Aboriginal Patient Liaison

Aboriginal Patient Liaisons help to bridge the gaps between western and traditional medicine ensuring a holistic health approach. Some of the services provided by APLs include:

• Arranging for translation services
• Helping patients understand health care processes, procedures and terminology
• Helping to ensure admission and discharge planning goes according to patient needs
• Assisting with advanced health care planning
• Facilitating communication and cultural understanding between patient and care providers
• Connecting patients to end of life support
• Coordinating spiritual/cultural advisers
• Providing supporting and comfort to family and friends
• Assisting with referrals within Northern Health and to community agencies
• Helping to link patients to non-insured health benefits
• Assisting with transition to and within long term care