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Preventive dental health services are offered to students in Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 to prevent tooth decay.
AHS (Alberta Health Services) health zones partner with schools in low income neighborhoods to provide preventive dental services at school.
Information about services along with a consent form is sent home to all students in eligible schools. A parent or legal guardian signature is required for service.
Wheel chair access available.
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Assessment and treatment will include learning about your past history, present situation, and identifying your goals. The counsellor will talk with you about the different treatment options, including counselling to help you reach your goals. Your counsellor will help you choose goals and strategies, make suggestions, and review your progress with you.
An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking.
Children only need to have a few teeth to start getting fluoride. Applications are given 4 times, once every 6 months. For eligibility information visit our website.
At the appointment:
If the child has asthma, bring his or her asthma reliever medicine to the appointment.This provincial prevention service is available in all AHS (Alberta Health Services) zones.
Low German interpretation is available in South and Central Zones.
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Office hours listed above.
Office is closed 12:00 PM (noon) to 1:00 PM. Registered nurse works from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM 7 days/wk and is on call from 4:30 PM to 8:00 AM 7 days/wk.
Helps people of all ages that live at home and need support, including:
Home Care team members meet with clients to assess their needs and create a care plan.
Anyone living in Alberta with a valid provincial health care card (or registration in progress) can receive Home Care services as long as their health care needs can be safely met in the home. Consistent access criteria have been developed provincially for Supportive Living and Long Term Care and serve as general guidelines. Each client will be individually assessed.
There are no fees for Professional or Personal Care Services in Home Care. Accommodation Rates are standardized in Supportive Living and Long Term Care Centres that are funded by Alberta Health Services.
The four areas that are covered by public health nurses include:
Wait times vary.
There are fees for prenatal and travel health service.
Services are offered to eligible schools and may include:
A child diagnosed with asthma must have their short acting asthma reliever medication with them to receive service.
Services offered:
Feeding and swallowing services:
- coughing / choking - breathing changes / gasping - watering eyes - sweating - face becomes red - won’t eat or drink certain food or fluids
A delay or disorder in the area of communication for individual services.
Open eligibility for training, inservicing or universal services.
Promotes awareness of the possible risk of communicable disease when travelling and ways to prevent them. Travel Health can also give travel immunizations. Not all services are offered at all locations. The services below are offered on a fee-for-service basis:
Book your appointment at least 6 to 8 weeks before you leave to make sure there is enough time to have all your immunizations.
For more information visit our webpage
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Wait times vary for an appointment.
There are fees associated with Travel Services and may range from an average of $48.00 to $200.00 per person.
Offers free tuberculosis (TB) skin testing to eligible Albertans. The Mantoux skin test is not recommended to diagnose TB.
Testing is done at public health centres throughout the province:
If you are not eligible for free testing but still need to be tested there will be a charge for the test.
For travel or work related TB testing contact the Travel Health Services in your area. With the exception of Edmonton, you would contact the Immunization Business Unit to have school or work-related TB skin testing done.
Eligibility includes:
There is a charge for anyone not meeting the eligibility criteria.
