Essential Partners-in-Care

Taking Care of Yourself 

Self-Care and Resilience Check 

Page 2: Complete the Mental Health Continuum Self-Assessment to see how you’re coping with stress. 

Page 3: Identify self-care practices that you can incorporate into your daily routine. 

Page 4: Make a commitment to practice self-care as often as possible 

Providing Emotional Support

To have a supportive conversation, remember the EARS acronym: 

Engage and open a conversation 

Actively listen and encourage self-expression 

Refer to resources and ask how you can help. 

Stay in touch and follow-up 

Please see the foldable pocketbook for full details. 

Resources for supporting others 

The Ontario Caregiver Organization provides a multitude of resources about caregiving on their website. 

Child: Canadian Paediatric Society website 

Elder: Ontario Caregiver website: Caring for a Senior 

Individual with Mental Health Concerns: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Guides and Publications 

Alzheimer’s Society of Durham Region

The Ontario Caregiver Helpline
1-833-416-2273 (CARE)

Distress Centre Durham
24-hour crisis line
905-430-2522
1-800-452-0688

Durham Mental Health Services
24-hour crisis line
905-666-0483
1-800-742-1890
TTY 1-866-620-3490

Kids Help Phone
24-hour crisis line
1-800-668-686

You may need to shorten your visit if the person you are visiting is tired and needs to rest. To keep the hospital a restful environment for everyone, we have designated quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Please speak with a member of the health-care team if you and the patient wish for you to stay during these hours. We will try to accommodate these requests whenever possible and based on the current family presence guidelines. 

The best way to prevent the spread of infection to you and your loved ones is to wash your hands or by using hand sanitizer. Each person that visits must clean their hands when they enter and leave.

Lakeridge Health supports a mask-friendly environment. Masks continue to be available at all main entrances of our sites. We understand masking is a personal choice, and we encourage you to continue masking if it makes you feel most comfortable. 

• Fever, aches or chills
• New cough or shortness of breath
• Diarrhea or vomiting
• Runny nose / sneezing
• Rash 

You can visit again when you don't have symptoms for 2 days, as we want to keep your loved ones and our patients healthy

We welcome families and essential partners-in-care; however, you may be asked to leave the room of the person you are visiting at times for privacy and care reasons.

Please refrain from eating in patient rooms as many patients may have food and odour sensitivities. Visitors please eat in designated eating area.

Children who require supervision while visiting the hospital must be accompanied by an adult at all times other than the patient.

Lakeridge Health is a scent-free environment. Do not use any perfume or scented products before you come to the Lakeridge Health.

We are committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect. Please be patient and kind to others, including members of the health-care team and other patients, clients, residents, and families/essential partners-in-care.

Anyone who exhibits abusive behaviours will be asked to leave and may lose visiting privileges.

Please speak with a member of the health-care team if you have questions about any of this information. Thank you for your commitment to keeping Lakeridge Health a safe and healing environment for all.