It’s important to stay connected to your own well-being while you are providing care. Supports are available for you, as a caregiver.
The Ontario Caregiver Organization provides counselling, peer support, and other programs to support your well-being.
The University’s Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP), offers a variety of no-cost services and supports to all staff, faculty, and librarians and their dependents. In addition to providing referrals to caregiving supports and guidance in navigating systems, EFAP provides short-term counselling and wellness programs for you.
U of T students have access to U of T TELUS Health Support, a 24/7 remote support service that provides communication with professionally trained counsellors.
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External Caregiving Resources
The Family Care Resource Centre provides external caregiving resources. The Family Care Office does not endorse any of the organizations listed within our Resource Centre, nor do we assume any responsibility for the accuracy of the statements and/or the quality of services provided by these organizations.
Employee and Family Assistance Program
Caregiving & elder care supports from EFAP:
- Receive needs assessments and customized family resource packages.
- Their specialists can speak directly with the person for whom you are caring as part of your needs assessment and provide information on arranging an independent provider for an in-home assessment.
- Obtain resources pertaining to home care services, understanding long term care and other housing options, dementia care, end-of-life care, and legal referrals for Wills and Powers of Attorney.
You may sign up to create an online account to access the TELUS Health website which contains additional caregiving and elder care resources.