Healthy Aging
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Exercise, Fitness, and Falls Prevention

  • Exercise and Falls Prevention Programs
    Exercise classes with a focus on falls prevention help older adults stay healthy, active, and mobile. Classes are publicly-funded and held at various community locations. There is no fee for eligible participants.
  • Fitness, Recreation, and Social Programs for Seniors
    Programs that support older adults in their pursuit of an active and social lifestyle. Services may include such activities as arts and crafts, light exercise, educational lectures, and outings.
  • Healthy Aging
    Programs and services for older adults that provide education and information resources on wellness and healthy lifestyles.
  • Seniors' Active Living Centres
    Seniors' centres promote health and well-being by offering social, cultural, learning, and recreational programs for older adults.

Financial Assistance and Legal Aid

  • Budget and Credit Counselling
    Programs that help people with money management and budgetary problems, including financial literacy, budget planning, and credit counselling.
  • Financial Assistance for People with Disabilities
    Programs that provide financial assistance for people with physical and developmental disabilities.
  • Financial Assistance for Seniors
    Programs that provide financial assistance for older adults, including tax clinics and grants allowing seniors to stay in their homes or cover costs associated with providing care.
  • Housing Referral and Rights
    Assistance is provided to individuals and families with low and moderate incomes to find affordable housing. Affordable housing is provided by public, non-profit, co-operative or inexpensive private housing. The Ontario Landlord and Tenant ...
  • Legal Aid
    Legal support for eligible, low-income Ontarians, looking for assistance with legal problems, such as domestic violence, family law, immigration and refugee law, and criminal law.
  • Power of Attorney and Public Guardianship
    In Ontario, a Power of Attorney is a legal document which allows a person to appoint someone to make decisions about their property, finances, or personal health care if they become mentally incapable. If a mentally incapable person has no ...
  • Veterans
    Veterans Affairs Canada provides pensions for disability or death, economic support in the form of allowances, health care benefits and services to: members of the Canadian Forces and Merchant Navy veterans who served in the First World ...

Health Conditions and Diseases

  • Arthritis
    Services that provide support, or diagnosis and treatment for people with chronic joint inflammation and other conditions affecting joints and other tissues.
  • Blindness and Vision Loss
    Counselling, support, and referral services for people with blindness or sight loss, and their families. They may also provide information on assistive technologies to support independence.
  • Bone Disease
    Services or programs that specialize in providing treatment, counselling, or support for people affected by bone disease, such as bone cancer, brittle bone disease, and osteoporosis.
  • Breast Health and Diseases Support Groups and Organizations
    Information and support for women with breast cancer, breast cancer survivors, or women with questions about breast health.
  • Cancer and Tumour Support Groups and Organizations
    Support groups, associations, and foundations provide information and support to those living with cancer or tumours and their families/caregivers.
  • Continence Care and Supports
    Services that provide support, or diagnosis and treatment for people living with urinary or fecal incontinence.
  • Deafness and Hearing Loss
    Programs and services for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, which may include diagnostic hearing tests, counselling, education, and the provision of hearing and communication assistance devices.
  • Dental Clinics - Low-Cost Programs
    Dental clinics specialize in the care of teeth and gums including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of their diseases. The organizations listed here provide options for low-cost dental care.
  • Diabetes Education Programs
    Diabetes education programs provide individuals with the tools, skills and confidence needed to properly self-manage their diabetes and enable them to live healthy lives. The diabetes education teams consist primarily of a registered nurse ...
  • Eye Health and Diseases
    Clinical and medical eye services that diagnose and treat people with eye disorders.
  • Foot Care - Clinics
    Foot care services provide non-invasive treatments and general skin care advice. These services may also offer in-depth review of a patient's foot care needs, and help address foot-related symptoms.
  • Foot Care - In-Home
    In-home foot care services provide non-invasive treatments and general skin care advice. These services may also offer in-depth review of a patient's foot care needs, and help address foot-related symptoms.
  • Heart Disease
    Services that provide support, or diagnosis and treatment for many types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, and heart rhythm disorders.
  • Lung and Respiratory Conditions
    Services that provide support, or diagnosis and treatment for people with lung diseases.
  • Pain
    Pain can interfere with work, sleep and overall enjoyment of life. If you are living with pain, support is available to help you cope and improve your quality of life. Most painful conditions can be treated.
  • Prostate Cancer
    The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system. Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer cells form in the prostate. Services offer information and support, screening, management and treatment of prostate cancer.
  • Screening Programs
    Screening programs attempt to detect disease by examining people before they show symptoms.
  • Self-Management Support Programs
    Programs that focus on the support and empowerment of patients living with a chronic disease, and their families. These programs are designed to help individuals make realistic goals, build confidence in their ability in managing their ...
  • Stroke
    Services that provide support, or treatment and rehabilitation, for people who have suffered a stroke because blood flow was stopped or restricted to a part of their brain.

Health Coverage and Care Planning

  • Advance Care Planning
    Advance care planning is a process that guides a person to talk about their wishes, values, and beliefs that would inform future decisions when a person is unable to make or communicate their own healthcare choices.
  • Consent, Capacity, and Substitute Decision Making
    A person's ability to make choices can be challenging at times. Government agencies and organizations provide a structure for ensuring informed consent, determining capacity and substitute decision making, as well as upholding people's ...
  • Drug Benefits
    Drug benefit programs that assist Ontario residents with the cost of prescription drugs.
  • Health Insurance Plans
    For eligible individuals, the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) covers the cost of a wide range of essential health care services. Other government health insurance programs are available for specific groups, such as Indigenous peoples, ...

Help at Home

  • Dental Services - In-Home
    Dental services are provided in the home, retirement residences, or long-term care homes. The types of services are generally limited to denture care and dental hygiene services.
  • Home Help and Homemaking
    Organizations which provide a range of homemaking services. They may also offer home help referral services.
  • Home Maintenance and Repair
    Home maintenance services help people live independently in their own homes by assisting with home repairs.
  • Home Modification
    Modifications can be undertaken to make a home barrier-free for people with physical disabilities or mobility challenges. Financial assistance may be available.
  • In-Home Personal Support
    Services that assist people at home with their daily care, mobility, routine activities of daily living, and provide respite care.
  • Meal Delivery Services
    Services or programs that prepare and provide regular delivery of meals to older adults or people with disabilities or other medical conditions.
  • Seniors' Apartments
    Seniors' apartments are generally for seniors, 55 years and over, who are able to live independently. Most of the apartments listed below provide rent-geared-to-income units in addition to market rates.
  • Shopping and Grocery Assistance
    Services or programs that provide assistance with shopping and errands for older adults or people with disabilities or other medical conditions.
  • Veterans
    Veterans Affairs Canada provides pensions for disability or death, economic support in the form of allowances, health care benefits and services to: members of the Canadian Forces and Merchant Navy veterans who served in the First World ...

Meals and Nutrition

  • Congregate Dining
    Meal programs for independent older adults, offering affordable meals in a social setting.
  • Dietitian Services
    Registered dietitians are food and nutrition experts who work with clients, their caregivers, and health care providers. Together, they manage nutrition based on medical conditions and individual needs.
  • Meal Delivery Services
    Services or programs that prepare and provide regular delivery of meals to older adults or people with disabilities or other medical conditions.
  • Shopping and Grocery Assistance
    Services or programs that provide assistance with shopping and errands for older adults or people with disabilities or other medical conditions.

Medical Care

  • Community Health Centres
    Community health centres provide primary care, health promotion, education and illness prevention services using a community development approach. Health care professionals including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, counsellors, ...
  • Diagnostic Imaging Clinics
    Diagnostic imaging clinics provide a wide range of services such as X-rays, ultrasound, bone mineral densitometry (BMD), mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • Family Health Teams
    Family health teams are teams of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and other health care providers who work together to provide team-based primary care in their communities.
  • Flu Shots (Influenza Vaccines)
    During flu season, these services provide the flu vaccine, the best defense against influenza, a disease caused by a virus infecting a person's respiratory system (nose, throat, and lungs).
  • Medical Laboratories
    Laboratories that take and collect samples for analysis to get information about the health of a person to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. A requisition from a health care professional is required.
  • Pharmacies
    Pharmacies provide drug prescription services, as well as medication checks and guidance. Some also provide vaccinations and immunizations, and non-prescription healthcare services.
  • Urgent Care Centres
    Medical clinics that provide same-day urgent treatment for non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries, such as infections, sprains, earaches, broken bones, and fevers. These centres may have access to diagnostic equipment and on-site ...
  • Walk-In Medical Clinics
    Medical clinics for walk-in or same-day non-urgent care, often without an appointment. Doctors and nurses at these clinics can assess and treat minor illnesses and injuries.

Mental Health and Addictions

  • Alcohol and Drug Addiction Assessment and Treatment
    Alcohol and drug programs that provide therapy and mutual support for people who have a substance use disorder. These services help them better understand their dependency and support their efforts to recover.
  • Bereavement Support
    Bereavement programs provide emotional support, problem-solving assistance, information, and guidance for people who have recently lost a loved one. Included are counselling programs and mutual support groups for widows and widowers, ...
  • Counselling - Family, Couple, Individual
    Counselling aims at assisting people to understand and overcome or manage personal problems, such as difficulties in relationships, anger, conflict, trauma, and abuse.
  • Mental Health for Seniors
    Programs and services for older adults who are experiencing challenges with their emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
  • Mood and Anxiety Disorders
    Services or programs that specialize in providing treatment, counselling, or support for people affected by mood or anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorders (manic depression), and states of ...
  • Problem Gambling
    Services or programs that specialize in providing treatment, counselling, or support for people affected by problem gambling or related problems.
  • Smoking
    Smoking prevention programs and support services that help people to quit smoking or vaping.

Safety

  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
    Services or programs that focus on preventing or responding to the abuse of older people.
  • Exercise and Falls Prevention Programs
    Exercise classes with a focus on falls prevention help older adults stay healthy, active, and mobile. Classes are publicly-funded and held at various community locations. There is no fee for eligible participants.
  • Helplines for Seniors
    Confidential phone or online supports available to seniors and their caregivers.
  • Hoarding
    Services for people living with a hoarding disorder, and their families, may include education, mental health, housing, and cleaning supports.
  • Personal Emergency Response Systems
    Medical alert systems that contain a help button which connects with a live agent at a response center.
  • Police Services
    The police provide services that help with crime prevention, law enforcement, assistance to victims of crime, and emergency response.
  • Seniors' Intervention and Assistance Services
    Government-funded programs that assist seniors with access to non-medical services to help them live independently. Includes information, advocacy, forms filling, referrals, income tax clinics, crisis intervention, and coordinating other ...
  • Telephone Reassurance and Security Checks
    Community support services which provide regular phone calls and safety checks for seniors and people with disabilities who live alone.

Social, Recreation and Learning

  • Advocacy and Social Action for Seniors
    Organizations and groups that provide services to protect and promote rights and interests of seniors through advocacy and policy development. Some organizations also advocate on behalf of individuals.
  • Congregate Dining
    Meal programs for independent older adults, offering affordable meals in a social setting.
  • Continuing Education
    Continuing education is lifelong learning instruction to adults for personal growth and professional development. Continuing education is not compulsory, and with most courses you do not earn an academic credit but may earn a certificate, ...
  • Fitness, Recreation, and Social Programs for Seniors
    Programs that support older adults in their pursuit of an active and social lifestyle. Services may include such activities as arts and crafts, light exercise, educational lectures, and outings.
  • Friendly Visiting
    Free or subsidized services that provide socially isolated older adults or people with disabilities with opportunities to socialize and develop new friendships. These programs are provided by volunteers, and may consist of social activities ...
  • Public Libraries
    Services which provide equitable access to content so people can get information or advance themselves through literacy, lifelong learning, social engagement, and cultural enrichment.
  • Seniors' Active Living Centres
    Seniors' centres promote health and well-being by offering social, cultural, learning, and recreational programs for older adults.
  • Seniors' Clubs and Legions
    Groups and clubs offering older adults recreational and social activities such as cards, potluck dinners, outings, and entertainment.
  • Volunteer Referral Services
    Services or programs that foster and develop volunteerism by connecting people with opportunities to serve their communities.

Transportation and Driving

  • Driving Assessments
    Services or programs that assess driving potential, or the need for adaptive equipment, for people whose driving ability may be affected by an injury, change in medical condition, illness, or aging. Some services may include training ...
  • Public Transportation
    Providing transportation to the public for a fee, the system runs on set routes at a scheduled time. Public transportation may offer specialized services for residents with mobility limitations.
  • Transportation - Accessible Parking Permits
    Permits to park in accessible parking spaces are available for people with an eligible health condition certified by a regulated healthcare practitioner. Permits are displayed on the dashboard or sun visor of the vehicle in which the permit ...
  • Transportation - Non-Accessible and Volunteer
    Transportation services for the elderly or people with special needs who are mobile (ambulatory). Most transportation services are provided by volunteer services and a nominal fee may be charged. Some providers may offer accompaniment ...
  • Vehicle Modification
    Programs and services carrying out vehicular modification for drivers with disabilities or medical conditions.
Arthritis
Services that provide support, or diagnosis and treatment for people with chronic joint inflammation and other conditions affecting joints and other tissues.
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