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Seniors Services

Department of Health and Social Services
Fax: (867) 393-6486
Internet: http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/programs/social_services/seniors/
Mailing Address: Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6 (H-2)
Description:

Home care helps people who are unable to fully care for themselves at home. Enables the elderly, disabled, and terminally ill to remain in their homes. Also assists families who are caring for the elderly or chronically ill at home. (867) 667-5774; 3168 - 3rd Avenue, Whitehorse.Outside Whitehorse, contact a regional Health and Social Services office.

Pioneer Utility Grant helps eligible people 65 and over with home heating costs. Applications(english / french) available from Seniors Information Centre, Social Services office located at 3168 3rd Avenue, or the Information Desk in the Yukon Government Administration Building, Second Avenue.
Phone: (867) 667-5137

Pharmacare pays the total cost of all prescription drugs for Yukon seniors. You must be a Yukon resident registered with the Yukon Health Care and not be absent from the Yukon for more than 183 consecutive days per year. You must be aged 65 or older, or aged 60 or older and married to a living Yukon resident over 65. You can apply for a Pharmacare card at your nearest territorial agent or the Health Services Branch in Whitehorse Phone: (867) 667-5403. You can print off an Application for Senior Care Benefits (Pharmacare and extended benefits). 
Location: Fourth Floor, Financial Plaza, 204 Lambert Street for Health Services; Outside Whitehorse contact a regional Health & Social Services office.

Yukon Income Supplement provides a monthly income for seniors to supplement federal assistance programs. Phone: (867) 667-5674.

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