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'.
"Health care facilities"
Yukon Territory
Continuing Care
Yukon's Continuing Care Branch provides Residential, Home Care and Outpatient Therapy services for the citizens of the Yukon Territory.
Source : Government of Yukon. Department of Health and Social Services
Continuing Care
Contact information for the Continuing Care Program. Continuing Care includes long-term residential care and rehabilitation facilities and outreach services, day programs for the frail and elderly, and people with dementia.
Source : Government of Yukon. Department of Health and Social Services.
Contact Information :
- Office Phone Number: (867) 667-5330
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Health Centres
This Web page lists phone numbers of Health Centres in the Yukon Territory.
Source : Government of Yukon.
Canada
Abuse of Older Adults in Institutions
Provides a definition and discusses the causes, statistics, signs of abuse, prevention, and reporting. Suggests additional resources.
Source : Health Canada
Alzheimer Care: Assessing a Long Term Care Facility
This Web page offers helpful advice on choosing a long term care facility that's right for your needs.
Source : Alzheimer Society of Canada
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
Building on Values - The Future of Health Care in Canada
Romanow Report on the Future of Health Care in Canada.(PDF document to download)
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.
Residential Care
Canada's commitment to provide quality care to injured, disabled and aging Veterans is a long-standing priority, dating back more than 80 years to the end of the First World War. As a key pillar of this commitment, Veterans Affairs Canada has been a pioneering force in establishing, managing and supporting residential care facilities that address the evolving needs of Veterans and other seniors.
Source : Veterans Affairs Canada.
Stand By Me
This publication highlights what residents, staff, families and others feel should be done to ensure that abuse and neglect are stopped and prevented in long-term care settings.
Source : Health Canada. National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (NCFV)
Ste-Anne's Hospital
Ste. Anne's Hospital provides a state-of-the-art response to the veterans' physical, psychological and social needs.
Source : Veterans Affairs Canada.
Top Ten Signs that your Senior Relative May Need Housing Assistance
List of issues to consider concerning your elderly relatives.
Source : The Care Guide
When a Home is Not a Home
This publication summarizes primarily the perceptions of LTC residents from across Canada as to what they feel constitutes abuse and neglect. The purpose of this publication is to provide some understanding of the factors and dynamics that residents feel underlie abuse and neglect situations.
Source : Health Canada.
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