Supports and Services for Seniors
The coordinator can help you connect to services such as:
- Emergency Response Information Kit (E.R.I.K)
- Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP)
- Help with completing forms
- Home and yard maintenance
- Support for family members
- Accessing personal alarm system
- Help with referrals to specialised services
- Support navigating and finding other services and technology
- Access to Heart to Home Meals
- Advocacy
For more information, you can reach out to local agencies:
- Bilingual Service Centre of Manitoba, located in Ste-Anne 204-422-7028
- Manitoba Possible, Eastman Regional Office, Steinbach 204-326-5336
- Alzheimer’s Society of Manitoba, South Eastman Regional Office 204-326-5771
- Southern Health
- Agape House Eastman Crisis Center, 204-326-6062
- Pat Porter Active Living Centre, 204-320-4600
Provincial and Federal agencies:
- Government of Canada, Programs and services for seniors
- Manitoba Association for Seniors Communities (MASC)
- A&O: Support Services for Older Adults
- Manitoba Government, Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care
- Shared Health Manitoba
- Age Friendly Manitoba
- University of Manitoba: Center on Aging
- Active Aging in Manitoba
- Transportation Options Network for Seniors (TONS)
- 211 Manitoba
Seine River Services for Seniors, in partnership with professionals and volunteers, offers many services.
- Foot care : Foot care nurses have special training to cut toenails appropriately and to recognize problems that require medical attention. Many seniors are at risk for foot problems due to a decrease in flexibility, sensation, healing or poor circulation to the legs and feet possibly caused by diseases such as diabetes or heart disease. Seine River Services for Seniors organizes monthly foot care clinics in the library in Ste Anne, in Paradise Village and in Le Chalet in La Broquerie.
- Reflexology : A Reflexologist will rub your feet, touching certain pressure points that may have health benefits.
- Housecleaning : A volunteer with SRS can help you with light jobs to tidy and clean your home for an hourly rate. Light jobs may include dusting, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping, vacuuming and washing floors. Heavier jobs such as seasonal window and wall cleaning are also available.
- Transportation : A volunteer at SRS can offer transportation to appointments or to run errands, with a minimal mileage rate.
- Fellowship bins : With the help of many local businesses, SRS was able to create activity bins, where seniors in the area can borrow free of charge. There are 30 bins in total, that can be borrowed in rotation, and are brought to your home by volunteers. Each bin contains a variety of games, puzzles, books, movies, music, craft with supplies and much more.
If you have any questions in regards to services and programs, please contact us.