Resources
for Seniors and Families
Helpful
links
Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
The Advocacy Centre for The Elderly is a community based legal clinic for low income senior citizens. ACE is managed by a volunteer board of directors at least half of whom are seniors. ACE is funded through Legal Aid Ontario and is the first legal clinic in Canada to specialize in the legal problems of seniors.
Alzheimer Society of Ontario
The Alzheimer Society is the leading not-for-profit health organization working nationwide to improve the quality of life for Canadians affected by Alzheimer's disease and advance the search for the cause and cure. We are located in every province across Canada and in over 140 local communities.
Bereaved Families of Ontario - Hamilton/Burlington
Bereaved Families of Ontario is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide well organized, and professionally supervised, self-help/mutual support programs for bereaved families who have lost a member through death.
Community Care Access Centre
Your Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) connects you with the care you need, at home and in your community. There are 14 CCACs in communities across Ontario that are funded by Local Health Integration Networks through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. This means that, through your tax dollars, CCAC advice and services are covered by OHIP.
Councils on Aging Network of Ontario
The Council on Aging, Windsor - Essex County, is a senior driven initiative that is part of a Provincial Network of Councils. The COA is a grass roots organization born out of a concern over the need for communication between individuals and agencies/organizations interested in issues of aging and the needs of seniors in Windsor - Essex County.
Ontario Long-Term Care Association
OLTCA is the largest long term care provider association in Ontario and the only association that represents the full mix of long term care operators - private, not-for-profit, charitable and municipal. Our member homes are regulated by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and provide care and accommodation services to residents throughout Ontario.
Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA) is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to raising awareness about the abuse and neglect of older adults. Our mission is to create an Ontario that is free from abuse for all seniors, through education, training, collaboration, service coordination and advocacy.
Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat
The Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat works to improve the qualify of life for Ontario’s seniors by developing policies and programs that meet the needs of seniors and help them lead active, healthy and dignified lives, advising on the development of policies and programs across government on behalf of seniors, amd more.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada — Our mission is to provide exemplary, client-centred services and benefits that respond to the needs of Veterans, our other clients and their families, in recognition of their services to Canada; and to keep the memory of their achievements and sacrifices alive for all Canadians.
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