Useful Links

Information for Seniors – seniors.gc.ca

Abuse

Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters www.acws.ca
Alberta Seniors and Community Supports www.seniors.alberta.ca/services_resources/elderabuse
Association des juriste d'expression francaise de l'Alberta (elder abuse info in French) www.ajefa.ca
Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse www.calgarycasa.com
Older Adult Knowledge Network www.oaknet.ca/

Advice

Arts

Creative Aging Calgary Society www.creativeagingcalgary.ca/resources.html
This is My City Art Society www.thisismycitycalgary.ca

Caregivers

Canadian Caregiver Coalition www.ccc-ccan.ca
Caregiver Network Inc. www.caregiver.ca
My Care Journey www.mycarejourney.com

Brain Exercises

Congratulatory Messages

Governor General of Canada www.gg.ca
Prime Minister of Canada www.pm.gc.ca

Consumer Information

Better Business Bureau www.betterbusinessbureau.ca
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
Certified Professional Consultants on Aging www.cpcacanada.com
Service Alberta – Consumers www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca

Death and Dying

Alberta Funeral Service Association www.afsa.ca/
Dying With Dignity www.dyingwithdignity.ca
Hospice Calgary Society www.hospicecalgary.com
Last Post Fund Inc. www.lastpostfund.ca

Disability Information

Canadian National Institute for the Blind www.cnib.ca
Canadian Paraplegic Association www.cpa-ab.org/
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services www.dhhs.ca

Education

Routes to Learning Canada www.routestolearning.ca

Employment

Service Canada Job Bank www.jobbank.gc.ca/Intro-eng.aspx
Workplace Institute www.workplaceinstitute.org

Favourites

Government

Alberta Seniors and Community Supports www.seniors.gov.ab.ca
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html
Canadian Seniors Policies and Programs Database www.sppd.gc.ca
City of Calgary, Seniors www.calgary.ca
Health Canada, Healthy Living, Seniors www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/seniors-aines/index_e.html
Public Health Agency of Canada, Aging and Seniors www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Seniors Canada on-Line www.seniors.gc.ca/home.jsp?lang=en
Seniors Canada – Canada Benefits www.canadabenefits.gc.ca/faechome.jsp?lang=en
Veterans Affairs Canada www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/

Health Benefits

Alberta Blue Cross www.ab.bluecross.ca
Alberta Health Care Insurance www.health.gov.ab.ca

Health Information/Services

Alberta Health Services www.albertahealthservices.ca
Dietitians of Canada www.dietitians.ca
On-Line Drug Encyclopeidia www.drug3k.com

Health Organizations

Alzheimer Society of Calgary     www.alzheimercalgary.com
Arthritis Society    www.arthritis.ca
Canadian Cancer Society - Calgary and District Unit    www.cancer.ab.ca
Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health    www.ccsmh.ca
Canadian Diabetes Association    www.diabetes.ca
Diabetes Association (Foothills)    www.diabetes-foothills.org
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada    www.heartandstroke.ca
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada - Calgary Chapter    www.mscalgary.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada    www.muscles.ca
Osteoporosis Society of Canada    www.osteoporosis.ca
Parkinson's Society of Southern Alberta    www.parkinsons-society.org
Prostaid Calgary  www.prostaid.org

Home Support

Bethany Lifeline    www.bethanycare.com
Calgary Family Services  www.calgaryfamilyservices.org
Calgary Meals on Wheels    www.mealsonwheels.com
Good Samaritan TeleCare    www.gss.org

Housing

Accessible Housing Society Calgary    www.ahscalgary.ca
Alberta Landlord & Tenant FAQS    www.law-faqs.org/wiki/index.php/Renting_a_Place_to_Live
Alberta Senior Citizens' Housing Association    www.ascha.com
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation    www.cmhc.ca
MCF Housing for Seniors    www.mcfhousing.com
Laws for Landlords and Tenants www.landlordandtenant.org/splash.aspx
Service Alberta, Landlord and Tenant   servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/Landlords_Tenants.cfm

Legal

Alberta Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship FAQS  www.law-faqs.org/wiki/index.php/Adult_Guardianship_and_Trusteeship
Alberta Wills & Estates FAQS    www.law-faqs.org/wiki/index.php/Wills_and_Estates
Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta www.cplea.ca/
Public Trustee, Alberta    www.gov.ab.ca/just/trustee

Long Term Care

Alberta Continuing Care Association    www.ab-cca.ca/
Education Resource Centre for Continuing Care    www.educationresourcecentre.ca
Protection for Persons in Care    www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/css/persons_in_care

Pensions

Alberta Pensions Administration (Local Authorities)    www.apaco.ab.ca
Alberta Seniors Benefit    www.seniors.gov.ab.ca
Old Age Security/Canada Pension    www.canadabenefits.gc.ca/faechome.jsp?lang=en
Quebec Pension Plan    www.rrq.gouv.qc.ca/en
United States Social Security    www.ssa.gov
Veterans Affairs Canada    www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general

Recreation

Seniors Alpine Ski Club   www.seniorsalpineskiclub.com
International Council on Active Aging  www.icaa.cc

Seniors’ Organizations – Alberta (Province Wide)

Alberta Association of Gerontology   www.aagweb.ca
Alberta Association of Seniors Centres  www.albertaseniorscentres.net
Alberta Council on Aging   www.acaging.ca

Seniors’ Organizations – Calgary

Calgary Chapter, Alberta Association on Gerontology   www.ccaag.com
Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens Association    www.telusplanet.net/cceca
Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society    www.calgaryseniors.org
Confederation Park Seniors    www.confedpark55plus.ca/
Golden Age Club www.downtowncentre.ab.ca

Seniors’ Organizations – Other Alberta Communities

Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council seniorscouncil.net
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization  www.lethseniors.com
Seniors Association of Great Edmonton  www.mysage.ca/index.cfm
Seniors Outreach Program (Three Hills and Area) krfcss.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=63
Veiner Centre (Medicine Hat)  www.medicinehat.ca/index.aspx?page=325
Seniors’ Organizations – Canada
Canadian Association on Gerontology    www.cagacg.ca
Canadian Snowbird Assocaition  www.snowbirds.org
CARP, Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus  www.carp.ca
Federal Superannuates  www.fsna.com
HelpAge Canada   www.helpagecanada.ca/

Seniors’ Organizations – International

American Association of Retired Persons www.aarp.org
The Red Hat Society    www.redhatsociety.com

Transitions

Transportation

Access Calgary www.accesscalgary.ca
Alberta Driver Fitness and Monitoring   http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/3105.htm
Alberta Motor Association   www.ama.ab.ca/community-and-ama/aging-drivers
Calgary Handi-Bus Association    www.calgaryhandibus.com
Calgary Transit    www.calgarytransit.com
Calgary Transit Low-Income Monthly Transit Passes http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/low_monthly_income_pass.html

Veterans

Last Post Fund Inc.    www.lastpostfund.ca
Royal Canadian Legion - Alberta and N.W.T. Command    www.abnwtlegion.com
Veterans Affairs Canada    www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general
Volunteering
Canadian Executive Service Organization    www.ceso-saco.com
Volunteer Calgary    www.volunteercalgary.ab.ca