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SILVER CROSS brings affordable mobility to Bayshore Home Health's myNurse patients

Mississauga, ON, Sept. 24, 2010 –SILVER CROSS Canada customers who purchase myNurse and home care services from Bayshore Home Health are now receiving rebates of up to $100 on new or recycled stair lifts and other mobility products.

"Many of our myNurse clients have mobility issues that limit their ability to use stairs," says Vivian Iliescu, a business development manager for Bayshore Home Health. "SILVER CROSS helps them to regain the enjoyment of their whole home at an affordable price."

myNurse is a new health management program that lets people arrange monthly or quarterly home visits by a registered nurse who provides in-home health and wellness consultations, monitoring, planning and education. The service is a way to prolong independent living among seniors, especially those with chronic health conditions. It can also be used by people of all ages who have health conditions that must be closely monitored, mobility issues which make it difficult to visit their family doctor, or who are among the more than four million Canadians without a family doctor.

"Allowing people to stay in their own homes as long as possible is top of mind for us at all times," adds Brian Chuipka, vice-president of franchise support for SILVER CROSS Canada. "Our partnership with Bayshore's myNurse program helps us to bring increased mobility to those that need it most."

Since 1993, SILVER CROSS Canada has been providing objective information that helps clients select stair lifts, home elevators and other accessibility lifts and mobility devices. With a focus on recycled products and special pricing on new equipment, SILVER CROSS is different from other home health care equipment companies that typically represent only one or two manufacturers for each product line.

The joint program is available through 11 SILVER CROSS retail locations across Ontario (Brampton, Hamilton, London, Oakville, Ottawa, Simcoe, St. Catharines, Toronto, Barrie, Whitby and Scarborough). It is supported by Bayshore's 18 home care branches that currently provide the myNurse service in Ontario (Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Markham, Oshawa, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Kitchener, Fergus, London, Barrie, Ottawa, Cornwall, Brockville, Smiths Falls, Pembroke, Belleville, Sault Ste. Marie).

About SILVER CROSS

SILVER CROSS improves its clients' quality of life by helping them select accessibility lifts and other mobility devices including home elevators, wheelchair lifts, dumbwaiters and ceiling lifts. The organization researches and compares manufacturers and helps match customers' unique requirements with the specifications of each device. SILVER CROSS focuses on recycled products and special pricing on new equipment. The company also helps clients learn about local funding sources to reduce costs. Operating since 1993, SILVER CROSS currently has more than 100 affiliate locations across North America where it has helped over 180,000 clients. Visit www.silvercross.com for more information.

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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