Caregiving Resources for Older Adults in Canada

Common sense smartphone tips for seniors and their caregivers.

Canada offers a variety of housing options for older adults, catering to different budgets, health needs, and personal preferences.

Aging in place means having the support and services to live safely and independently in your home and community for as long as you wish and are able.

Studies have shown that regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, age, or gender all people benefit from implementing daily healthy lifestyle behaviors.

A Self Assessment brochure (PDF) - Each chapter addresses a common health problem that should be detected and treated as early as possible and that is easy for people to assess themselves with no special medical knowledge.

Helping someone through the last years of their life is one of the most difficult journeys anyone can take. As the illness progresses, you may have to make important decisions on behalf of someone close to you.

One of the most important concerns for cognitively impaired older adults is when to cease driving a vehicle due to a decline in driving skills that potentially place the person and others at risk.

In addition to managing the challenges of caring for a person with a chronic disease such as dementia, caregivers need to attend to their health needs so as to prevent the onset of disease and increase overall quality of life.