Patient & Caregiver Resources - Advocacy Organizations

Here are listings for organizations that advocate for people (and in some cases, their caregivers) with specific geriatric and/or medical issues. Listings are for organizations in South East Ontario and beyond.

• Links to listings for advocacy organizations related to the following Common Geriatric Issues: Advance Care Planning, Capacity Assessment, Caregiver Support, Delirium, Dementia, Depression & Mood Disorders, Driving, Elder Abuse, Falls, Fatigue, Frailty, Healthy Aging & Wellness, Hearing Loss, Incontinence, Osteoporosis, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Polypharmacy & Drugs and Vision Loss.
• Links to listings for advocacy organizations related to the following Other Medical Issues: Addictions, Anxiety Disorders, Arthritis, Bowel Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease & Stroke, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Lung & Respiratory Disease, Nutrition and Thyroid Disease.

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Advocacy Organizations for Common Geriatric Issues

Advance Care Planning

• Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
• Community Legal Education Ontario
• Legal Aid Ontario

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Capacity Assessment

• Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
• Community Legal Education Ontario
• Legal Aid Ontario

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Caregiver Support

• Bereaved Families of Ontario
• Canadian Caregiver Coalition

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Delirium

• Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health
• Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Ontario PsychoGeriatric Association

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Dementia

• Alzheimer Society of Ontario
• Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange Resource Centre - Dementia Networks
• Canadian Mental Health Association

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Depression & Mood Disorders

• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Mood Disorders Society of Canada
• Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

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Driving

• Canadian Automobile Association - Helping Aging Drivers

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Elder Abuse

• Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
• Community Legal Education Ontario
• Frontenac-Kingston Council on Aging
• Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
• South East Ontario Regional Elder Abuse Prevention Planning Network

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Falls

• The Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Falls Coalition

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Fatigue

• FM-CFS (Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Canada - FM & CFS/M.E. in Canada
• Invisible Disabilities Association of Canada
• National ME/FM Action Network

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Frailty

• Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
• Frontenac-Kingston Council on Aging
• Help the Aged (Canada)
• Ontario Gerontology Association
• Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat
• Reaching Out To Isolated Seniors (Ottawa-based)

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Healthy Aging & Wellness

• Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
• Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus (CARP)

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Hearing Loss

• Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
• Canadian Hearing Society
• DeafBlind Ontario Services
• Ontario Association of the Deaf
• Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf
• The Hearing Foundation of Canada

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Healthy Aging & Wellness

• Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
• Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus (CARP)

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Incontinence

• The Canadian Continence Foundation
• The Simon Foundation for Continence

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Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis Canada

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Pain

• ACTION Ontario for People with Neuropathic Pain
• Canadian Pain Coalition
• Chronic Pain Association of Canada

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Parkinson's Disease

• Parkinson Society Canada - Advocacy Centre

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Polypharmacy & Drugs

• Canadian Pharmacists Association

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Vision Loss

• Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians
• Canadian Council of the Blind
• CNIB
• DeafBlind Ontario Services
• National Coalition for Vision Health
• The Foundation Fighting Blindness

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Advocacy Organizations for Other Medical Issues

Addictions

• Addictions Ontario
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

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Anxiety Disorders

• Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
• Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario
• Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments

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Arthritis

• Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
• The Arthritis Society

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Bowel Disease

• Canadian Digestive Health Foundation
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada

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Cancer

• Canadian Cancer Action Network
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
• Cancer Advocacy Coalition

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Diabetes

• Canadian Diabetes Association
• Diabetes Ontario
• National Aboriginal Diabetes Association

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Heart Disease & Stroke

• Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
• Stroke Strategy of Southeastern Ontario

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Kidney Disease

• Improving Patient Advocacy in Chronic Kidney Disease (ImPACKD)
• Kidney Foundation of Canada - Ontario

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Liver Disease

• Canadian Liver Foundation - Awareness
• HepC Canada

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Lung & Respiratory Disease

• Asthma Society of Canada
• Canadian Lung Association
• COPD Canada Patient Network
• National Asthma Patient Alliance
• Ontario Lung Association

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Nutrition

• Canadian Digestive Health Foundation
• Dietitians of Canada

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Thyroid Disease

• Thyroid Foundation of Canada

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