About us

Organizational Overview

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth actively supports families and individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We advocate for and provide support services, education, and funding for research for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Our Vision:

A world without Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Our Mission:

To alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and to promote research.

Our Values:

Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Empowerment, and Excellence.

Our history

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth was founded on April 1, 2022, unifying the former Alzheimer Society Huron County and the Alzheimer Society Perth County. It is a non-profit corporation and a registered charity, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors who are elected at the Annual General Meeting.

In addition to providing programs to the community, we also support research through the Alzheimer Society of Canada as well as the Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Quick Facts about The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth:

• Serves all of Huron and Perth Counties with a population of 138,162.
• Has eleven members that sit on its board.
• Has over 250 volunteers who assist with many aspects of the organization, including board governance, programs, fund development and awareness as well as office assistance.

Our affiliates

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth is affiliated with the Alzheimer Society of Ontario and the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

As one of 26 Societies that make up the network of Alzheimer Societies in Ontario, we provide programs, services and education to persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and their care partners.

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth serves residents of Huron and Perth County, with offices located in Clinton and Stratford, and satellite offices located in Listowel, St. Marys, Wingham, and Zurich.

Our funding

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth is a non-profit charitable organization and depends on charitable donations and special events fundraising for the financial support required to continue our work. All donations to the Alzheimer Society Huron Perth are eligible for tax receipts.

Our Charitable Registration No. is 13150-3138-RR0001.

The Society is supported by individual and community service sector donations, special events fundraising and also receives funding from Ontario Health West to support our education, counseling and First Link® programs.

Read the Multi-Sector Accountability Agreement between the Alzheimer Society Huron Perth and Ontario Health West.

Respecting your privacy

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth has a longstanding policy of protecting the privacy of its clients. Our Privacy Policy has been revised to align itself with Bill 31 Ontario’s privacy legislation also known as the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). As of November 1, 2004, PHIPA controls the way personal health information may be collected, used and disclosed.

Read our full privacy statement.

Should you have any questions about our Privacy Statement, please contact our Privacy Officer – Amanda Schwartzentruber at amandas@alzhp.ca or 519 482 1482/519-271-1910.

Client Bill of Rights

Client Bill of Rights & Responsibilities

The Client Bill of Rights has been adapted from, Connecting Care Act, 2019, to assert and promote the dignity and worth of all people who use our services. The Client Bill of Rights is intended to emphasize the rights of clients rather than organizational convenience. Policies at the Society should be consistent with the Client Bill of Rights.

The Board of Directors of the Society endorse the Client Bill of Rights and, in so doing, creates expectations, that all Society personnel, will respect and uphold the Client Bill of Rights; will promote awareness and understanding of the Client Bill of Rights; and will interpret the Client Bill of Rights as broadly and generously as is consistent with its responsibility to clients collectively. Every client has the right to be provided with a written copy of, and assistance in understanding the Client Bill of Rights.

As a Client, you have:

Rights

• The right to receive services in a respectful manner and to be free from physical, sexual, mental, emotional, verbal, and financial abuse by the provider.
• The right to receive services in a manner that respects your dignity and privacy and that promotes autonomy and participation in decision-making.
• The right to receive services in a manner that recognizes the client’s individuality and that is sensitive to and responds to the client’s needs and preferences, including preferences based on ethnic, spiritual, linguistic, familial, and cultural factors.
• The right to receive services free from discrimination on any ground of discrimination prohibited by the Human Rights Code or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• The right to receive services in a culturally safe manner for those who identify as First Nations, Métis, or Inuk.
• The right to clear and accessible information about their services.
• The right to designate a person to be present with them during assessments.
• The right to participate in and/or designate a person in the assessment of their needs, development of their care plan, reassessment of their needs and revision of their care plan.
• The right to receive assistance in co-ordinating their services from the health service provider or Ontario Health Team.
• The right to raise concerns or recommend changes in connection with the service provided to them and in connection with policies and decisions that affect their interests, without fear of interference, coercion, discrimination or reprisal.
• The right to be informed of the laws, rules and policies affecting the operation of the provider of the home and community care service, including this Client Bill of Rights, and to be informed, in writing, of the procedures for initiating complaints about the provider.
• The right to give or refuse consent to the provision of service.
• The right to receive services in a culturally safe and person-centered manner.

Responsibilities

• To understand that verbal or physical abuse of staff, students and volunteers, and visitors will not be tolerated.
• To be respectful of other clients, visitors, and staff.
• To take part in your care plan to the best of your ability.
• To understand that the needs of other clients may sometimes be more urgent than your own.
• To be honest about your personal health information.
• To keep track of and look after your personal property and valuables.