Ontario Helping Seniors Stay Active
June 23, 2009 1:18 PM
McGuinty Government Investing In More Elderly Persons Centres
Ontario is helping provide seniors with more opportunities to stay active, healthy and involved in their communities.
The province is investing more than $1.2 million to expand its Elderly Persons Centres program, which supports the maintenance, operations and programming of senior centres across the province. These centres serve as vital community hubs that provide health, social and recreational programs to promote wellness for seniors.
This investment brings the number of Elderly Persons Centres receiving funding from 226 last year to 260. According to the Older Adult Centres Association of Ontario (OACAO), seniors centres serve 160,000 seniors across the province and rely on 27,000 volunteers.
Quick Facts
- The OACAO partners with the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat to deliver Seniors' Information Fairs at seniors centres throughout Ontario. In 2008-09, OACAO coordinated the delivery of 35 Seniors Information Fairs.
- Creating Age-Friendly Communities is the theme for the 25th Anniversary of Seniors Month in Ontario.
Learn More
- Find out more about Elderly Persons Centres, and Ontario's Elderly Persons Centres Act
- Learn more about the Older Adult Centres' Association of Ontario
- Read more about how Ontario is creating Age-Friendly Communities
Contacts
- Denelle Balfour
Communications Branch
416-212-3928
denelle.balfour@ontario.ca - Greg Dennis
Minister's Office
416-326-7710
greg.dennis@ontario.ca
Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
ontario.ca/seniors