How to use home equity in retirement is potentially as important a decision as what to do with your investment portfolio.
To use your HELOC wisely, you need to stick to a plan to pay it off fully, and avoid continually borrowing against your home equity. Important considerations for House Rich, Cash Poor Older Adults in Canada
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools on Aging in Canada. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
What is a reverse mortgage?, costs, risks pros and cons from the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.
Canada offers a variety of housing options for older adults, catering to different budgets, health needs, and personal preferences.
Price and availability of Senior Care housing spaces by Province. The law of supply and demand has a significant impact on senior care services throughout Canada.
Special Challenges for Parents who Are the Primary FTD Caregivers. When your spouse is diagnosed with a terminal, degenerative illness, you suffer relentless, devastating loss with no apparent resolution long before that person’s physical death.
VIDEO - Mental Health and Addictions Associate Minister Mike Ellis, and Seniors and Housing Minister Josephine Pon announced mental health and wellness supports for seniors.
The following room-by-room checklist can help you identify potential hazards in an older person’s home.
Seniors Community Resource Councils are nonprofit community based organizations located throughout Manitoba
The seniors' property tax deferment program allows you to postpone paying your property taxes. You can defer up to 75% of the assessed value of your home.
In this whole community model, a “network” is a diverse group of concerned community members who come together to create a Coordinated Community Response to abuse of older adults.
Infographic showing potential changes to make a home easier and safer to live in for Older Adults.
As a senior 65 years or older in New Brunswick, you could qualify for a tax credit to help with the cost of making your home safer and more accessible.
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.
Find out if you are eligible for a tax credit to help low- to moderate-income seniors with eligible medical expenses, including expenses that support aging at home.
In 2016, 93% of Canadian seniors were living in private households, while 7% were living in collective dwellings
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.
Financial assistance and other supports for seniors, caregivers and service providers.
How to accurately measure your blood pressure at home.
Find information on resources available for seniors in Ontario, including tax credits, health, caregiving, housing, transportation and staying safe.
Info on financial assistance, housing, healthy aging, residential and long-term care, protection and more for seniors in New Brunswick.
CMHA’s report, The State of Mental Health in Canada 2024, is a deep dive into mental health, addictions, and substance use health care in Canada
Similar to long-term care residence monitoring, the program will monitor older adults in their homes for medication adherence, fall detection, wandering, and vitals as needed.
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.
Presenter: Jane E. Meadus, Staff Lawyer & Institutional Advocate, The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
The Senior Fuel Subsidy is a program that helps to offset the high cost of heating fuel for seniors who own and live in their homes.
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness – whatever the diagnosis. Care can be provided wherever the client is living, whether at home, in hospice, an assisted living residence or a long-term care home.
