As of 2023, our QEII Foundation Comfort & Care grants have disbursed just over $1.968 million to support items that might otherwise not be funded from existing health center budgets, with grants of $5,000 or less. Grants are awarded in the categories of Patient Comforts, Patient and Family Education, Patient and Family Furnishings and Patient Recreation and Activities. This year, updated criteria allowed the inclusion of adult healthcare programs located within our communities. Below is the summary of awarded grants.
Summary
Total Applications Received: 41
Total Grants Requested: $120,543
Funds available for disbursement: $100,000
Total Grants Awarded: 33
Awards Granted by Category
Patient Comforts: $38,719.00
Patient/Family Education: $11,169.00
Patient/Family Furnishings: $37,785.31
Patient Recreation/Activities $5,344.00
Total Applications Awarded $93,018.00
Project Funded
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- Pocket talkers
- White boards for patient rooms
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- 4B & 9B Community Transition Units - Centennial Building
- Medical Assistance in Dying - Community program
- Vascular/General Surgery 4.1 - Halifax Infirmary
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- Ophthalmology - Centennial Building
- Diagnostic Imaging, MRI - Halifax Infirmary
- Acute Inpatient Psychiatry - Nova Scotia Hospital
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- Supportive cushions and lumbar supports
- Sleep kits
- White noise machine, eye masks, ear plugs
- Stress kit
- Toiletries
- GRASP kit
- Mental health learning tools
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- Pain Self-Management Program - Dickson Building
- General Medicine 8.2 - Halifax Infirmary
- Medical/surgical ICU, 3A - Centennial Building
- Short Stay Unit - Abbie J Lane Building
- Nova Scotia Trauma Program - Centennial Building
- Occupational Therapy - Nova Scotia Rehab & Arthritis Building
- Mental Health & Addictions - Community Program
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- Diagnostic Imaging - Halifax Infirmary
- 3IMCU-Med/Surg Intermediate Care Unit - Halifax Infirmary
- Liverpool Hemodialysis - Community program
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- Waiting room furniture
- Reclining chairs
- Waiting room chairs
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- Liverpool Hemodialysis - Community program
- Diagnostic Imaging, CT - Halifax Infirmary
- Palliative Care, 7A - Centennial Building
- Orthopedic Assessment - Veterans Memorial Building Endoscopy - Victoria Building
- Mental Health Day Hospital - Abbie J Lane Building
- Otolaryngology, 3B - Centennial Building
- Vascular/General Surgery 4.1 - Halifax Infirmary
- ENT, 3E - Dickson Building
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- Recreation Therapy - Nova Scotia Rehab & Arthritis Centre
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- Interpreter on Wheels technology
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- Respirology - Halifax Infirmary
- Kearney Lake Primary Care Clinic - Community
- Social Work - Veterans Memorial Building
- Transplantation Clinic - Dickson Building
- EEG/EMG - Halifax Infirmary
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- Nova Scotia Cancer Treatment Centre
- EEG/EMG - Halifax Infirmary
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- Books
- Educational materials
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- Reproduction Options and Services Clinic - Dickson Building
- Connections Halifax - Community program
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