Especially For Seniors

In addition to all the services and materials offered to all our patrons, we offer some that may be of special interest to our senior patrons. These include:

Recommended Web Sites Upcoming Events
Education Finance Laurier Milton Lecture Series
Various topics
Monthly through May 2010
Government Programs, Services Health and Wellness
Housing Legal
Travel and Leisure Web directories

Education

  • Elderhostel -- a not-for-profit organization and the world's largest educational and travel organization for older adults.
  • Routes to Learning -- combine learning with travel in Canada and around the world.
  • SeniorNet -- nonprofit organization of computer-using adults, age 50 and older, to provide older adults education for, and access to, computer technologies.
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Finance

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Government programs and services

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Health and wellness

  • Alzheimer Society of Canada -- information about the disease and related dementias, caregiving, research, news, events and more.
  • Bereavement Services Support and Education -- coping with grief and loss.
  • C-Health -- from the Canoe network, providing consumers with objective, accurate, and current healthcare information on the web.
  • Caregiver Network Inc. -- resources designed to make your life as a caregiver easier.
  • CNIB -- services for the sight-impaired.
  • Community Care Access Centre of Halton -- provides ease of access to a system of high quality healthcare information and services.
  • Division of Aging and Seniors -- from the Public Health Agency of Canada, providing federal leadership in areas pertaining to aging and seniors. The Division serves as a focal point for information and centre of expertise.
  • Finding Seniors Healthcare Resources -- the Ontario provincial government's health resources for seniors.
  • Healthy Ontario -- seniors section of the health resource website from the Ontario provincial government.
  • Heart and Stroke Foundation -- preventing and reducing disability and death from heart disease and stroke through research, health promotion and advocacy.
  • WidowNet -- an information and self-help resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery.
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Housing

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Legal

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Travel and leisure

  • Canadian Snowbird Association -- for seniors who travel. Information about health insurance, travel tips and more.
  • 50Plus.com Travel-- information for those fifty plus.
  • Cruise2 -- non-profit organisation that provides information on all cruise lines.
  • Cruise Reviews -- cruisers' reviews of their personal experiences.
  • Elder Treks -- world's first adventure travel company designed exclusively for people 50 and over.
  • Recreational Vehicles (RVs) -- everything you need to know before buying, renting or travelling with your RV.
  • Rough Guides -- Rough Guides website for travel books and information on more than 200 countries.
  • Seniors Home Exchange -- travel and save money by exchanging homes with other seniors.
  • Seniors Travel Guide -- budget travel, adventure travel -- it's all on this site.
  • Walking the World -- organized walking tours to many parts of the world.
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Web directories

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