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Senior Services - Challenges

Planning Challenges Healthy Aging Government Support Community Agencies

Abuse of Older Adults

  • Abuse of Older Persons Information Sheets
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Description: The abuse of older persons is often a very difficult topic to discuss. This package of information sheets was developed so the sheets can be used individually or as a package by community members and by professionals in a variety of fields.
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Assistive Devices

Caregivers

  • Caregiver Toolkit
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: The “Caregiver Toolkit” Website is an information site for a national project Supporting Caregivers of Older Adults: Tools for Service Providers, Program Planners, Educators and Policy Makers.
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Driving and Transportation

  • Adaptive Devices
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: If your vehicle isn't a perfect fit, consider adaptive devices before you stick the "for sale" sign in the window.
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  • Motor Vehicles Yukon
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Location: 308 Steele Street, Lynn Building, Main Floor, Whitehorse, Territorial Agents in Communities
      Phone: (867) 667-5315 or 1-800-661-0408 local 5315 (toll free within Yukon)
      Email: motor.vehicles@gov.yk.ca
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  • Tips for Older Drivers
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: s you age, your sight, hearing, judgement of speed and distance and reflexes diminish. For each individual, the degree to which and speed that our faculties diminish can very greatly
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Emergency Food Services

  • Salvation Army Soup Kitchen
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Location: 311B Black St, Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 668-2327
  • Weekend Soup Kitchen – Whitehorse United Church & Sacred Heart Cathedral
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Provides a hot lunch on Saturdays and Sundays to anyone in need. Hours of Operation: Saturday 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. & Sunday from 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
      Location: Located at CYO Hall, Sacred Heart Cathedral on corner of 4th Ave, and Steele. Street address: 402 Steele Street.
  • Whitehorse Food Bank
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Location: 306 Alexander St., Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 393-2645

Emergency Planning

  • Ambulance Services
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Description: Throughout the Yukon, Emergency Medical Services personnel and volunteers are responsible for the emergency transportation of the sick and injured from the scene to the nearest health care facility able to provide the required level of care. Transportation is by ground or air.
      Phone: 911
  • Crime Prevention Tips for Seniors
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Description: Crime prevention is a lot of things you might not think of; it's more than just locks, alarms and keeping an eye open for suspicious characters. Each of us is involved in crime prevention activities in our daily lives.
      Location: 301 Jarvis Street (2nd floor) Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 667-5962 or Toll free (In Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, local 5962
      Email: Crimeprevention@gov.yk.ca
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  • Fire Safety
    • Service Provider: Municipal Government
      Description: According to statistics from the Office of the Fire Marshal, adults age 65 and older are at a higher risk of dying from fire than any other age group. Older adults, their families and caregivers should take a few minutes to complete a fire safety check of their home, apartment or room. To learn more about fire safety contact the City of Whitehorse Fire Department.
      Phone: 668-8699 or 668-2462
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  • Joint Emergency Preparedness Program
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Description: The Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) encourages emergency preparedness projects that support national objectives and priorities in emergency preparedness throughout Canada.
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  • Power Outages
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: What can you do to prepare? Customers should always be prepared for an outage, regardless of the cause. Homeowners need basic equipment like a flashlight with fresh batteries, blankets and warm clothing, and a battery-operated radio to stay in touch with the news. Visit Yukon Electrical's Tips for Residential Customers website for more information.
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  • Public Health and Safety Department - Yukon College
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: First aid and safety training including: CPR, Standard first Aid, Wilderness First Aid, Advanced First Aid and more. Call for a schedule or visit our website.
      Location: 500 College Drive, Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 668-5200
      Email: ychealth@yukoncollege.yk.ca
  • Salvation Army
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Emergency shelter and food services. Thrift Shop
      Location: 311B Black Street, Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 668-2327
      Email: admin@salvationarmyyt.org
  • Whitehorse General Hospital
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Whitehorse General Hospital serves as a regional referral center for the Yukon and serves the rural nursing stations through an efficient system of ground and air ambulance as a well as consultation by various means of communication including telemedicine.
      Location: #5 Hospital Road, Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 393-8700
      Email: info@wgh.yk.ca
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Falls Prevention

Grief and Loss

  • Canadian Mental Health Association: Grieving
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: The death of someone close to us is one of life's most stressful events. We fear loss of companionship and the changes it will bring to our lives. It takes time to heal and each of us responds differently. We may need help to cope with the changes in our lives. But in the end, coping effectively with bereavement is vital to our mental health.
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  • Hospice Yukon Society
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Hospice Yukon Society is a non-profit community based organization that provides support for individuals and their loved ones facing advanced illness, death and bereavement. We strive to address the diverse physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of all those who come to us for support.
      Location: 409 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 667-7429
      Email: info@hospiceyukon.net
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  • Palliative Care Program
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Description: Palliative care is a type of care offered to a person who is dying. It seeks to ease patients’ suffering and improve their quality of living and dying. It addresses the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patient, as well as those of the family.
      Location: 109 Copper Road
      Phone: 867-456-6807 or 1-800-661-0408, ext. 6807
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Loss of Memory

  • Alzheimer/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Phone: (867) 667-4816
  • Alzheimers Society Canada
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Behind every person with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, there are hundreds of people dedicated to helping. The Alzheimer Society is the leading not-for-profit health organization working nationwide to improve the quality of life for Canadians affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and advance the search for the cause and cure. We are located in every province across Canada and in over 140 local communities.
      Email: info@alzheimer.ca
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  • Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
    • Service Provider: Federal Government
      Description: What is the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer Disease? What are the warning signs? How to help your loved one?
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  • Life and Minds
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Life and Minds is the web publication of the Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network, or CDKTN.
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Mental Health

  • Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: With this information, older adults will be empowered to make informed decisions about their health care and build effective relationships with their health care providers.
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  • Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health: Depression Booklet
    • Service Provider: Non Government
      Description: Many people think that mental health problems are just a normal part of aging. This simply isn’t true. Difficulties with mood, thinking and behaviour are not an inevitable part of aging. Nor are they signs of personal weakness. They are usually signs that something is wrong that requires attention from a health care professional
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  • Mental Health Services
    • Service Provider: Government of Yukon
      Description: Mental Health Services is a community mental health clinic offering assessment, individual and group therapy, supportive counselling and referral services for a wide range of emotional and behavioural problems and mental illnesses. Mental health professionals work to provide assistance in managing depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders. Mental Helath Services also provides funding to Many Rivers Counseling and Support Services.
      Location: #4 Hospital Rd., Whitehorse
      Phone: (867) 667-8346 in Whitehorse, Outside Whitehorse within Yukon: 1-800-661-0408, local 8346
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