Offers caregivers an informal setting to share their experiences with one another in a confidential manner. Monthly meetings often include a speaker.
Caregiver Supports
Resources and support groups for people providing care to family members, partners and friends.
Dundas Community Services Caregiver Support Group
Work: 905-627-5461
50 Hatt St, Dundas, ON L9H 0A1, Canada
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to all caregivers.
Contact for information.
Alzheimer Society Support Groups
Toll-Free Number: 1-800-565-4614
Work: 905-529-7030
Contact for information.
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Support groups for individuals with memory loss, dementia, or Alzheimer's disease, along with their families and caregivers, as well as support groups for caregivers.
Contact for information.
A series of group-format support programs led by an Alzheimer society counsellors that help family, caregivers, and individuals with memory loss cope with progressive cognitive deficits, dementia, or Alzheimer's disease.
Groups offered include:
- adult children (in person or virtual)
- frontotemporal dementia carers
- grief and loss
- mild cognitive impairment
- men's care giving
- self care for the caregiver (virtual)
- spousal
Ontario Caregiver Organization Support Services
Toll-Free Number: 1-833-416-2273
Support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to all caregivers in Ontario.
Contact for information.
Offers a variety of support services for Ontario caregivers who provide physical and emotional support to a family member, partner, friend, or neighbour.
Programs include:
- 24 hour helpline
- live chat
- peer support groups
- information resources
Victorian Order of Nurses Caregiver Supports
Work: 905-523-1055 xPress 4
414 Victoria Ave N, Hamilton, ON L8L 5G8, Canada
Contact for information.
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Program open to adults, seniors, and family caregivers.
Contact to register.
Skilled and compassionate VON professionals provide information, education, and emotional support to family caregivers. Caregiver Support groups are available virtually and in-person. Educational classes teach skills for managing stressful caregiving situations, developing self-care, regaining control, and linking with community resources. Services are offered either by telephone or an in-home visit, or as a four-part education series scheduled at different times and locations throughout the area.
Seniors at Risk in Hamilton Collaborative
Work: 289-919-3450
Fax Number: 289-271-6990
400 King St W, Hamilton, ON L8N 3R1, Canada
Contact for information.
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Seniors impacted by issues such as dementia, abuse/exploitation, mental and physical health challenges, precarious housing, food insecurity and social isolation.
Referrals and service requests can be made through CareDove.
A centralized referral and intake process to facilitate timely interventions and supports for seniors impacted by issues such as dementia, abuse/exploitation, mental and physical health challenges, precarious housing, food insecurity, and social isolation.
Services offered include:
- Case Management for Seniors at Risk
- Dementia and Caregiver Support
- Homelessness Prevention and Intervention
- Volunteer Telephone Support
- Virtual Senior Group
- Seniors Wellness Group