Housing for Seniors

Your Home

• Is Your Home Suitable for You Now and in the Future? - [42p, PDF]
  A housing checklist compiled by Halton Region's Elder Services Advisory Committee, to help you assess the senior-friendliness of your current home, help you select a new home, or assess a specific area in your home. Print copies are also available from Halton Region at 905-825-6000.
• Housing Options for Seniors in Halton - [38p, PDF]
  This publication of Halton Region’s Elder Services Advisory Committee covers a wide variety of options such as staying in your own home (and the supports available to help you do so), affordable housing for seniors, assisted living, life leases, retirement residences and long-term care homes, how they differ and how to choose what’s right for you. Print copies are also available at Information Burlington in the Burlington Central Library and from Halton Region at 905-825-6000.
• TheCareGuide.com
  A comprehensive database of retirement homes, long-term care homes, supportive housing, home health care services and community support services in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Includes a questionnaire to help with needs assessment and allows you to search for facilities by location and type.
• Home Adaptations for Seniors Independence (HASI)
  This program provides funding to homeowners and landlords so that they can make permanent minor home adaptations.