SOCIAL SERVICES
The organizations listed below offer referrals to social and other services such as counselling, and support to Italian-speaking older adults seeking help or general information.
BAYCREST
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Offers weekly friendly telephone calls and email messages, as well as access to a social worker for information, referral or brief counselling upon request.
CANADIAN ITALIAN FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Offers information on foreign pensions, as well as documentation of government forms, translation and notarization services.
CENTRO ANZIANI
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Offers income tax clinics, information and referral in Italian.
COSTI IMMIGRANT SERVICES
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Offers La Carvalle Club, which provides support services, such as friendly visits at home or hospital.
Offers recreational activities, translation and notarization services and assistance in accessing financial assistance programs.
RECONNECT COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Offers assistance in finding and coordinating appropriate services, assistance with filling out forms, as well as education, training and support group referrals for families and caregivers.
TORONTO CENTRAL LHIN
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Connects clients with a broad range of supports including home, community and long-term care services.
YORK WEST ACTIVE LIVING CENTRE
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Social Services
Offers a program that provides lunch while updating attendees on services and educating them on what is available in the community.
ADULT DAY PROGRAMS
The following Adult Day Programs provide recreational programs and opportunities for Italian-speaking older adults to socialize and stay active through physical activity. Many day programs have a variety of staff that include activity coordinators, social workers and nurses.
BOOST DAY PROGRAM – LUMACARE
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Adult Day Programs
Offers therapeutic programs and caregiver respite for individuals living with stroke or other neurological disorders or who are frail.
COSTI IMMIGRANT SERVICES
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Adult Day Programs
Offers educational workshops related to ageing, English conversation circle, fitness program, and a variety of social activities.
DAVENPORT-PERTH NEIGHBOURHOOD & COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Adult Day Programs
Offers “Donnes Insieme,” an educational, recreational and social group for Italian-speaking women.
RECONNECT COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Adult Day Programs
Offers art classes, physical and cognitive exercises, and social and recreational activities for older adults who require both low and high levels of care.
REXDALE WOMEN’S CENTRE
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Adult Day Programs
Offers fitness classes, as well as social and educational events and activities.
VILLA COLOMBO
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Adult Day Programs
Provides a Frail Elderly Centre for frail older adults, an Alzheimer’s day program for older adults with advanced dementia and a transition group for older adults with early cognitive impairment.
HOUSING SERVICES
The organizations below offer housing and support services including recreational activities, social programs, and health care services for Italian-speaking older adults.
ITALIAN CANADIAN BENEVOLENT SENIORS APARTMENT CORPORATION
SERVICES OFFERED:
Housing Services
- Offers financial clinics, counselling on living independently, educational and recreational activities, and day trips.
Offers Italian meals to residents as well as meals on wheels. - Three locations:
Caboto Terrace – 3050 Dufferin St.
Casa Del Zotto 3010 Dufferin St.
Casa Abruzzo 338 Falstaff Ave.
HEALTH SERVICES
FIND AN ITALIAN-SPEAKING DOCTOR
Go to cpso.on.ca, and select “Find a Doctor” under the Public Information and Services Tab at the top. You will see a form, select Italian for language of service, and enter other terms you would like to search for, such as location. Click “Submit” at the bottom of the page.
FIND A DENTIST
Go to rcdso.org, click on Find a Dentist, then click Search a Dentist. Enter as many search terms as you wish (such as city and specialty) and press Search.
FIND AN ITALIAN-SPEAKING OPTOMETRIST
Go to collegeoptom.on.ca, click on Find an Optometrist. Enter Italian for language of service and your location and press Search.
FIND A PHARMACY
Go to ocpinfo.ca, click on Public, then click Find a Pharmacy. Enter your location and press Search.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
TORONTO SENIORS HELPLINE
The Toronto Seniors Helpline is a single phone line that streamlines access to community, homecare and crisis services for seniors, their caregivers and their health care providers.
Modified: 2019-09-30
We would like to thank the following for their support of our Education Resources to Support Healthy Ageing Initiative
- Mon Sheong Foundation and the Ben and Hilda Katz Foundation have generously provided funding to support printing and translation of our Education Resources to Support Healthy Ageing.