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Pursuing Life's Best After Retirement
Ontario is a province rich in diverse and accessible arts. Whether studying, creating or simply enjoying, this Web page lists many activities that can reward and fulfill your most creative urges.
Source: Government of Ontario

Senior Achievement Award
The Ontario Senior Achievement Award is presented to twenty individuals annually. The purpose of the award is to recognize and honour outstanding seniors who, after age 65, have made significant contributions to their communities. The outstanding voluntary or professional achievement may have occurred in any field of endeavour.
Source: Government of Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.

Senior Driver Education
Contains important information from the education session which is good to review at home. It also provides help to create your own action plan for safe driving.
Source: Government of Ontario

Senior Driver: Driving Safety Cycle
This Web page gives information on deciding when to stop driving, how aging affects driving safety and transportation alternatives.
Source: Government of Ontario

Senior Drivers in Ontario
This Web page gives information on the Senior Drivers Program in the province of Ontario.
Source: Government of Ontario

Senior Homeowners' Property Tax Grant
This is an annual amount provided to help offset property taxes for seniors with low to middle incomes who own their own homes.
Source: Ministry of Revenue. Government of Ontario

Seniors Assistance Unit
The purpose of the Seniors Assistance Team is to provide strategic crime analysis and research with respect to the impact of seniors/elder abuse and vulnerable persons? activity in Ontario and then develop solutions and operational strategies to lessen the impact of victimization.
Source: Ontario Provincial Police

Seniors' Care : Community Support Services
Community Support services help you to maintain your safety and independence while living at home. Services are delivered either in your home or in different locations around your community.
Source: Government of Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Seniors' Care : Home, Community and Residential Care Services for Seniors
There are many different kinds of services that help seniors maintain their health and independence. If you or a loved one need care, a variety of options, many government-funded, are available
Source: Government of Ontario

Seniors' Care : Homemaking
To help you maintain a safe and comfortable home, homemaking services can assist you with routine household activities including menu planning and meal preparation, shopping, light housecleaning and laundry, and paying bills or banking.
Source: Government of Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Seniors' Care : Residences Offering Care
In Ontario, three main types of residential settings provide both accommodation and care for seniors : Supportive Housing, Retirement Homes, and Long-Term Care Facilities. Each setting offers different types of accommodations and varying levels of service. Assess your personal situation and compare your needs with the amenities and services offered by each setting.
Source: Government of Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Seniors' Care : Retirement Homes
Retirement homes are privately owned rental accommodations for seniors who are able to manage and pay for their own care.
Source: Government of Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-term Care.

Seniors' Care : Supportive Housing
Supportive Housing is designed for people who only need minimal to moderate care -- such as homemaking or personal care and support -- to live independently. Accommodations usually consist of rental units within an apartment building. In a few cases, the accommodation is a small group residence.
Source: Government of Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Seniors' Care - Who do I contact for information?
Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) are local agencies that provide information about care options in your area.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Seniors' Info
Seniors' Info has been created to provide ready access to information and services delivered by all levels of government and community-based agencies serving older adults. It is our pleasure to bring this first gateway to information and services to the citizens.
Source: Seniors' Info

Seniors' Safe Medication Use Program
The Seniors Safe Medication Use Program has been running for three years with overwhelming success. The seminars are available in communities across Ontario and are delivered by a community pharmacist. Each seminar covers a variety of important topics for seniors relating to medication use including dangerous drug/food interactions, non-compliance with drug therapy, storage of medications, over the counter medicines, and much more.
Source: Ontario Pharmacists' Association

Services / Community Support Programs
This Web page lists programs and services available to seniors living in Prince Edward County. As required by the Ontario Long-Term Care Act, eligibility for services is based upon assessed need.
Source: Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association

Travel and Leisure - Sports and Recreation
TrailPAQ is Canada's National Community Trail Website, profiling national, provincial and municipal trails in Canada.
Source: TrailPAQ

What is Elder abuse?
Information on elder abuse from Ontario Seniors' Secretariat.
Source: Ontario Seniors' Secretariat

<abbr>CanDRIVE</abbr>
The Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly (<abbr title="Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly">CanDRIVE</abbr>) is an interdisciplinary health related research program dedicated to improving the safety of older drivers.
Source: CanDRIVE

<abbr>CMHC</abbr> Seniors' Housing Reports
Provides a description and analysis of the Seniors' housing markets across Canada and in each region.
Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

12 steps to stair safety at home
Stairs are an important cause of falls resulting in serious injury or death of seniors. This one-page checklist reminds seniors of the common hazards in stairways, and the proper ways to set up and use your stairs.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada

50plus.com
www.50plus.com (<abbr>CARP</abbr>, Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus) is a Canadian website providing unique content, community and commerce for people over the age of 50.
Source: Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP)

55net
55net is a unique site dedicated to and developed by plugged&#8209;in retirees.
Source: 55net

A Portrait of Seniors in Canada
Information from several Statistics Canada surveys describing numerous aspects of the lives of seniors.
Source: Statistics Canada