Financial help
Support group
Check the organization's website for the schedule of activities.
Rimouski. Face-to-face; possibility of forming a virtual group if needed.
Adaptive lingerie
Sales service for adapted bras, breast additions, post-operative camisoles, swimwear and bikini prostheses or stockings and compression sleeves.
By appointment.
Rimouski, Magdalen Islands
Psychologist and social worker
Psychosocial support is a professional and confidential service available Free. of charge, at all stages of the disease: during the investigation period, during or after cancer treatment. Service at home, in telephone follow-up, individual or family meetings, provided by a human relations officer in collaboration with health care workers.
Free.
By appointment.
Rimouski-Neigette
Lodging
Hôtellerie Omer-Brazeau : 38 rooms in double occupancy or as private rooms adapted for wheelchair users.
Patient or companion referred by his/her physician for cancer related services: $28/day; Patient or companion referred by a physician for non-oncology services: $42/day.
Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm (office) and open 24/7 (lodging at the Hôtellerie Omer-Brazeau).
All of Eastern Quebec: Rimouski, Matane, Kamouraska, Matapédia, Sept-Îles, Gaspésie and the Magdalen Islands
Massage therapy
Table massages given by certified oncology massage therapists.Chair massage therapy service in the oncology clinic provided free of charge at the oncology department of the Rimouski and La Pocatière Hospital.
Free. In the oncology clinic, $27 per hour for tabletop treatments offered in the hotel.
Depending on purchase. for table massages.
Rimouski, La Pocatière
Information and documentation
Programming of the web channel verslemieuxetre.tv offering a full range of workshops, conferences and online training.
Free.
At all times.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue; Capitale-Nationale; Mauricie; Estrie; Montréal; Outaouais; Abitibi-Témiscamingue; Côte-Nord; Nord-du-Québec; Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine; Chaudière-Appalaches; Lanaudière; Laurentides; Montérégie; Bas-St-Laurent; Saguenay-Lac
Hair prosthesis
Free loan of hair prostheses. Loan available on the spot or via the organisation's website.
Depending on the purchase.
Rimouski, Matane, Sept-Îles
Hair alternative
Workshops on hair alternatives available online on the verslemieuxetre.tv platform'. Free of charge.
Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. Consult the organization's website for the schedule of activities.
Rimouski
Breast prosthesis
Sale and fitting of breast prostheses.
Depending on the purchase.
Rimouski and the Magdalen Islands
Other complementary therapies
Qi gong workshops, yoga (available online), zootherapy, foot reflexology service, musical workshops, relaxation workshops.
Most of the services are free of charge with a few exceptions
Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 16 pm 30 (office), open 24/7 (accommodation at Hospitality Omer Brazeau
Rimouski
Support group
Support for people affected by cancer.
Schedule of activities available on the agency's website
Sept-Îles - House community organizations in Sept-Îles, 652, avenue de Quen tel: 418 968-0600
Kinesiology
Free sessions and physical assessments. Group exercise sessions. Program 'Move for a better life' in collaboration with Physiothérapie Mouvement Plus.
People affected by cancer at all stages of the disease and their families
Move for Life Program: $20
Consult the schedule on the organization's website
K.R.T.B. Occupational Therapy Clinic located at 238 Lafontaine Street, Rimouski
Art therapy
Introductory art therapy workshop offered on site and accessible online on the verslemieuxetre.tv platform.
This service is temporarily suspended due to COVID-19
Rimouski
