Archives: Resources

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario Fact Sheets

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario has a series of fact sheets that can help people understand and address the types of abuse that older adults might experience while living at home or in long-term care. The fact sheets are available in both English and French. Topics include:

What is Elder Abuse?
Financial Abuse
Frauds and Scams
Dementia and Elder Abuse
Response and Intervention
Sexual Abuse
Getting Help

CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to request reconsideration or appeal when denied

Recorded on June 6, 2024
Do you support clients who applied for Canadian Pension Plan–Disability (CPP-D) benefits and were denied? Or who had their request for reconsideration declined? This webinar will help community workers understand the CPP-D reconsideration and appeal processes. Our presenters will walk you through the steps to help you support clients using CLEO’s Guided Pathway tool.

Canada Dental Care Plan information sheet

Connecting Ottawa has an information sheet on the Canada Dental Care Plan. It explains how the Plan works and how it’s linked to dental benefits in other Ontario plans, such as Healthy Smiles Ontario, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), and Ontario Works (OW).

Toolkit to help newcomer youth get health care

The National Newcomer Navigation Network has created Navigating the Ontario Healthcare System, a toolkit for youth in Ontario. The toolkit explains how they can access OHIP and the Interim Federal Health program. It has a template letter and card that youth can give to health-care providers to help them access care and ask for an interpreter.

Resources for people without immigration status

The Health Network for Uninsured Clients has a resource page for front-line workers working with people without immigration status. The network is focused on the Greater Toronto Area, but most of the information applies across Ontario.
The page explains the legal rights of people without status and the services available to them.