Caregiving Resources for Older Adults in Canada

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NICE has compiled an online library of resources focused on caregiving for Seniors in Canada. The resources include NICE Information Tools and links to a curated list of external web pages and videos.

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Canada offers a variety of housing options for older adults, catering to different budgets, health needs, and personal preferences.
Housing Options for Older Adults
Canada offers a variety of housing options for older adults, catering to different budgets, health needs, and personal preferences.
Housing Options for Older Adults
(NICE Information  Tool)
Canada offers a variety of housing options for older adults, catering to different budgets, health needs, and personal preferences.
Long-term care homes in Canada: How many and who owns them? The infographic includes information on homes where health care is either entirely or partially funded by the provincial or territorial government.
Long-term care homes in Canada infographic
Long-term care homes in Canada: How many and who owns them? The infographic includes information on homes where health care is either entirely or partially funded by the provincial or territorial government.
Long-term care homes in Canada infographic
(NICE Information  Tool)
Long-term care homes in Canada: How many and who owns them? The infographic includes information on homes where health care is either entirely or partially funded by the provincial or territorial government.
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.
Aging in Place
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.
Aging in Place
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
This guide (PDF) produced by the Canadian Government provides advice on how to prevent injuries by keeping your home, yourself and your environment as safe as you can.
A Guide to Home Safety for Seniors
This guide (PDF) produced by the Canadian Government provides advice on how to prevent injuries by keeping your home, yourself and your environment as safe as you can.
A Guide to Home Safety for Seniors
(NICE Information  Tool)
This guide (PDF) produced by the Canadian Government provides advice on how to prevent injuries by keeping your home, yourself and your environment as safe as you can.
This checklist is a Canadian Government resource for older adults thinking about aging in place.
Are you ready to Age in Place Checklist?
This checklist is a Canadian Government resource for older adults thinking about aging in place.
Are you ready to Age in Place Checklist?
(NICE Information  Tool)
This checklist is a Canadian Government resource for older adults thinking about aging in place.
The following room-by-room checklist can help you identify potential hazards in an older person’s home.
Aging at Home Safety Checklist
The following room-by-room checklist can help you identify potential hazards in an older person’s home.
Aging at Home Safety Checklist
(NICE Information  Tool)
The following room-by-room checklist can help you identify potential hazards in an older person’s home.
Common sense smartphone tips for seniors and their caregivers.
Smartphone Tips for Seniors and Caregivers
Common sense smartphone tips for seniors and their caregivers.
Smartphone Tips for Seniors and Caregivers
(NICE Information  Tool)
Common sense smartphone tips for seniors and their caregivers.
Infographic on paid or unpaid care work to support the needs of children under the age of 15 and care-dependent adults
Infographic - Providing Care for Older Adults and Children in Canada
Infographic on paid or unpaid care work to support the needs of children under the age of 15 and care-dependent adults
Infographic - Providing Care for Older Adults and Children in Canada
(NICE Information  Tool)
Infographic on paid or unpaid care work to support the needs of children under the age of 15 and care-dependent adults
Studies have shown that regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, age, or gender all people benefit from implementing daily healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors
Studies have shown that regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, age, or gender all people benefit from implementing daily healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
When Should You Consult? A few tests you can do yourself
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.
When Should You Consult? A few tests you can do yourself
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
When someone close to you is dying
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.
When someone close to you is dying
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
Driving Cessation Information
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.
Driving Cessation Information
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
Caregiver Self-Care Tool
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.
Caregiver Self-Care Tool
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
Caring for yourself is one of the most important things you can do as a caregiver. But often, caregivers prioritize the needs of others over their own.
Taking care of yourself while you care for others
Caring for yourself is one of the most important things you can do as a caregiver. But often, caregivers prioritize the needs of others over their own.
Taking care of yourself while you care for others
(NICE Information  Tool)
Caring for yourself is one of the most important things you can do as a caregiver. But often, caregivers prioritize the needs of others over their own.

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Featured NICE Information Tools
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Diabetes and Older Adults
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Managing Emotions - Anxiety & Depression is an information tool developed by NICE for Canadian Seniors.
Anxiety and Depression
When Dementia is in the House: Advice for Parents is an Online Information Tool for Canadian seniors.
Dementia in the House
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