Seniors Canada On-line
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Canada's Trusted Information Source for Seniors, Caregivers, Families and Service Providers.
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A to Z Index
The A to Z Index presents a list of sites that relate to a specific subject. For example, if you were looking for anything to do with 'injuries' you would click on the letter 'I', then click on the subject 'injuries'. This would give you a list of all sites that have been assigned the subject 'injuries'.
"Elderly care"
Yukon Territory
Home Care
The Yukon Home Care Program provides health services to individuals who cannot easily access health care in the community, or who nee assistance in performing daily activities. The program aims to improve people's quality of life and supports them to live independently in their own homes.
Source : Government of Yukon
Seniors Services
This Web page lists seniors services provided by the Yukon government, including: Home Care, the Pioneer Utility Grant, Pharmacare, and the Yukon Income Supplement.
Source : Government of Yukon.
Canada
Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Fact Sheet (PDF Format)
This fact sheet provides information on abuse and neglect of older adults living in the community. The information will be of greatest interest to professionals and community service providers who want to learn more about abuse and neglect of older adults.
Source : Public Health Agency of Canada, National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
Contact Information :
- Toll-Free Telephone: 1-800-267-1291
- TTY Service: 1-800-561-5643
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Adult Care Program
The main objective of the Adult Care program is to assist First Nations people with functional limitations (because of age, health problems or disability), to maintain their independence.
Source : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Aging Parents
Becoming a caregiver to parents involves major changes for all concerned - physically, emotionally, socially and financially. If you are concerned about your relationship with your aging parents, we hope this pamphlet will help you and your parents adjust to your new roles.
Source : Canadian Mental Health Association
Alzheimer Care
Caregiving information and support for caregivers of people with Alzheimer Disease and related dementias from the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
Source : Alzheimer Society of Canada
At Home with Alzheimer's Disease
The safety and security of someone living at home with Alzheimer's Disease can be significantly improved by making minor, low-cost changes in a house or apartment. These practical adaptations will be of help to both the Alzheimer patient and their caregivers.
Source : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Attendant Care Expenses Paid to a Retirement Home
Starting with the 2002 tax year, seniors who are eligible to claim the disability amount and who live in a retirement home can claim attendant care expenses as a medical expense.
Source : Canada Revenue Agency
Best Quality at the Best Price - Continuing Care, March 1998
A series of papers offering a review of ways of measuring and achieving high quality service for the best price in the field of continuing care. "Quality" includes professional standards, training requirements, financial management requirements, outcome indicators and the quality improvement process; "best price" reflects "value for money".
Source : Health Canada
Canada's Health Care Providers
This report presents a fact-based compilation of current research, historical trends, and new data, findings and analysis on what we know and don't know about Canada's health care providers as a foundation for understanding some of today's most critical and complex issues in health care.
Source : Canadian Institute for Health Information
Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health
The mission of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health ( CCSMH ) is to promote the mental health of older persons/seniors by connecting people, ideas and resources.
Source : Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health
Canadian Home Care Association
The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) is a national not-for-profit membership Association dedicated to ensuring the availability of accessible, responsive home care and community supports which enable people to stay in their homes with safety, dignity and quality of life.
Source : Canadian Home Care Association
Contact Information :
- Office: (613) 569-1585
- Fax: (613) 569-1604
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Business Address :
17 York Street, Suite 401
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9J6
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The Care Guide - Everything under the sun for seniors' housing and care
Comprehensive guides to seniors' housing and care services including retirement homes, nursing homes, home health care, adult lifestyle retirement communities, supportive housing and palliative hospice care.
Source : Care Planning Partners Inc.
Caring for an elderly parent
You are taking care of an elderly parent living at home. His or her increasingly precarious condition is a cause for concern. You are feeling exhausted, stressed out and anxious, and you have the impression that you are losing control of your personal and professional life. What can you do?
Source : Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal
Caring for Elderly People at Home : the consequences to caregivers (PDF Format)
The emphaisis on home-based care is one important aspect of health services restructuring initiatives in Canada. The authors explore the potential impact of this devolution of services from institutions to the home.
Source : Canadian Medical Association Journal
Food Safety for Older Adults
This booklet explains safe food cooking temperatures, food storage and high-risk foods.
Source : Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education.
Hearing Care Counselling Program (PDF Format)
This brochure gives information about the Hearing Care Counselling Program offered by the Canadian Hearing Society to help hearing impaired seniors and younger adults live better lives.
Source : Canadian Hearing Society
Homecare Services
Home support - such as meals and general assistance for seniors, medical equipment rentals and transportation - is offered, depending on the needs of a particular community, by many Red Cross branches and regions across Canada.
Source : Canadian Red Cross
How can I best deal with the stresses of being a caregiver?
This Web page gives information on caregiver stress and gives resources to assist them.
Source : Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Health Network
How to Care
How to Care is here to help you manage the realities of caring for others and yourself by supplying practical, portable information on the issues we know you will confront.
Source : How to Care Inc.
Injury Prevention - Home safe home?
This article discusses some of the major causes of injury to seniors -- in the house, the yard and/or nearby walkways and sidewalks -- and some of the ways they can reduce their risk. In many cases, home injuries can be prevented by: finding out where the potential hazards lie, taking appropriate precautions and making lifestyle adjustments.
Source : Public Health Agency of Canada
Innovations in Best-Practice Models of Continuing Care for Seniors, March 1999
This is the final report of a three-part project to identify innovative best-practice models of continuing care for seniors. It should be of assistance to planners, practitioners, researchers and policy makers in designing programs and services that will aid seniors in achieving increased independence and a better quality of life.
Medication Matters: How you can help seniors use medication safely
This site give information on how to use medication safely.
Source : Health Canada
Self-Neglect by Older Adults
The purpose of this fact sheet is twofold: to help older adults, family members, friends and formal care providers to better understand self-neglect in later life and to suggest some steps for trying to prevent it.
Source : Health Canada
Seniors
The Canadian Health Network (CHN) is a national, bilingual Internet-based health information service. Look here for health information for and about men and women 65 years and older.
Source : Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Health Network.
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