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Seniors and Caregivers Support - Program Description
A new publication, “Aging is Living, Myth-Breaking Stories From Long-Term Care” by Irene Borins Ash and Irv Ash presents personal accounts of long-term care residents who will inspire and challenge ideas of aging.
A portion of proceeds from this book will be donated to Pat’s Place, FST’s safe haven program to address elder abuse.
Available at Chapters.Indigo.ca
The Seniors and Caregivers Support Service Unit at Family Service Toronto provides social work services to older people and caregivers. Our work includes counselling, group work, advocacy, training and educational sessions on a variety of topics such as aging and memory loss, anger and guilt, how to access community resources, abuse of older adults, etc.
You can come to our office for counselling, attend support groups or educational seminars, talk to a trained counsellor by telephone or, in exceptional circumstances, arrange for a home/community visit. We are able to provide counselling in English and Spanish.
We provide counselling services for those facing issues such as:
- Dealing with chronic or degenerative illness
- Stress in family relationships
- Bereavement
- The uprootedness and difficulty of adapting to a new culture at an advanced age
- Caregiver stress
- Elder abuse
SCSS Information and Education Sessions
We also offer information and education sessions on a range of topics including:
- Family dynamics
- Challenging behaviours
- The Sandwich Generation
- Humour and joy in caregiving
- Dealing with chronic illness
- Long-range planning
- Making the "system" work for you
- Elder abuse
- Spirituality in caregiving
- Long distance caregiving
- Talking with your doctor
- The normal aging process
- The caregiver role
- Communication
- Community services
- Stress management for caregivers
- Positive aspects of aging
- Coping with change and loss
- Healthy caregiving
- Anger and Guilt
- Aging and memory loss
- Pre-retirement planning
If you or someone you know can benefit from our services, call Service Access Unit at 416.595.9618
