Guide to Government of Canada Services for People with Disabilities
About 3.6 million Canadians have one or more disabilities. That's more than one in every eight Canadians. The guide about Government of Canada services and programs for people with disabilities provides information on everything from employment, accessibility and education, to health, income support and tax benefits.
Provincial and Territorial Contact Information
Maintaining Seniors’ Independence Through Home Adaptations
http://cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/maho/adse/masein/index.cfm
This guide identifies the types of difficulties that seniors can experience and describes types of adaptations that can help overcome these difficulties.
Using the Bathroom
http://cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/maho/adse/masein/masein_005.cfm
The Safe Living Guide
Canadian government publications:
A guide to home safety for seniors
Keeping Safe with Safety Aids
Interesting articles
Program helps seniors stay safe in their own homes
Maria Waniuk of St. Hubert says she feels more comfortable at home now that grab bars were installed in her bathroom and her shower was adapted so she could sit down and wash. [Read more...]
Making Home a Safer Place, Affordably
Despite the challenges of rheumatoid arthritis, Ms. Fisher had modifications made to her house, including grab bars in strategic locations. [Read more...]
The Most Dangerous Room in the House?
One of the first things occupational therapist Lois Glover noticed while scrutinizing the bathroom in Irwin Berch’s airy house in Burlingame, Calif., was the gouged wall. [Read more...]
Safer Homes for Seniors
Each year 7,000 adults over the age of 65 die in home-related accidents. [Read more...]
Senior-Proofing Your Home
Families who care for aging parents often consider an assisted living facility because of worries about falls, stairs and other home hazards.But in today’s... [Read more...]
A List of Drugs That Increase Falling Risk
Researchers at the University of North Carolina have published a lengthy list of prescription drugs that increase the risk of falling among older patients. [Read more...]
(To download the complete list of the prescription medications that increase the risk of falls, click here.)
Getting Old but Still Feeling Young
Seventy is the new 57.
Older people feel, on average, about 13 years younger than they really are, according to a new study of aging from the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. [Read more...]
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