Helps seniors access programs, services and organizations to help them age well at home. Can help connect seniors to services such as:

• Fitness programs
• Healthy and affordable meals
• Reliable transportation
• Housekeeping services
  

Offers practical in-home support for seniors, such as grocery delivery, pharmacy delivery and light home maintenance.

• Delivery of Prepaid Grocery or Pharmacy Items: Volunteers can pick-up prepaid grocery and prescription orders
• Light Home Maintenance: Offers free labour to complete small tasks, such as installing doorknobs, toilet paper holders, hanging pictures or mirrors, assembling furniture, etc.
  

Serves breakfast and lunch Monday to Friday. Meals are available for eat-in (first come, first served) or take-out. Does not offer delivery. Check website for monthly menu.

Holds special lunches to celebrate holidays including:

• Christmas
• Thanksgiving
• Easter
• Valentine's Day
• St Patrick's Day

The Seniors Care Grant is an annual grant program that helps seniors with a low income with the cost of household services, healthcare services and home heating. Grants are up to $750 for each household.

Seasonal program * Applications open on September 1, 2024 and close on March 31, 2025

Eligible household and healthcare services and home heating costs include services that help seniors stay in their homes including:

• Cooking and meal preparation (excluding the cost of food)
• Grocery and meal delivery (excluding the cost of food)
• Healthcare services for health and wellness (like foot care, physiotherapy and mental health support)
• Home heating (like furnace oil, natural gas, propane, firewood, wood pellets and electricity)
• Home heating repairs and regular heating maintenance
• Home cleaning, organizing and help with downsizing or moving
• Laundry
• Medication and prescription delivery (excluding the cost of medications and prescriptions)
• Outdoor work (like driveway maintenance, landscaping, lawn care, snow removal, stacking wood and tree removal)
• Phone, cell phone and internet services (excluding the cost of devices)
• Small home repairs (like windows, doors, roof, plumbing, electrical, decks, fencing, siding and painting)
• Transportation (like taxis, ride shares, shuttles and other methods of transportation) and public and community transit (like the bus, Access-A-Bus and ferry)

Ineligible household and healthcare services include the cost of:

• Devices (like phones, cellphones, computers, laptops and tablets)
• Food
• Medical and assistive devices (like eyeglasses, dentures, dental implants, braces, orthopedic supports and personal alerts)
• Medications, prescriptions, supplements and vitamins

• Assistance with personal care
• Respite care
• In home services including: Light Housekeeping * Laundry * Meal Preparation

• Home care providers
• Companion/personal support/errands
• Downsizing/decluttering/house cleaning
• Grocery delivery and shopping services
• Meal programs and prepared meal delivery
• Mobile services (such as blood collection, dental hygiene, foot care, hair services)
• Personal alert services and home health equipment
• Respite care
• Transportation
• Other support services

Provides regular, one-to-one assistance and companionship for a person who is blind or partially sighted.

Matches are made between someone with sight loss and someone with sight who lives close to their home, school or work.

Participants visit once a week for a couple of hours to assist with tasks like reading, errands (like groceries and shopping), walking, and socializing.

• Home support (such as personal care, respite and essential housekeeping)
• Nursing (such as dressing changes, catheter care, intravenous therapy and palliative care)

Supports eligible Nova Scotians with care needs by providing them with funding each month to help with the costs of paying for private home support services (e.g., personal care, respite, meal preparation, and essential housekeeping).

Individuals living in Mi'kmaw communities have access to Continuing Care services through provincially and federally funded programs.

Eligibility for provincial Continuing Care services varies, depending on whether a person lives in a Mi'kmaw community and whether they are a Registered Status individual under the federal Indian Act and therefore have access to similar federally funded services.

The Freedom Kitchen serves a hot meal on Mondays between 4pm-6pm. Provides home delivery on Monday evenings for anyone living in Lower Sackville and Beaver Bank who cannot get to their location.

Distributes donated bread and food items on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays:

• Has bread and general grocery items available on Mondays after 10:30am
• Has general grocery items available on Thursdays after 10:30am
• Has bread and general grocery items available on Saturdays after 10:30am

If in need of clothing or footwear, email or call to make an appointment.

The Freedom Closet accepts and distributes donations of gently used or new adult winter coats and jackets and children's snow suits, snow pants and snow jackets.
Please note: Winter clothing donations for the Freedom Closet can be dropped off at the Royal Diaperer (425 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville) during regular business hours. Food donations can be dropped off at Cars R Us (183 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville) during regular business hours.

Senior centre where members can socialize, participate in activities and receive services. Includes:

• Recreational activities
• Income tax assistance (March and April only)
• Help with completing government forms
• Wednesday lunches
• Grief support for people who have lost a spouse or partner
• Exercise classes
  
• Warm Wishes Charity Quilting: Members make quilts for those in need

Offers a variety of health and wellness programs and services for the community. Please visit website for a full list of available programs and services: https://www.sipeknekatik.ca/health