CHIUS RESOURCES: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Updated June 24 2018
ACCESSIBILITY, HOUSING, FOOD SECURITY, FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- Accessibility & Transportation Resources
- Housing & Shelters Resources
- Food Security Resources
- Income Supplement & Finance Resources
- Services & Resources for People Living with Addictions
- Harm Reduction Programs
- Detox Programs
ALLIED HEALTH SERVICES RESOURCES
- Pharmacy Compass
- Dental Coverage
- Lower-cost Dental Clinics in BC
- Optical Coverage
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES
- The Gathering Place
- Leisure Access Program
- Volunteering at Carnegie Centre
- Qmunity: Gab Youth Drop-In
- Mpowerment
- CampOUT!
- Bright Spot: A Therapeutic Day Program
- General Diabetes Information
- Self-Monitoring Tools for Diabetes
- How to prevent falls – educational resource
- Checklist for preventing falls at home
- Preventing falls at home – handout
- Recommended Vaccines for HIV+ Individuals
- Adult Immunization Record Card
- Schizophrenia: A guide for the First Nations Community
- Your Legal Rights under the Mental Health Act: A guide for the First Nations Community
- First Nations Mental Health & Addictions Liaison Worker
- Depression: A guide for the First Nations Community
- Bipolar Disorder: A guide for the First Nations Community
- General LGBTQ+ Resources
- Trans/Non-Binary Resources
- Screening Resources
- Depression Resources
- Anxiety Resources
- Eating Disorders Resources
- Contact for Mental Health Crisis
MONITORING/RECORDING RESOURCES
- Sleep Journal
- Physical Activity Tracker
- Meal Planning Form and Grocery List
- Blood Pressure Home Tracker
- Medications Tracker
- Daily Pain Diary
- Managing Back Pain Handout
- American College of Rheumatology – Patient Resources
- Hot and Cold Therapy Handout
- Energy Conservation Tips (for people living with fatigue secondary to disease or aging).
- CORE Back tool
RESPIRATORY/CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH RESOURCES
- The Champion Lung Fitness Program
- COPD Action Plan (Handout)
- St Paul’s Hospital – COPD Clinic Referral Form
- St Paul’s Hospital – Pacific Lung Clinic Referral Form
- Vancouver General Hospital – The Lung Centre Referral Form
- Richmond Community Respiratory Programs
- Symptom Record for Heart Failure
- Seniors Mental Health
- Seniors Housing and Residential Care
- Miscellaneous Seniors Resources
- Note: For more `on falls prevention, refer to the Falls Prevention Resources Section
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (including HIV and HEP-C) RESOURCES
- YOUTHCO Website Resources
- “Gearing up to get down” (Handout on safe sex and HIV)
- “The Hepatitis C Handbook: The goods on hep C, safer drug use, tattooing and piercing”
- Positive Living BC Peer Navigation Brochure
- Positive Living BC Prison Outreach – HIV Myths Brochure
- Gilwest Clinic at Richmond Hospital
- Recommended Vaccines for HIV+ Individuals
- Information on PrEP
- Further information on various STDs and Genitourinary Infections from Health Link BC
- The Skin Care Centre Psoriasis and Phototherapy Clinic Website
- BedBugs Information Handout
- Getting rid of bed lice handout
- Scabies handout
- Violence against women
- Educational handouts for sexual health and contraception
- Abortion
- Sexual Health, Contraception, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding and Raising Children
- Miscellaneous/General Organizations for Women
- Addictions
- Youth Mental Health
- Youth Pregnancy and Sexual Health
- Puberty
- Homeless youth
- Foster care
- Family and Sexual Violence
- General Health and Wellness
