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Bayshore Home Health and Independent Financial Concepts Group partner to promote myNurse

Mississauga, Ont., April 23, 2010 – Clients of Independent Financial Concepts Group (IFCG) who purchase myNurse services from Bayshore Home Health are now receiving a $100 rebate off the price of their first myNurse visit.

myNurse is a new health management program that provides regular home visits by a registered nurse who offers health and wellness consultations, monitoring, planning and education. The service is especially helpful as a way to prolong independent living among seniors. People who have health conditions that must be closely monitored also benefit from the service, as will individuals who have mobility issues which make it difficult to visit their doctor or who are among the more than four million Canadians without a family doctor.

“This promotion enables us to reach IFCG clients who have elderly parents who require additional health monitoring,” says Joe Gagliardi, business development manager for Bayshore Home Health. “myNurse gives the extended family peace-of-mind, knowing the health of their loved ones is taken care of.”

Bayshore developed the new service based on marketplace needs and innovative European practices designed to extend seniors’ independence while reducing admissions to hospitals and long-term care facilities.

“We’re always looking for ways to enhance our clients’ lives, either through the right insurance or investment products or with a value-added service such as myNurse,” says Gary Mandel, founder of IFCG. “IFCG is committed to service excellence and professional dedication and myNurse is a reflection of those values."

myNurse is currently available throughout Ontario and will be offered through Bayshore’s offices in the rest of Canada later this year. Monthly myNurse visits cost $109 per person and $169 per couple. Quarterly visits cost $129 per person and $199 per couple, as do ad-hoc, one-off visits.

People interested in the service can call 1-877-289-3997 to get started or receive a complimentary needs consultation with a registered nurse. More information is available at www.bayshore.ca or www.bayshore.ca/mynurse

About Indepentent Financial Concepts Group

Independent Financial Concepts Group (IFCG) is a managing general agency founded in Toronto in 1999 by Gary Mandel and Jaymie Bongard. Its advisors market high-quality insurance and secure financial products to investors and policy holders. The company has a strong commitment to providing a full range of products and services with proven performance records. IFCG has a team of 200 advisors and 11 staff who provide support and administrative services to the company.

About Bayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health has been enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of Canadians in their homes since 1966. Canadian owned and operated, it is the country's largest provider of home and community health care services, with more than 50 home care offices, 20 community care clinics and 8,000 employees. Its core services are in-home nursing, personal care and home support – which can be purchased directly by individuals and also accessed through government care programs, personal and group insurance plans and workplace safety insurance. The company also provides nurse/caregiver staffing services, health education programs and treatments in its community dialysis centres. Through its subsidiary, Bayshore Specialty Rx, it offers infusion pharmacy, infusion clinic and pharmaceutical support services to a variety of health care and pharmaceutical organizations.

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