Seniors services
Please note that an annual fee of $ 10 is required to receive all services except the support group.
Accompaniment
Help with correspondence
Help with shopping
Tax assistance
Help
Guardianship
Meals-on-wheels
Friendly phone calls
Transport
Friendship visit
Support Group
ACCOMPANYING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS
Customer base
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Objectives
• Accompany a person by taxi, public transit and paratransit for medical appointments.
• Secure a person during their medical appointments.
HELP WITH CORRESPONDANCE
Customer base
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Goal
• Help someone who cannot travel to read or write their mail.
HELP WITH SHOPPING
Customer base
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Goal
• Help someone who can not go shopping.
TAX ASSISTANCE
Customer base
• Persons with incomes not exceeding $ 25,000 for a single person and $ 30,000 for a couple, with a
temporary or permanent loss of autonomy.
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Goal
• Help a person who can not move and whose only income is the government old-age pension with the
guaranteed supplement, to complete the tax forms.
Cost: $ 10
HELP
Customer base
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Goal
• Provide small services inside a person's home that do not require physical strength from the
volunteer.
GUARDIANSHIP
Customer base
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
• In loss of autonomy, asking for a diligent presence at his side, but with a certain mobility.
• Living at home with a caregiver.
Objectives
• Give respite to the caregiver by providing a home babysitting service.
• Allow the person with a loss of autonomy to remain in their usual environment and enjoy a
friendly presence.
MEALS-ON-WHEELS
Customer base
• Persons aged 65 and over with incomes not exceeding $ 25,000 for a single person and $ 30,000 for
a couple, with a temporary or permanent loss of autonomy, handicapped or convalescence.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
objectives
• Deliver frozen meals at home.
• Contribute to home support.
Cost: $ 5 per meals
FRIENDLY PHONE CALLS
Customer base
• Single and / or isolated people.
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Goal
• Secure and break the isolation of seniors through weekly phone calls.
TRANSPORT TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS
Customer base
• Persons with incomes not exceeding $ 25,000 for a single person and $ 30,000 for a couple, with a
temporary or permanent loss of autonomy.
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
objectives
• Offer moral support during medical appointments.
• Provide safe transportation.
• Accompany the person from home to return.
FRIENDLY VISITS
Customer base
• Single and / or isolated people.
• People aged 65 and over.
• Residents of the Saint-Laurent borough.
Goal
• Break the isolation of seniors with visits from a volunteer once a week.
Objectif
• Briser l’isolement des aînés grâce aux visites d’une personne bénévole une fois par semaine.
SUPPORT GROUP
Customer base
• Residents of Saint-Laurent
• People aged 65 and over
• bereaved
Objectives
• Break loneliness and isolation
• Offer a space for discussion and sharing of experiences related to bereavement
• Promote the expression of emotions, fears and suffering
• Give participants the necessary tools to rebuild themselves.
Join the ABC Center support group
• Free service
• Group of 8 participants maximum
• Spring-Summer Session: April 21st to June 9th, 2017
• Thematic meetings and psychosocial workshops, every Friday from 2h to 4h at the ABC Center.
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