Allied Health Services
Allied Health services include:
Audiology is concerned with hearing and hearing loss, and audiologists can assess hearing, address hearing loss, and prevent related hearing damage
Nutrition counselling can take place in an individual session or in a group/workshop setting (such as a cooking class).
Occupational therapy helps people to improve their ability to perform normal activities.
Physiotherapy helps people who have physical disabilities or problems to address these issues.
Psycho-educational services assist people who are struggling with behavioural adjustment problems in various aspects of their lives.
Counselling and therapy to address a range of issues that can affect your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual balance.
The Regional Respiratory Therapy Services’ Pulmonary Functioning Clinic provides different respiratory diagnostic tests and therapies.
The Regional Sleep Clinic includes home sleep testing, positive airway pressure device (CPAP) set-up , and patient education and follow-up.
Speech-language therapists help people with communication, language, speech and voice problems.
Who are they for?
Allied Health services address a wide range of physical and mental health and well-being issues. They can be for anyone who needs therapy to improve or maintain health or well-being in the areas addressed by these therapies.
Where are they offered?
Most allied services are offered through local CMCs and/or MSDCs.
