Your gift will help seniors like Brenda stay connected during this time of year.
Category: Vulnerable Seniors
Affordable housing, one of six priorities identified by United Way East Ontario ahead of the 2022 federal budget, is a major focus of this year’s document. We take a close look at how this budget will affect our communities’ most vulnerable residents.
United Way and our partners have been delivering basic needs and compassion to isolated seniors like Marie, so they don't fall through the cracks.
This Lanark County youth centre developed a program to bring seniors and youth together to break down social barriers and build stronger communities.
For local seniors like Alma, the Seniors’ Centre Without Walls has been their connection to the outside world during the pandemic.
In partnership with organizations like the Champlain Community Support Network, we’re supporting our region’s caregivers and volunteers through the pandemic and beyond.
Even before the pandemic, unpaid, informal caregivers were overworked and distressed. This week’s COVID-19 Community Response Table discussed a way forward for these integral members of our health care system.
The Eastern Ontario Caregiver Strategy will enable us to achieve more positive outcomes for our region’s overworked and distressed informal caregivers and their families.
