Useful links - 50+
- Dementia - Your Companion Guide. This is a guide created by McGill University about dementia, written especially for those living with a dementia diagnosis and their care partners. View here.
- Programs and Services for Seniors to inform seniors and their families about the main government programs and services available to them. https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/campaigns/seniors.html
- The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), aims to advance knowledge and propose cross-sectoral strategies and endeavours that will improve the health and well-being of Quebecers. It invests in violence prevention with this goal in mind. www.inspq.qc.ca/sites/default/files/publications/2544_mistreatment_older_adults.pdf
- Éducaloi has created this special guide to explain important issues that touch seniors in particular. It has information on housing, family law, fraud, estate planning, health care, wills and many more topics. educaloi.qc.ca/en/web-guide/seniors
- The Safe Living Guide: A guide to home safety for seniors. www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/migration/phac-aspc/seniors-aines/publications/public/injury-blessure/safelive-securite/pdfs/safelive-securite-eng.pdf
- A toolkit developed by the CISSS de la Montérégie-centre which is aimed at providing seniors and their caregivers with information on home support services and aging. This includes, in particular, videos, a microsite and leaflets. https://www.santemonteregie.qc.ca/en/center/support-seniors-and-their-caregivers
- The shelter allowance program is for low-income individuals and families who spend too much of their budget on rent or mortgage payments. https://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/citizens/your-situation/low-income/include-shelter-allowance-program
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