Service Provider | Guelph Services for Persons with Disabilities (GSPD) |
Project | Neeve Street |
Category | Supportive Housing Units (SHU) |
Address | 87 Neeve Street |
City | Guelph |
Postal Code | N1E 6Z5 |
Nearest Main Intersection | Wellington & Neeve Street |
Phone | (519)824-1711 |
Fax | |
Email | info@gspd.org |
Number of Consumers Served | 13 |
Population | 9 M. & 4 W. |
Unit Type | 7 one-bdrm. & 6 two-bdrm. apartments |
Services to persons with ABI | No |
Respite Services | No |
Bowel & Bladder Procedures | Yes |
Suctioning & Ventilators | No |
G Tube Feeding | No |
Augmented Communications Devices | No |
Other Services | |
Catchment Area | No geographic restriction |
Application Process | Apply directly to service provider. |
Applications - Contact | Director of Attendant Care Services |
Applications - Address | 238 Willow Road, Guelph ON N1H 8H1 |
Available Spaces Per Year | Less than 1 |
Self-Direction of Services Required | Self-direction expected. |
Hiring Attendants | Consumers participate in interviews & make recommendations. |
Training Attendants | Consumers train attendants on their personal routines & give feedback to staff. |
Performance Appraisals of Attendants | Annual evaluation forms filled out by consumers. |
Choice in gender of attendants | No, but will accommodate requests when possible. |
Languages | |
Consumer Representation on Board of Directors | 17% of Board are consumers & 50% are PWDs. According to the bylaws, 33% of Board must be consumers or PWDs. |
Rent Subsidies Available | Yes |
Are leases separate from personal support service contracts? | Yes |
Comments | Self-Direction of Services: If a progressive disability leads to a loss of ability to self-direct, staff try to accommodate individual needs. |