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SENIOR CITIZEN HOME [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Sociology of Old Age
DEF

[A home that provides] minimal to moderate personal care and supervision for elderly residents who are independent in most activities of daily living.

CONT

Homes for the aged are designed for persons over 60 years of age who need supportive services in their daily living. ... Charitable and municipal homes for the aged may provide either residential services or a combination of residential and extended care services.

OBS

Not to be confused with "nursing home" which differs from "home for the aged" primarily in the level of medical care given.

OBS

... the types of services they offer and the administrative structure under which they operate vary by province [or country].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
DEF

Maison destinée à héberger des personnes âgées avec plus ou moins d'autonomie et à leur procurer divers services sanitaires et sociaux.

OBS

foyer pour personnes âgées : équivalent adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

OBS

[...] les types de services qu’elles offrent et leur structure administrative varie d’une province à l’autre [ou d'un pays à l'autre].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Sociología de la ancianidad
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Record 2 2011-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

A fund used for life quality improvement in a senior citizen home(e. g. for social activities or for buying things such as heaters for the apartments).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Real Estate
CONT

Applicants [for the Senior Citizens’ Renter Assistance Grant] must have rented eligible accommodation or have owned and occupied a mobile home situated on rented land in Alberta... be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant, and they must not have claimed a Property Tax Reduction benefit for that year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Immobilier
CONT

Toute personne qui présente une demande doit avoir été locataire d'un logement ou avoir résidé dans une roulotte dont elle était propriétaire et qui était située sur un terrain loué en Alberta [...] et ne pas avoir réclamé de Réduction d'impôts fonciers pour l'année en question.

Spanish

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