Resource Links

Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
www.advocacycentreelderly.org

The Advocacy Centre for The Elderly is the first community based legal clinic in Canada to specialize in the legal assistance for low income senior citizens.  and provides direct legal services to low-income seniors, public legal education, and engages in law reform activities. 


Alzheimer Society of Canada
www.alzheimer.ca

The Alzheimer Society was founded over 30 years ago to help people affected by Alzheimer's disease. The Society consists of a national office, 10 provincial organizations and more than 140 local chapters across the country. 


Alzheimer Society of Haldimand Norfolk
www.alzhn.ca

The Alzheimer Society of Haldimand Norfolk offers several programs and services which are listed on this website to assist persons with dementia and caregivers in relieving some of the stress and challenges associated with caring for Alzheimer persons. 


Alzheimer Society of Ontario
www.alzheimerontario.org

Our goal is to rid the world of Alzheimer's disease.


Haldimand Norfolk Community Response Network to the Abuse of Older Adults
www.hncrn.ca

The Haldimand and Norfolk Community Response Network is composed of volunteers from community groups that work towards the prevention of elder abuse.  


HN Information Centre
www.haldimand-norfolk.info

We meet the needs of the people of the community and enhance their quality of life by assembling accurate and timely information which is made easily available. 


Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
www.onpea.org

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. 


Ontario Partnership on Aging and Developmental Disabilities
www.opadd.on.ca

OPADD is dedicated to ensuring quality of life for older adults with developmental disabilities through transition planning that includes equal access to seniors' community and residential programs. 


Ontario Seniors Secretariat
www.ontarioseniors.ca

The Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat works to improve the quality of life for Ontario’s seniors.


Community Living Ontario

www.communitylivingontario.ca 

Community Living Ontario is a non-profit, provincial association that advocates for people who have an intellectual disability to be fully included in all aspects of community life. 


OASIS - Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs 

www.oasisonline.ca 


OADD - Ontario Association for Developmental Disabilities 

www.oadd.org

OADD is a professional organization of people working and studying in the field of developmental disabilities, throughout Ontario. 


 


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Financial Planning and Assistance

2007 Taxation Tips

Save on Taxes 2008 (PDF)

Preparing to Hire Workshop - October 2008 (PDF)

 

Financial News:

Challenge old ideas, boost training for intellectually disabled, study suggests (PDF)

Flaherty announces tax-free savings plan for families of disabled people

Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP)

HRSDC Information on RDSP

 
Living Arrangements

The Tie That Binds (NFB Film)

In The Ties That Bind, award-winning documentary filmmaker John Ritchie takes a first-hand look at a family's struggle to let go, when every instinct compels them to hang on. Ritchie follows the Jordan family--Kathleen, Bill, Chris and his two siblings--for almost three years. The result is an extraordinarily intimate film that reveals, with raw emotion and surprising humour, the complexity around one young man's transition toward a more independent life.

 
Health Care

Specialized Geriatric Services

What are Specialized Geriatric Services

Specialized Geriatric Services (SGS) are services that support older individuals with chronic and complex conditions. They include specialized geriatric assessment, consultation, short term treatment, rehabilitation, and short-term specialty case management. SGS use interdisciplinary teams with expertise in care of the elderly, and include geriatric medicine and geriatric psychiatry services that have specialty physicians (geriatricians and/or geriatric psychiatrists) as part of the team. SGS rely on other services (e.g., community support services) to be effective. SGS can significantly contribute to an older person’s ability to remain in their home.

Why Specialized Geriatric Services?

With SGS, frail seniors will have more timely access to services, fewer inappropriate presentations and admissions to hospital, and increased consumer and provider knowledge about available resources to help maintain people’s independence “at home.”

Other Links

If you are interested in specialized geriatric services, please read:

  • Invitation to Community Forums
  • Geriatric Access & Integration Network (GAIN) Report on Priorities for Specialized Geriatric Services
  • Inventory of Specialized Geriatric Services
  • Continuum of Care for Seniors

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Staying Involved

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