Indigenous Patient Navigation Program, De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre

The Indigenous Patient Navigation (IPN) program helps bridge the gap between indigenous peoples, health services, and supports. They provide assistance on a patient’s journey to health and healing through traditional healing, traditional practitioners, medicines, and cultural practices, as well as assistance with western models of care.

Services include:

  • Culturally appropriate resources for health care providers & individuals from hospital and to home
  • Linkages and liaison between the health care system & community services/support (acute care, residential treatment, mental health, addictions, etc.)
  • Collaboration with service providers about the needs of aboriginal people based on a number of factors including intergenerational trauma and the legacies of colonization
  • Service care navigation across the health care system
  • Identifying and addressing challenges and barriers to health care needs
  • Assistance and collaboration with discharge plans
  • Referrals and linkages to community services
  • Enabling open lines of communication between individuals and health care providers
  • Supporting individuals and family members to understand and participate in their plan of care
Organizations that offer this Service
De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre
Sites that offer this Service
De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre
Sunday:
Closed

Monday:
8:30-16:30

Tuesday:
8:30-16:30

Wednesday:
8:30-16:30

Thursday:
8:30-16:30

Friday:
8:30-16:30

Saturday:
Closed

Website: aboriginalhealthcentre.com

678 Main St E
Hamilton, ON
L8M 1K2

Eligibility

Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Metis, Inuit) and their families or individuals who self-identify as connected to Indigenous heritage that are involved in the health system.

Areas Served
Hamilton
Fees
Fee
None
Languages
English
Application Instructions

Contact for information.

Last Full Update
March 25, 2024