As of 2024, the Comfort & Care grants have disbursed $2.1 million to support items that might otherwise not be funded from existing health center budgets with grants of up to $5,000. Grants are awarded in the categories of Patient Comforts, Patient and Family Education, Patient and Family Furnishings and Patient Recreation and Activities. This year, the adjudication committee validated more grants than available funding, so staff matched grants with other designated funds where possible. Below is the summary of awarded grants.
Summary
Total Applications Received: 90
Total Grants Requested: $318,387
Funds available for disbursement: $171,200
Total Grants Awarded: 58
Awards Granted by Category
A) Patient Comforts: $86,154
B) Patient/Family Education: $18,686
C) Patient/Family Furnishings: $56,222
D) Patient Recreation/Activities $10,137
Total Applications Awarded $171,200
Project Funded | Department |
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- Umbrellas
- Bluetooth speaker
- Phone Charging Station
- Portable Sound Machine
- Outdoor Seating
| - NS Rehab Centre - Administration Services
- NS Rehab Centre: Therapeutic Pool
- Halifax Infirmary: Emergency Department
- Camp Hill Veterans Bldg: Physiotherapy Department
- Community program/Clinic: East Coast Forensic Hospital
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- Staple Incision Board
- Life-Sized Human Skeleton
- Model
- Grief and Loss literacy resources
- Education Display
| - Halifax Infirmary: Neurosurgery Clinic
- Camp Hill Veterans Bldg: Geriatric Restorative Care
- Halifax Infirmary: Medical/Surgical/Neurological ICU, 5.2
- Dickson Building: ROSE Clinic
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| - Halifax Infirmary: Orthopaedics, 7.2
- Halifax Infirmary: Neurology Clinic
- Dickson Building: Gynecology Clinic
- Camp Hill Veterans Building: Physiotherapy department
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| - Abbie J. Lane: Acute Care 7A
- Community program/Clinic: Nova Scotia Hospital
- Camp Hill Veterans Building: Social Work
- Halifax Infirmary: Cardiology, 6.2
- Halifax Infirmary: Vascular Surgery Clinic, 4th floor
- Dickson Building: Cancer Centre
- Abbie J. Lane Memorial Building: Acute Care, 6 Lane
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- Leisure Baskets
- Recreation Therapy items
- Stress Relief items
- Recreation Therapy items
- Patient Practice Packs
| - Community program/Clinic: Acquired Brain Injury
- Centennial Building: Transitional Care Unit, 4B
- Dickson Building: Gynecology Clinic
- Halifax Infirmary: Recreation Therapy Department
- Dickson Building: Colposcopy Clinic, 5D
- Community program/Clinic: Mental Health & Addictions
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- Waiting Room/Family Room Furniture
| - Community program/Clinic: Nova Scotia Hospital
- Halifax Infirmary: Cardiovascular Intensive Care, 5.1
- Centennial Building: Medical Oncology
- Centennial Building: Medical/Surgical ICU, 3A
- Abbie J. Lane: Acute Care, 6 Lane
- Abbie J. Lane: 6A
- Halifax Infirmary: Medical/Surgical/Neuro ICU, 5.2
- Abbie J. Lane: Mental Health Day Hospital, 3rd floor
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- Sleeper Chair
- Bedside Chair
- Bariatric Chair
- Assessment Room Chair
| - Halifax Infirmary: Neurosurgery, 7.3
- Halifax Infirmary: Cardiology, 6.1
- Dickson Building: Cancer Centre
- Abbie J. Lane: Geriatric Assessment and Family Medicine
- Community program/Clinic: Dartmouth Connections
- Halifax Infirmary: Inpatient Overflow
- Halifax Infirmary: Cardiovascular ICU, 5.1
- Camp Hill Veterans Bldg: Memory Disability Clinic
- Camp Hill Veterans Bldg: Geriatric Restorative Care
- Halifax Infirmary: Neurology, 7.3
- Centennial Building: Hematology
- Halifax Infirmary: Cardiovascular Surgery, 7.1
- Community program/Clinic: Nova Scotia Hospital
- Dickson Building: Pain Management clinic, 4G
- Halifax Infirmary: Cardiology, 6.4
- Halifax Infirmary: Burn Unit, 4.2
- Victoria Building: Patient Care, 9 Victoria
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| - Centennial Building: Medicine 9B, HSG/HIS
- Community program/Clinic: Springhill Satellite Dialysis
- Halifax Infirmary: Epilepsy Program
- Halifax Infirmary: General medicine IMCU, 8.4
- Halifax Infirmary: Renal Dialysis
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- Patient Warming Device
- Accessibility Equipment leisure and communication
| - Halifax Infirmary: Anesthesia/periop
- Nova Scotia Rehab: various floors
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