En Cœur can provide financial support to parents who are required to travel outside their region for their child’s care. However, En Cœur does not replace the financial support services offered by CSSSs and CLSCs. These organizations provide support through the Transportation-Accommodation program.
Support from private or government organizations (e.g., Transportation and Accommodation for Disabled Persons program) should be prioritized initially. If necessary, the Foundation may collaborate to obtain such assistance.
For more information on this subject, we invite you to contact the social worker responsible for your file.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Accommodation support is offered to all families of children with heart disease in the event of a stay required for surgeries, hospitalizations and examinations related to the child’s heart condition.
Parking
The En Coeur Foundation provides financial support to parents of children with heart disease, to help them pay parking costs during their child’s stay at the hospital.
Grocery card
The Foundation can help you with grocery costs to ease the financial burden while your child with heart disease is hospitalized.
Gas card
The Foundation can help you with gasoline costs to ease the financial burden while your child with heart disease is hospitalized.
Travel expenses
Travel expenses can be paid by the Foundation. This service aims to help families in the regions cover gasoline expenses in order to get to their child’s appointments.
Purchases and loans of medical equipment
Donations received allow the loan and purchase of medical equipment for families with a child with heart disease (stethoscopes, therapeutic bears, Cardiomemos, CardioStats, AED external defibrillators, CoaguCheks, fetal Dopplers, breast pumps and tubes, pulse oximeters, etc.)
Meal voucher
The meal vouchers offered by the Foundation are a second-tier support and aim to help families who have to cover food expenses during the hospitalization of their child.
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
Participants share in a group their experiences and reality as parents of children with heart defects, in a space marked by respect, kindness and solidarity. Open group of 90 minutes led by 2 social workers.
Learning that your child has a heart defect, knowing that his health is fragile and that he will therefore never be like the others, is a shock for many parents.
The En Coeur community is here for you ♥ The PARENTS community is a private group supervised by the En Coeur Foundation team which aims to be a place for exchange, support and mutual aid between parents.
Individual support and guidance meetings for parents of children with heart disease.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Over the years, En Cœur has participated in the publication of a large number of documents intended for children with heart disease and their families. These are available at the Foundation as well as in the cardiology departments of the various hospitals.
