Safety Guide

You can view our Senior Safety Guide online using the links below:

• Falls
• Medication
• Physical Health and Wellness
• Mental Health and Wellness
• Frauds, Scams & Theft
• Power of Attorney
• Elder Abuse and Neglect
• Home Safety
• Fire Safety
• Street Safety
• Vehicle Safety
• Partnerships

About Our Program

District Mental Health Services for Older Adults Program provides direct services to individuals sixty years of age and older with a serious mental illness, Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. The Program also offers support and services to the caregivers of these individuals. Direct services include: counselling/therapy, assessment, care and treatment planning, caregiver support, education, referral and advocacy and geriatric psychiatry.

This service is offered throughout the Kenora/Rainy River District in the communities and surrounding areas of:

• Atikokan
• Dryden
• Fort Frances
• Kenora
• Red Lake
• Sioux Lookout

Service is offered to older adults living at home, supportive housing, long-term care and chronic care facilities. The Program is dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to the district and promoting the issues surrounding geriatric mental health to service providers and the general public.

This Program is sponsored by the Canadian Mental Health Association, Fort Frances Branch.

For additional information on the District Mental Health Services for Older Adults Program and services offered in your community call, 807-274-9400 or toll free 1-866-813-6503.