Frontenac-Kingston Council on Aging Inc.

The frontenac-kingston council on aging and its volunteers work diligently conducting research and studies on topics that matter to seniors. Armed with this information we prepare detailed reports and presentations geared to families businesses caregivers policymakers and other organizations. We consult and network co-operatively with other organizations in order to help seniors and their caregivers. From those consultations we develop programmes and pilot projects to assist in healthy aging. The council produces and distributes a wide range of educational materials about aging and seniors issues. As part of our mission to support the regions aging population we lead workshops and make presentations on issues such as elder abuse power of attorney joint ownership safe and secure aging and accessibility to health care. We also consult and make recommendations to a wide variety of decision makers in goverment health care and the community. Through our peer support volunteers and the elder abuse hotline we provide support and information for those seniors whose financial emotional and / or physical saftey may be compromised. We have an ongoing sunshine program which is a 1 on 1 telephone match up between a coa volunteer and a shut-in senior and we have an ongoing fix-it program which offers on-site technical assistance to seniors in addressing day-to-day technical and maintenace issues we are developing a seniors teach sewing program as well as food service program