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Indigenous Health Services - Cranbrook

Condition Specific Support, Healthcare Providers, Home Health Care, Housing / Shelter, Indigenous Services, Medication, Pain Management, Pregnancy Care, Public Health, and Sexual Health

Provided by Ktunaxa Nation

Provides health and wellness services to members of the Ktunaxa Nation.

The following services are offered:

Public Health Nursing Services: Include clinic visits for preventative health, pregnancy education and baby care, school visits, child health clinics, immunization, community workshops, communicable disease control, environmental health prevention and education, HIV screening and STI education, and harm reduction supplies.
Home Care Nursing Services: Include First Nation and Non-Insured Health Benefits information, direct client care for nursing interventions such as wound treatment, foot care, physical assessments and screening activities, consultation, referral and liaison with other care providers, organizations and institutions, medication management and understanding, palliative care, linkages to community service providers, and learning resources (books, videos and pamphlets).
Nurse Practitioners: Nurse practitioners provide health care services from a holistic nursing perspective, integrated with the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, including prescribing medications. NP Outreach services are provided to the Ktunaxa Communities.
Aboriginal Patient Navigator Services: Include navigation at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital, advocacy, discharge planning, promoting access to services and assistance in understanding the hospital system, and referral to Aboriginal Community Liaison services.
Aboriginal Community Liaison Services: Include discharge planning, navigation to community services, advocacy, promoting access to community services, assistance in understanding community service systems and referral to Aboriginal Patient Navigator services.
Community Dietitian Services: Include individual and group sessions, diabetes, chronic disease management, lifestyle and nutrition coaching.
Community Exercise Therapy Services: Include recovery from injury, better manage chronic pain such as arthritis and back pain through gentle movement and exercise, improve control of blood sugars with daily light exercise, increase general activity levels at home, in the community or at fitness facility, and healthy activity for weight management.
Street Angels: Operation Street Angel provides services to the homeless and vulnerable populations in the Cranbrook area which include nurse practitioner services, mental health and substance use, street outreach advocate and RN, nutrition, advocacy, justice and linkage/referrals to services and providers within the community and region. Street Angel is open 7 days a week and offers drop-in services.