Health Expense and Medical Equipment

Provides supports for adult amputees. Includes:

• Financial Assistance
• Information and resources
• Navigation to various eligible services
• Peer support

Provides financial support to older adults living at home with ongoing care needs to pay for their unpaid caregiver. A primary caregiver could be a family member, friend, or neighbor. To enroll, both the care recipient and the primary caregiver must be eligible.

Once enrolled, the care recipients will receive between $250 to $1500 per month, depending on their household income. Once enrolled, no need reapply each year.

Note: Applicant is the care recipient. If the care recipient is unable to participate in the financial assessment due to illness, age, or another reason, an agent such as a family member or an attorney can act on their behalf.

• Family Caregiver Benefit for Children: Providing care to a critically ill or injured person under 18 years (maximum weeks payable up to 35 weeks)
• Family Caregiver Benefit for Adults: Providing care to a critically ill or injured person 18 years or older(maximum weeks payable up to 15 weeks)
• Compassionate Care Benefits: A person of any age who requires end-of-life care (maximum weeks payable up to 26 weeks)

Provides up to 26 weeks of financial assistance for individuals who cannot work for medical reasons. The benefits pay 55% of earnings up to a maximum weekly amount.

• Out-of-province medical travel
• Co-payment for medications and more (Financial assistance is managed on a case-by-case basis, contact for more details)

Provides financial assistance to Islanders who are accessing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI) and associated prescribed medications at out-of-province Canadian fertility clinics. Eligible applicants can receive a lifetime maximum benefit of up to $20,000 per household.

Note: Approved applicants must submit expenses that occur after their approval date. Retroactive expenses will not be eligible for reimbursement.

Financial assistance to help cover specific costs related to their ALS diagnosis, including but not limited to:

• Ongoing costs associated with having a feeding tube
• Special dietary needs
• Cost of transportation to certain events like medical appointments

Note: Financial assistance for drug prescriptions, counselling and private home care is not provided.

• Medical aid to cover treatment costs
• Wage loss compensation
• Medical expense reimbursement for medications and more
• An impairment assessment
• Survivor benefits

• Informing families about the help available for their child and how to access it
• Coordinating access to products, services and supports
• Providing funding when it is needed to make sure products, services and supports are accessed without delay

• Mobility aids
• Wheelchair ramps
• Addiction services
• Mental health services
• Specialized hearing aids
• Traditional healing services
• Services for children in care
• Assessments and screenings
• Transportation to appointments
• Medical supplies and equipment
• Long-term care for children with specialized needs
• Therapeutic services for individuals or groups (speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy)

• Personal support worker
• Social worker
• Specialized summer camps
• Respite care (individual or group)
• Specialized programs based on cultural beliefs and practices

• School supplies
• Tutoring services
• Specialized school transportation
• Teaching assistance
• Psycho-education assessments
• Assistive technologies