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QEII Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department is working with reduced space, which may lead to delays for those with less urgent concerns. Learn more here.

Starting Saturday, December 14, the entrance to the QEII Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department will change to 1840 Bell Road. Learn more.

Social Workers help with:

  • Adjustment or coping with illness, injury, and disability
  • Death, grief, and loss
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Referral to community agencies
  • Complex discharge needs (care at home, nursing home, or other long-term care options)
  • Concerns about hospitalization
  • Practical support and/ or financial concerns (e.g. equipment needs, information about income support programs)
  • Other individual or family concerns (e.g. dependency issues, caregiver stress, family conflict)

Social Workers help by:

Counselling

  • Providing counselling around coping, managing crisis, adjustment, bereavement, and resources to individuals, couples, families, and/or groups

Advocating

  • Supporting patients and families to access needed services and resources

Collaborating

  • Working with our healthcare teams and the community to provide the best care and discharge planning

Educating

  • Providing education to patients, families, healthcare teams, and community agencies.

Accessing this Clinic, Program or Service

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-473-2491

mon Jan 20 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Jan 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Jan 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Jan 23 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Jan 24 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-465-8530

*This office has relocated to room 1512 due to renovations

mon Jan 20 Unavailable
tue Jan 21 Unavailable
wed Jan 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Jan 23 Unavailable
fri Jan 24 Unavailable
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-885-3627

mon Jan 20 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Jan 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Jan 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Jan 23 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Jan 24 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-473-3463

mon Jan 20 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Jan 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Jan 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Jan 23 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Jan 24 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-792-2082

mon Jan 20 Unavailable
tue Jan 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Jan 22 Unavailable
thu Jan 23 Unavailable
fri Jan 24 Unavailable
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-384-4107

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-473-1367

mon Jan 20 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Jan 21 Unavailable
wed Jan 22 Unavailable
thu Jan 23 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Jan 24 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-889-4103

mon Jan 20 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Jan 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Jan 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Jan 23 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Jan 24 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Jan 25 Unavailable
sun Jan 26 Unavailable

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-473-5180

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