Select COVID-19 Resources for Caregivers
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Help with Essential Services
Friendly Neighbour Hotline for Seniors
1-855-581-9580
Monday – Friday from 9 AM – 5 PM
They can help pick up essentials like groceries and household items.
This site helps connect people to food banks, kitchen/takeout, food distribution centres and social services
This site helps connect people to food banks, kitchen/takeout, food distribution centres and social services
Helps find walk-in clinics in your area and lets you book
Books and Podcasts
BOOKS
Mind Over Mood (Book and Workbook)
by Christine Padesky and Dennis Greenberg
Loving Someone Who Has Dementia
by Pauline Boss
PODCASTS
by Dr. Padesky
Associations
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
The best resources for FTD family, caregivers and patients.
Click on learning resources to find lots of helpful ways for care partners to manage behaviours in dementia.
Excellent resources for Ontario’s 3.3 million caregivers. If you have a question or need support they can help.
Other Resources
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Support Groups
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) Durham Support Group
or search Facebook for the group name
Student-Senior Isolation Prevention Partnership (SSIPP)
Parkinson Canada Support Groups
Alzheimer’s Society of Canada Support Groups
ALS Society of Canada Support Groups
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Support Groups
MINT Memory Clinics Support Resources
FREE Apps for Download
GUIDED MEDITATION
You can even pick a favourite background sound for the honest guys: rainfall; thunderstorm; tropical forest; etc.
Hot Lines / Call Centres
1-800-255-6680
Community to Table Food Box $30.00
Crisis Access Linkage Line C.A.L.L.
1-800-742-1890
24hr. Phone support
Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO)
1-833-416-2273 24/7 hotline number to
1-866-797-0000
Webinar
Watch the recorded webinar, Taking Care of the Mind, Body and Soul in the COVID Pandemic, here.