Senior centres

Programs operating during the pandemic: assisted living in four Toronto Housing buildings, assisted transportation to medical appointments and groceries, grass cutting, home maintenance and repairs, personal care and support, respite and maintenance coordination, snow removal. Programs suspended: adult day program, Elderly Persons Centre, foot clinic, group dining.

Programs offered by Syme 55+ seniors Centre during the pandemic: daily Facebook posts with links to exercise videos, healthy recipes and more, low impact fitness class weekly on Facebook Live, wellness checks by email or phone, Zoom fitness classes and Let’s Lunch. Programs offered by Syme-Woolner Neighbourhood and Family Centre:food bank food hampers, harm reduction supply kits, housing support for people at risk of homelessness, take away meals available daily, tax clinics. For seniors 55+.

In coordination with other Scarbougjh community support service agencies, offers essential services to vulnerable seniors through a central intake line at 416-736-9372, Services include: , assisted transportation to medical appointments, case management and care coordination, grocery and medication delivery, meals on wheels, personal support, respite care.

Assisted transportation for groceries. Virtual programs using Zoom: balance and mobility, body boot camp, bone builders, chair boxing, circuit training, craft club social, drawing workshop, drum fitness, English for beginners, fit for life, French class, friendship group, get up and go fitness, hand dance, Italian conversation group, line dancing, low stress chair fit (by phone), low vision support group, pilates, seated pedaling, simply eating, Spanish class, stretch and tone, watercolour painting, yoga. In-person programs: AA meetings, adult colouring, knitting, outdoor pole walking, outdoor walking. Programs in English, Italian and Spanish.