Services to Seniors
Home Care
Telephone: (867) 667-5774
Location: 3168 - 3rd Avenue, Whitehorse
Outside Whitehorse, contact a regional Health and Social Services office
Home care helps people who are unable to fully care for themselves at home. Enables the elderly, disabled, and terminally ill to remain in their homes. Also assists families who are caring for the elderly or chronically ill at home.
Pioneer Utility Grant
Telephone: (867) 667-5137
Outside Whitehorse: (867) 1-800-661-0408, local 5137
Location: Seniors Information Centre, 3168 3rd Avenue; or the Information Desk in the Yukon Government Administration Building, Second Avenue, Whitehorse
Pioneer Utility Grant helps eligible people 65 and over with home heating costs. Applications (english and french) are available from Seniors Information Centre.
Pharmacare
Telephone: (867) 667-5403
Outside Whitehorse: (867) 1-800-661-0408, local 5403
Location: Fourth Floor, Financial Plaza, 204 Lambert Street for Health Services; Outside Whitehorse contact a regional Health & Social Services officeThe Pharmacare and Extended Benefits program is designed to assist registered senior citizens with the cost of dental care, eye care, medical-surgical supplies and equipment and drug costs. The program will pay the total costs of the lowest priced generics of all prescription drugs listed in the Yukon Pharmacare Formulary, including the dispensing fee.
To qualify for the program, an individual must be a Yukon resident at least 65 years of age, or 60-years-old, and married to a living Yukon resident who is 65 years or older.
Yukon Income Supplement
Telephone: (867) 667-5674
Outside Whitehorse: (867) 1-800-661-0408, local 5674
Yukon Income Supplement provides a monthly income for seniors to supplement federal assistance programs.
Other Services
Care Consent Act
Yukon Capability and Consent Board
Overview of Yukon Decision-Making Legislation (PDF, 156 KB)