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Toronto Intergenerational PartnershipsAddress: 800 Greenwood Ave, Room A36, Toronto, M4J 4B7Phone: 416-531-8447 Fax: 416-531-7337 Email: Website: www.tigp.org Major Intersection: Greenwood Ave - Danforth Ave Map: LHIN: Toronto Central LHIN Subregion: East Predominant Culture: |
| Friendly Visiting | |
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| Cost: | Free |
| Population Served: | Frail and cognitively impaired elderly. |
| Area Served: | Metropolitan Toronto |
| Additional Information: | Preschool, elementary and secondary school students participate in Friendly Visiting programs within nursing homes, homes for the aged, retirement homes, hospitals, health care centres and seniors buildings. Staff work with teachers and institutional staff to develop program content that is appropriate for the age levels of the children and the physical and cognitive abilities of the seniors involved in the programs. The students and seniors engage in age-approrpriate, social and recreational activities that are developed based on the needs and interests of all ages. |
| Last Updated: | February 2010 |
| Home Maintenance and Repair | |
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| Cost: | An hourly rate is paid directly to the students upon completion of their duties. Call 416-531-8447 for details. |
| Population Served: | Assistance to seniors as well as disabled individuals who need work done in and around their homes and apartments. |
| Area Served: | Keele St to Victoria Park Ave, Danforth Ave to Lake Ontario |
| Additional Information: | The Seniors Assistance Home Maintenance (SAHM) program provides assistance to seniors as well as disabled individuals who need work done in and around their homes and apartments. TIGP acts as a broker recruiting high school students to work before and after school, on weekends and during the summer to assist with services including gardening, shopping, snow removal and running errands. These services enable individuals to live independently in their own communities. Our staff screen and match the students with individuals requiring service. The students are provided with sensitivity to aging training. TIGP acts as a broker and coordinates the program. |
| Last Updated: | July 2008 |
Organizations in Toronto offering dementia related programs and services are invited to send us the details so that they can be posted on our website. Just send the completed survey to mcameron@alzheimertoronto.org OR fax: 416-322-6656 For more information on how to be added to the database, or to update your organization's existing records, please contact Margaret Cameron at: mcameron@alzheimertoronto.org or tel: 416-640-6320. |
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