Assistive Devices

The following is a list of assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Please use this list to determine if St. Joseph's has a specific assistive device available to you upon request.

St. Joseph's permits persons with a disability to use their own assistive devices when accessing services at/or admitted to the Health Centre, unless otherwise prohibited due to health and safety or privacy issues.

Please speak to your St. Joseph's health care provider for more information about assistive devices.

SJHC = St. Joseph's Health Centre

Deaf and/or blindness

  1. Braille or large print watches - not available at SJHC
  2. Braille TTYs - not available at SJHC
  3. Hearing aids with built in FM systems - not available at SJHC
  4. Magnifiers - not available at SJHC
  5. Support Persons - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  6. Service Animals - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  7. White cane - not available at SJHC

Hearing Loss

  1. Hearing aids - not available at SJHC
  2. Amplified phones - available at Switchboard
  3. Pocket talkers - available at Switchboard, Ambulatory Care Centre, Pre-Admit, and selected inpatient units
  4. Relay service - available by the telephone company
  5. Support person - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  6. TTYs - available at Switchboard
  7. Baby sound monitor with bed shaker - available on unit 5M

Intellectual

  1. Alarm watches/beepers - not available at SJHC
  2. Large display calculators - not available at SJHC
  3. Support person - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  4. Service animals - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  5. Voice activated records - not available at SJHC

Learning

  1. Electronic calendars - not available at SJHC
  2. Electronic talking dictionaries - not available at SJHC
  3. Optical character recognition which reads aloud scanned computer documents - not available at SJHC
  4. Reading pens that scan words and provide auditory feedback - not available at SJHC
  5. Software programs for assistance with spelling, reading and grammer - not available at SJHC
  6. Talking calendars - not available at SJHC
  7. Voice-activated recorders - not available at SJHC

Mental Health

  1. Electronic organizers - not available at SJHC
  2. Portable music listening devices - not available at SJHC
  3. Service animals - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  4. Support person - not available at SJHC but welcomed

Physical

  1. Canes - available for purchase on unit 6E and in the Fracture Clinic
  2. Crutches - available for purchase on unit 6E, Emergency Department and in the Fracture Clinic
  3. Elevators - located throughout our buildings
  4. Scooter - not available at SJHC.
  5. Support person - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  6. Walker - in all inpatient units
  7. Wheelchair - available in all inpatient units, selected outpatient departments including the Emergency Department, Ambulatory Care Centre and Fracture Clinic
  8. People carts - available at our entrances
  9. Long handled reachers - available for purchase on unit 6E
  10. Long handled sponge - available for purchase on unit 6E

Speech and/or Language

  1. Computer with speech output software - not available at SJHC
  2. Pen and paper - available in all our units
  3. Portable speech amplifiers - not available at SJHC
  4. Support person - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  5. Communication board - available through Speech and Language Pathologists

Vision Loss

  1. Guide dog - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  2. Laptops with speech output/Braille display - not available at SJHC
  3. Lighted pens - not available at SJHC
  4. Magnifiers - not available at SJHC
  5. Optic devices (ie. binoculars) - not available at SJHC
  6. Support person - not available at SJHC but welcomed
  7. White canes - not available at SJHC

Related Information
Accessibility for People with Hearing Loss
Use of Personally Supplied Devices

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