Leaving from
Gaspé Coast: Bonaventure, Avignon
Your English-speaking community association
Committee for Anglophone Social Action (CASA)
Transportation support offered locally
Transport Bonaventure Avignon
Financial support offered locally
Linda LeMore-Brown Foundation (LLB)
Financial Resources Department
Offers
Answers to your questions
Will tell you where to get your travel claim form (“Regional Financial Assistance Program”) / where to drop off your completed travel form
Contact Baie-des-Chaleurs Health & Social Services Centre
1-418-759-3443
Ext #1603 if you live between Escuminac & St-Francois
Ext #2306 if you live between Nouvelle & St-Simeon
Ext #1073 if you live between Bonaventure & Shigawake
A few facts about the "Regional Financial Assistance Program"
You have to submit your claim within 90 days following travel
If you choose to go to a different hospital (other than the one nearest you which provides the service) no costs will be refunded
$0.13 per km between your home and the hospital you travel to, minus the first 200 km (for a round trip made by car)
You can visit this website to find out the distance (in km) between your home and the hospital you need to travel to: www.quebec511.info/en (CLICK the “Road Distances” tab on the left)
If you travel by public transportation (bus, train etc.) you will be refunded the cost of the cheapest roundtrip ticket ( * keep your original receipts *)
$ 75 per night for a maximum of 1 night (for travel to Rimouski) or 2 nights (for travel to Québec / Montréal) to help with meals / accommodation. This amount is $95 if your doctor determines that you require accompaniment.
Other special conditions may apply for people receiving cancer treatments or waiting for a transplant (check with your local health provider to see if you are eligible for additional financial support for lodging
Support at home
CAB (Centre d’Action Bénévole) St-Siméon Port-Daniel
CAB (Centre d’Action Bénévole) Ascension - Escuminac
CAB (Centre d’Action Bénévole) Saint-Alphonse Nouvelle
Entre-Tiens Chaleurs (Help Around The Home)
Entre-Tiens d’Avignon (Help Around The Home)
CLSC services
Offers
Professional emotional support
Household cleaning
Meal preparation
Oncology team / home care / in‑home nursing services
Loan of equipment (walkers, wheelchairs etc.)
Cancer Liaison Nurse (Infirmière pivot en oncologie)
CLSC Malauze (Matapédia CLSC)
Saint-Omer CLSC
Pointe-à-la-Croix CLSC
Paspébiac CLSC
Caplan CLSC