This publication lists the accommodation available for seniors, including nursing homes, municipal and charitable homes for the aged, retirement homes, and seniors' apartment buildings. Family doctors and hospital geriatric teams treat the medical needs of abused men and women. Visiting nurses, often paid by Ontario's Home Care Program, help abused people in their own homes. Many home support services are also available in Ontario. These services are often arranged through a family doctor or public health nurse.
Many communities have respite care services.
These services relieve the people responsible for elderly relatives for a determined amount of time per week. Counselling services help both the abused and their abusers. Counselling services are offered by agencies such as the Family Service Association. Adult day care and day hospital programs help reduce pressure and tension by offering daytime programs for older people who have physical or mental disabilities. Programs offered at seniors' centres give people an involvement outside the home and help them meet other people.