When immigrant seniors feel isolated, Toronto’s libraries can offer help
The Toronto Public Library has several programs to help isolated newcomers settle in the city, but staff say those who need the support may not know about it.
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Vulnerable seniors housed following opening of modular housing project in East York
Several senior citizens now have new roofs over their heads, thanks to the opening of 59 new permanent modular homes in East York.
East York seniors engage with community through local program
Unified We Grow is engaging seniors with a wellness and inclusion program to make the world a little more accessible.
Seniors feel neglected, trapped by city’s lack of snow-clearing efforts
Two weeks after a major snowfall, and sidewalks in East York are still not cleared. The walkways are now frozen over, or turned to slush, making them inaccessible and dangerous, to seniors and people with…
Peel Region seeking students and seniors to share homes
HomeShare, a housing initiative bringing together seniors and post-secondary students as roommates, has begun a trial program in Peel Region.
These ‘good neighbours’ are pandemic heroes for many
The Good Neighbour Project, a volunteer organization that launched in March 2020 to deliver groceries and other necessities to the vulnerable, has helped thousands of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its volunteers have no intention of stopping.
Liberals to extend OHIP+ to seniors. What took so long?
Ontario’s Liberal party wants to make prescription medication free for seniors under OHIP+ by removing the co-payment and deductibles from more than 4,400 drugs
Kathleen Wynne promises free prescription drugs for seniors
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne graced the ice and the podium at the Leaside Curling Club for a special announcement about Ontario’s seniors on Tuesday.
Community Bus pilot program rolls into East York
The TTC began its nine-month Community Bus pilot program along two routes this month. The program is designed to connect senior citizens and Wheel-Trans customers along the Lawrence Manor 400 and East York 404 routes by offering door-to-door service to shopping centres, community centres, hospitals and seniors’ centres.
Project takes on dental elder abuse
Dr. Natalie Archer is intimately aware of the latest form of elder abuse, especially when she hears the excuses from the caregivers of some of her older patients. “Well, my dad doesn’t talk, so he…