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1 DIRECTORY FOR SENIORS OF ARGENTEUIL Your INDISPENSABLE telephone resource! Photo : Comité 50+ Bouger+

2 ABUSE / VIOLENCE Sexual Assault Assistance Center (CALACS Laurentides) : Crime Victims Assistance Center (CAVAC des Laurentides) Le Faubourg Suicide Prevention Center La Citad Elle de Lachute (Shelter for women and children victimized by domestic violence or in a crisis situation) Elder Abuse Info Line DOMESTIC HELP Argenteuil Coup de Pouce Solidarity Co-op (Personal assistance and support in regards to domestic situations) FOOD / TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE Café-Partage (Educational programs, affordable groceries) Action Volunteer Centre Association Solidarité d Argenteuil (Meals-On-Wheels and Frozen Meals) Centre d Entraide d Argenteuil (Food bank, soup kitchen, community kitchen) Comptoir d Entraide de Lachute (Second hand clothing and furniture) Argenteuil West Network MRC d Argenteui (Food bank) Argenteuil Coup de Pouce Solidarity Co-op (Meal preparation assistance) VOLUNTEERS ext. 232 (Volunteer web platform managed according to supply and demand, administered by region) Action Volunteer Centre Association Solidarité d Argenteuil (Volunteer centre)

3 CSSS CSSS D AGENTEUIL / ARGENTEUIL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRE / Users Committee : ext (Advocacy, information and interests) Complaint Commissionner : ext Public and Private Residential Care: ext Stand Up! (P.I.E.D.) (Fall prevention program): ext Out-patient Geriatric Service: ext (Day center / Group activities for individuals with limited autonomy) Home support / Access Point (Admission request) : ext (Psycho-social services, medical and nursing care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy and nutritional counseling) Grenville Service Center : / LEGAL Legal Aid Quebec Retiree and Early Retiree Rights Association (AQDR) Commission des Droits de la Personne et de la Jeunesse / (Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission) Mouvement Personne d Abord (Advocacy group for people with intellectual challenges) CONTINUING EDUCATION / NON-CREDIT Laurentian Literacy Council (Literacy center) Antenne Universitaire du 3 e Age de St-Jérôme (Non credited university level programs for St-Jérôme seniors) Carrefour des Femmes (Women s center offering listening services, resources and educational activities) Maison de la Famille au Coeur des Générations d Argenteuil (Intergenerational activities)

4 INFORMATION, LISTENING, REFERENCES 4Korners (Lachute office) (Family resource center for the English speaking population of the Laurentians) Liaison agent for seniors ext L APPUI LAURENTIDES Caregivers Help Line HOUSING List of Certified Residential Facilities in the Laurentians ext / View the register of private retirement homes on the internet. Office Municipal d Habitation HLM (Low income housing) Corporation Horizon d or Grenville : Lachute : Saint-André-d Argenteuil : Société d Habitation du Québec / Allocation-Logement (Rent supplement program) HOBBIES / ACTIVITIES Comité 50+ Bouger ext (Active living, outdoor activities, walking) Défi.com Argenteuil ext (Activities for people with developmental disabilities) Mouvement Personne d Abord (Activities for people with developmental disabilities) FADOQ (Laurentian region) (Cultural, physical, social and intellectual activities) Villa Mont-Joie (Sports and leisure activities)

5 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Bell Accessibility Services Center (Hearing, vision, and other disabilities) Curateur Public du Québec (Quebec public trustee) Régie de l Assurance Maladie du Québec (Québec health insurance plan) Régie des Rentes du Québec (Québec Pension Plan) Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan Société de l Assurance Automobile du Québec (SAAQ) Service Canada Service Québec / Forms and Brochures ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO HEALTH Canadian Cancer Society (Laurentian chapter) Laurention Rehabilitation Center ext (Alcohol, drug and gambling dependency) Le Bouclier Rehabilitation Center ext (Technical help for physical, visual and auditory disabilities) Centre aux Sources d Argenteuil (Mental health resource centre) Centre du Florès (Adaptation services for individuals with an intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder, support for families and friends) Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec Groupe Relève Pour Personnes Aphasiques Laurentides (Support group for people with aphasia) Info-Diabète ext. 233 Maison Monbourquette (Bereavement help-line) Pallia-Vie (Professional services and bereavement support for people living with cancer and their family) Laurentian Alzheimer Society AMI-Quebec (helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy)

6 NATURAL CAREGIVERS SUPPORT SERVICES Action Volunteer Centre Association Solidarité d Argenteuil (Support, information, training, group activities) Centre de Santé et Services Sociaux d Argenteuil ext (Respite care, temporary accommodations) Coopérative de Solidarité Coup de Pouce (Respite care) L APPUI Laurentides Ligne Info-aidant (Information, training, psychosocial support and respite care) Care-ring Voice Network (in french only) (Resource directory for MRC d Argenteuil caregivers) TRANSPORTATION / ACCOMPANIMENT Action Volunteer Centre Association Solidarité d Argenteuil (Transportation and accompaniment for medical appointments) Paratransit and Collective Transportation MRC Argenteuil (Adapted and collective transportation) Carpooling Service (Carpooling web platform)

7 PHARMACIES A BIG THANK YOU TO THESE LOCAL PHARMACIES FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Brownsburg-Chatham Réjean Lemay, Pharmaciens Inc. (affiliated to Proxim) Grenville Pharmacie Michel Hohuu & Danh Nguyen (affiliated to Familiprix) Lachute Familiprix Extra Mathieu Sabourin & Mathieu Labonté Jean-Coutu Accès-Pharma Sylvie Beaudin and Nathalie Éthier (Walmart) Saint-André-D Argenteuil Céline Bordeleau Pharmacienne inc. (affiliated to Proxim) MUNICIPALITIES MRC d Argenteuil Brownsburg-Chatham : Gore : Grenville : Grenville-sur-la-Rouge : Harrington : Lachute : Mille-Isles : Saint-André-d Argenteuil : Wentworth : DEPUTIES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Provincial MNA : Federal MP :

8 EMERGENCY NUMBERS INFO-SANTÉ Sûreté du Québec (Quebec Police) Emergencies Poison Control Center Elder Abuse Info Line A project brought to you by : In Appreciation for the Financial support by : LIGNE INFO-AIDANT LAPPUI ( ) lappui.org January 2015

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