South Riverdale Community Health Centre - SRCHC - Toronto Diabetes Care Connect - Toronto Central Referral Service - Choose Health

Application

Call or visit website to sign up

Eligibility / Target Population

People living with chronic conditions, their caregivers and health care professionals

Fees

Workshops are free and open to all health and community service providers

Executives

Jason Altenberg - CEO
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
4164611925
Shannon Wiens - Vice President - Strategy and Systems
4164611925

Contacts

Shova Adhikari - Health Promoter

Languages

English ; French ; Chinese (Cantonese) ; Chinese (Mandarin) ; Tagalog

Language Notes

The referral service uses phone interpretation when necessary and can connect individuals with programs that are offered in a variety of languages

Area Served

Toronto

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility Note

Programs offered in accessible community settings

Description of Services

Evidence-based group programs that empower individuals living with chronic conditions and their caregivers and foster self-management and self-efficacy skills

Evidence-based programs by South Riverdale CHC include:

Chronic Disease Self-Management
Chronic Pain Self-Management (include the Moving Easy Program™)
Healthy Feet, Diabetes, and You
Powerful Tool for Caregivers

Peer-led programs for people living with chronic conditions:

Peer-led and mindfulness focused Art Gallery of Ontario tour
Peer-led art making workshops
Peer-led Film Talk

Programs for Health Professionals:

Brief Action Planning
Choices and Changes: Motivating Healthy Behaviour
Health Literacy
Treating Patients with C.A.R.E.

About Us

To enhance patient self-management and provider health literacy, partnering with primary care as well as community based health and social service providers, we offer evidence-based trainings and programs for community members and health care providers. Annually, we serve 1200 people and this work takes place in partnership with 37 organizations across the city.

Choose Health - Self Management Program