Supports and Resources

This support package includes links to supports and resources to help assist you with navigating days in self-isolation.

*Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not exhaustive. Where businesses are listed, their inclusion does not indicate or imply that the business and/or its products or services are endorsed by the Middlesex-London Health Unit. If your business is providing an essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact the Health Unit to be included on this list health@mlhu.on.ca.

Groceries

See links below for various food resources which include food delivery and/or pick up.

• Grocery Guy
• Grocerocity
• Hello Fresh Meal Kit Delivery
• On The Move Organics
• FoodFund Produce Delivery
• Instacart Grocery Delivery
• UberEats Grocery Delivery
• Loblaws Delivery
• Metro Online Grocery
• Walmart Grocery Delivery and Pickup
• Real Canadian Superstore - PC Express Grocery Pickup
• Foodland
• No Frills Online Grocery Shopping - PC Express Pickup
• Ontario Community Support Association
  This service facilitates both requests for Meals on Wheels delivery as well as the delivery of essential supplies including groceries. Visit the website to determine eligibility.
• Community Food Programs
• Emergency Food Services – London and Middlesex County
  Community meals are offered in many community centres and faith-based organizations throughout London and some locations in Middlesex County. *Note, a daily meal calendar and food bank list is posted daily to this website.
• Community Supports – Middlesex County
  For information on grocery stores, food banks/free meals, and community agencies serving Middlesex County residents, click here.

Pharmacy / Medicine / Prescriptions

• London Drugs Prescription Delivery
• Bellwood Pharmacy Online Shopping
• Rexall Direct Pharmacy Delivery
• Shoppers Drug Mart Online Prescription Refill
• Shoppers Drug Mart Home Delivery via Instacart
• Costco Pharmacy
• Real Canadian Superstore Online Pharmacy Services
• The Health Depot Pharmacy
• Ontario Community Support Association
  This service facilitates the delivery of essential supplies, including prescription medication. Visit the website to determine eligibility.

Mental Health

• Middlesex-London Community Supports (PDF)
• COVID-19: Support for People (Ontario Ministry of Health)
• The Working Mind: COVID-19 Self-Care and Resilience Guide (PDF)
  Everyone has their own response to stress. This guide will help you create a self-care and resilience plan, as well as identify additional people and resources for support.
• Video: Strategies for Mental Health (YouTube)
  Taking care of your mental health is so important. Workplace Strategies has produced a series of short videos to help. Help yourself by taking a few minutes to watch these videos.
• Wellness Together Canada: Mental Health and Substance Use Support
  Wellness Together Canada provides free online resources, tools, apps and connections to trained volunteers and qualified mental health professionals.
• Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre
• 24-Hour Talk 4 Healing - talk-text-chat in 14 languages and Help Line 4 Aboriginal Women: 1-855-554-HEAL (4325) (Government of Ontario)
• Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration

Financial Supports / Social Services

• Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit (Government of Ontario)
• Emergency Assistance (Government of Ontario)
• COVID-19: Support for people (Government of Ontario)
• COVID-19: Support for Workers (Ontario Ministry of Health)
• COVID-19: Support for businesses (Ontario Ministry of Health)
• COVID-19 Benefits and Services (Government of Canada)
• Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System Payments for Seniors
• Community Supports – Middlesex County
  Links to information on community supports including youth, family, housing, employment, and other supports and information about Ontario Works, social housing, and counselling services.

Self-Isolating / Recovery

• How to self-isolate (Public Health Ontario) (PDF)
• Self-isolation: guide for caregivers, household members and close contacts (Public Health Ontario) (PDF)
• COVID-19 and Ibuprofen use (Middlesex-London Health Unit) (PDF)
• ReActive Physiotherapy COVID-19 Survivor Rehabilitation (PDF)
  Provides specialized care, home exercise programs and evidence-based telehealth physiotherapy to address respiratory and mobility impairments associated with infectious disease. To book an appointment, please email info@reactivephysio.com.

Hygiene and Cleaning

• How to care for a child with COVID-19 at home: advice for caregivers (Public Health Agency of Canada) (PDF)
• How to wash your hands/how to use hand sanitizer (Public Health Ontario) (PDF)
• Environmental cleaning in non-healthcare public settings (Middlesex-London Health Unit) (PDF)
• How to make chlorine (bleach) solution for disinfecting (Middlesex-London Health Unit) (PDF)
• Face coverings and face masks (Ontario Ministry of Health)
• ASK Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service

Pets

• How to Care for Pets and Other Animals (Public Health Ontario, PDF)

Entertainment

• London Public Library – Digital Collection
  *requires a library card or eAccount
• Middlesex County Library – Download & Stream
  *requires a library card or virtual library card
• CBC Gem – CBC’s free streaming service
• National Film Board of Canada – free films
• Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
  Google Streetview will take you to the museum and through several exhibits.
• Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
• Vancouver Art Gallery
  Tour the gallery through Google Streetview.
• Canadian Museum of History
  Check out the museum’s selection of online exhibitions section.
• Canadian War Museum
• The National Ballet of Canada
  View the online exhibit showing the history of The Nutcracker Ballet
• National Gallery of Canada
• Gardiner Museum
• Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China
• Virtual Tour of the Louvre in Paris, France