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Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Medical Clinic Integrated Into Sunset Country Family Health Team Press Release
Palliative Care Resource Guide
Palliative Care Resource Guide Kenora Area 2026
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The Sunset Country Family Health Team has a team of registered staff trained to help patients manage their anticoagulation medication (Warfarin/Coumadin).
Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant that comes in tablets that are taken by mouth. It prevents your blood from clotting in your blood vessels and stops existing clots from getting larger. The amount of Warfarin that a person needs is based on a blood test called the INR (International Normalized Ratio) which is tested using a CoaguChek machine.
Patients in the INR program are urged to contact SCFHT if they have:
Patients must be referred into the program, and must be taking an anticoagulant medication.
Call us for more information about our INR Program: (807) 468-6321.
Our INR Care Team
The Sunset Country Family Health Team’s Hypertension Program designed for people with high blood pressure to learn the skills needed for the daily management of their condition. At each visit, a Registered Nurse will help you set and meet specific goals.
High blood pressure is one of the most preventable disease in Canada and a leading risk factor of death. Hypertension affects 1 in 5 adult Ontarians (HSFO’s 2006 Ontario Survey). Blood pressure increases with age. Hypertension can cause heart attacks, strokes, heart/kidney failure, all of which can be prevented with a healthy lifestyle.
Your doctor or nurse practitioner may make a referral if you:
In this program you will learn:
Patients may self-refer, or be referred into the program; you must have a family doctor. Call us for more information at (807) 468-6321.
Our Hypertension Team
Our pharmacist at the SCFHT provides experience and support regarding medication related issues and drug information. Our pharmacist works alongside physicians, nurse practitioners, and other allied health professionals to ensure the most appropriate medicine is used to improve patients’ health.
One-on-one sessions are provided for patients regarding:
Patients may be referred to see our pharmacist, or may self-refer; you must have a family doctor.
Call us for more information: (807) 468-6321
Our Pharmacist
Susan Sharp, BScPharm RPh
The Diabetes Management Program is part of a multidisciplinary team approach with the patient at the centre. Our Diabetes Management Team provides treatment, education and day-to-day lifestyle management skills for both the individual living with diabetes, and their family support members, striving to improve quality of life.
Based on the latest research and Canadian Diabetes Recommendations and Guidelines, all types of diabetes across the lifetime spectrum (pediatric to geriatric) are provided with individual tools necessary to self-manage their chronic disease.
Services offered include:
This program is open to all individuals with a diabetes diagnosis. Book an appointment online, or call us at (807) 468-6321.
Our Diabetes Care Team:
COPD is a lung disorder that causes the airways of the lungs to be inflamed and narrowed, leading to shortness of breath and reduced activity. It can make breathing and everyday tasks difficult but much can be done to help you breathe easier, do more activity, and stay away from the emergency department or hospital.
By working closely with your family doctor or nurse practitioner, our COPD Team at the SCFHT can help optimize COPD care for affected individuals and their families. You will be seen by a registered nurse and/or pharmacist for an assessment; follow up visits will be scheduled according to your needs. These visits will give you the skills, information and support to help you take control of COPD.
This program is open to all individuals with a COPD diagnosis. Book an appointment online, or call us at (807) 468-6321.
Quick COPD Test:
If you are over 40 and you smoke, or you used to smoke, take this quick test:
The SCFHT’s Cancer Screening Program’s goal is to maintain and raise the current rates of Kenora patients screening for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer.
Below are the guidelines for regular screening for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer:
Call your doctor’s office to book your screening tests, or you can book an appointment online.
If you do not have access to a family doctor, the Northwestern Health Unit offers Cervical Screening tests (NWHU Sexual Health Clinic: (807) 468-4503)
Regular cancer screening (getting checked) is important because it can find colon cancer early when it may be smaller and easier to treat. Colon cancer screening with FIT may also prevent some colon cancers by finding polyps that could turn into cancer. FIT is a simple, safe and painless at-home cancer screening test that checks your stool (poop) for tiny amounts of blood, which could be caused by colon cancer and/or pre-cancerous polyps (growths in the colon or rectum that can turn into cancer over time).
ColonCancerCheck no longer recommends that people at average risk of colon cancer screen with FOBT. Although there is high-quality scientific evidence to support screening with FOBT, FIT offers several advantages over FOBT:
People in Ontario can talk to their family doctor or nurse practitioner about getting checked for colon cancer with FIT.
If someone does not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner, they can call Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-828-9213, or the Screen for Life Coach at 1-800-461-7031 or (808) 684-7777.
If someone lives in an Indigenous community, they can contact their health centre or nursing station or the Screen for Life Coach at 1-800-461-7031 or (808) 684-7777.
LifeLabs will mail eligible people a FIT kit following a request from their family doctor or nurse practitioner. Screening participants should drop off their screening kit at a LifeLabs Patient Service Centre as soon as possible.
Cancer screening participants will continue to receive result letters from Cancer Care Ontario.