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Open Hands - Mains Ouvertes
Residential Services and Daytime Support for Children and Adults
Open Hands is a non-profit Agency, providing Residential and Daytime Community Supports to Individuals with Development Disabilities, serving both Adults and Children.
As our mission statement indicates the goal of Open Hands is to "Provide the least restrictive support required to assist Individuals in our care to maximize their potential and enhance their quality of life."
Residential Services
Open Hands provides 24 hour professional care in residential settings for Individuals within 7 group homes, (6 adult and 1 children's home), all in residential neighborhoods. The group home Staff encourages the residents to participate in all household routines. Staff teach and assist with daily living activities, such as meal preparation, housework, budgeting, recreation and social events. It is our goal to make certain the residence is regarded primarily as the HOME of the people who live there. Every possible effort is made to personalize their homes making them comfortable and safe.
Supported Independent Living
The Supported Independent Living (SIL) supports and services are geared to the Individual's needs to function as independent as possible within their own apartment in the community. The program offers services in daily living skills such as financial planning, tenant landlord issues, all aspects of meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking, promotion of rights, medical coordination, how to access services, activities and events in the community, etc. The SIL program provides the opportunity for Individuals to be empowered, as it is also geared to their personal outcomes based on their needs and desires.
Children's Residential Services
Open Hands offers services to Children in a residential setting, providing ongoing supports, as well as respite and shared parenting to those families in need. The Children are involved in activities within the community with the Aquatic center for swimming lessons, Rovers with Scouts Canada, horseback riding, School, Church, Sunday school, as well other activities in the surrounding area as well as in Ottawa with the Splash Park. The children and their families are assisted as needed with medical and dental appointments accessing resources to serve the Individual Child's needs, CHEO is used as a great resource. The United Way of SD&G provides funding to the Children's residence which allows for the Children to participate in the above activities.
Community Center Participation
The community participation program focuses on community involvement by providing Individuals with access to job-readiness and employment, assisting them to participate in the life of their community. Supports are in place so people can acquire and maintain meaningful employment, therby enhancing their involvement and contributation through leisure and recreational activities, volunteering, and participation in social groups and events. These supports are based on the Individual's needs and desires.
Daytime and Community Supports
Daytime community supports strives to promote individualized supports and gives people the opportunity to be members of their community. Activities range from afternoons at the spa, swimming, horseback riding, bowling, attending services at schools, churches, to volunteering with the Agape center.
We also provide Individuals with computer training, literacy instruction and communication programs utilizing sign language and the PEC system, to anyone interested. Trained staff design these communication programs and provide continual training to the staff and families so they can regularly communicate with their family member receiving our services.
| Open Hands |
| Address | 1 South Branch Road |
| Phone | 613-933-0012 |
| Fax | 613-932-5134 |
| E-Mail | dwilson.openhands@cogeco.net |
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