FINDING KEY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Dietitians of Canada
www.dietitians.ca

Family Physician
www.cfpc.ca

Occupational Therapist
www.caot.ca

Physiotherapist
www.physiotherapy.ca

Psychologist
www.cpa.ca

Registered Nurses/Registered Nursing Assistants
www.cna-nurses.ca

Social Workers
www.casw-acts.ca

Speech-Language Pathologists/Audiologists
www.caslpa.ca

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Reference Canada
www.canada.gc.ca

Health Canada, Division of Aging and Seniors
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/for_you/seniors.html

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en

Veterans Affairs Canada
www.vac-acc.gc.ca

Canada Revenue Agency
www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca

GENERAL RESOURCES

Alzheimer Society of Canada
www.alzheimer.ca

Arthritis Society
www.arthritis.ca

Canadian Association of the Deaf
www.cad.ca

Canadian Cancer Society
www.cancer.ca

Canadian Continence Foundation
www.continence-fdn.ca

Canadian Council of the Blind
www.ccbnational.net

Canadian Deafblind & Rubella Association
www.cdbra.ca

Canadian Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.ca

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
www.chha.ca

Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind
www.cnsdb.ca

Canadian Health Network
www.canadian-health-network.ca

Canadian Hearing Society
www.chs.ca

Canadian Home Care Association
www.cdnhomecare.ca

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
www.chpca.net

Canadian Mental Health Association
www.cmha.ca

Canadian National Institute for the Blind
www.cnib.ca

Canadian Red Cross Society
www.redcross.ca

Dying with Dignity
www.dyingwithdignity.ca

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
www.heartandstroke.ca

Internet Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.com

Osteoporosis Society of Canada
www.osteoporosis.ca

Salvation Army
www.salvationarmy.ca

Sample of Some Regional/National Nursing and Homemaking Agencies
Bayshore Health Care
www.bayshore.ca

Caregivers.ca
www.caregivers.ca

Comcare Health Services
www.comcarehealth.ca

Extendicare (Canada) Inc.
www.extendicare.com

Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
www.von.ca

We Care Home Health Care Services
www.wecare.ca

FINANCIAL PLANNING
The following organizations will refer you to trained professionals in your region who will assist you with general information you may need and on various aspects of estate and financial planning as well as protecting your rights.

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
www.cica.ca

Certified General Accountants Association of Canada
www.cga-canada.org

Financial Advisors Association of Canada — Advocis
www.advocis.ca

CARING FOR YOURSELF

CARP (Canada’s Association for the Fifty-Plus)
www.50plus.com

The Canadian Caregiver Coalition
www.ccc-ccan.ca

Caregiver Network Inc. (CNI)
www.caregiver.on.ca

Solutions – a boomer’s guide to work and life balance
www.solutions-online.ca

ALBERTA
www.seniors.gov.ab.ca
www.health.gov.ab.ca/regions
www.seniorfriendly.ca

BRITISH COLUMBIA
www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/socsec/contacts.html
www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/bchealthcare
www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/seniors
www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/socsec/contacts.html

MANITOBA
www.gov.mb.ca/health
www.gov.mb.ca/sd
www.gov.mb.ca/health/pharmacare

NEW BRUNSWICK
www.gnb.ca/0017/Seniors/SeniorsGuide-e.pdf
www.gnb.ca/0017

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
www.infornet.st-johns.ca/providers/seniors

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca

NUNAVUT
Nunavut Ministry of Health
Telephone: 867-979-7601

NOVA SCOTIA
www.gov.ns.ca/health
www.gov.ns.ca/health/ccs
www.gov.ns.ca/scs

ONTARIO
www.health.gov.on.ca
www.oaccac.on.ca
www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/adp/adp_mn.html
www.gov.on.ca/mczcr/seniors

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
www.gov.pe.ca/hirc
www.gov.pe.ca/hss

QUEBEC
www.gouv.qc.ca/Accueil/LeSaviezVous/LangueGrappes_en.html

SASKATCHEWAN
www.saho.org
www.health.gov.sk.ca/ph_br_community_care.html
www.dcre.gov.sk.ca/housing/programs/seniors_families_disabile.html#seniors
www.health.gov.sk.ca/ps_sail.html

YUKON
1-800-661-0408
Extended Health Care Benefits for Seniors Telephone: 867-667-5403
Seniors Information Centre www.users.yknet.yk.ca/yukonseniors/sic.html