone Reassurance ~ Cancer