Welcome to ACE
The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly is a community based legal clinic for low income senior citizens. ACE is managed by a volunteer board of directors at least half of whom are seniors. ACE is funded through Legal Aid Ontario and is the first legal clinic in Canada to specialize in the legal problems of seniors.
ACE provides direct legal services to low-income seniors, public legal education, and engages in law reform activities. ACE services and activities are in relation to areas of law of special importance to the seniors' population.
What's New?
- Complaints in Long-Term Care - Updated May 2013
- Discharge from Hospital to Long-Term Care: Issues in Ontario - Updated February 2013
- Memo to LHIN CEOs re: Home First Philosophy, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - January 2013
- Memo Re ALC patients who refuse an offer of admission to a prior-chosen LTC home bed, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - May 23, 2012
- Memo Re Crisis Designation and First Available Bed Policy, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - February 23, 2011
- Ontario Launches Action Plan for Seniors, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - January 15, 2013
- ACE's Fall 2012 Newsletter
- LTC - Are we on the Right Track - Presented by Dr. Andrea L. Moser, MD, MSc, CCPF, FCFP at ACE's Fifth Special Lecture - June 12, 2012
- Care of the Elderly: Can We Do Better? - Presented by Dr. Samir K. Sinha, MD, Dphil, FRCPC at ACE's Fifth Special Lecture - June 12, 2012
- Important Information - Preferred Accommodation Rates in Long-Term Care as of July 1, 2012 - June 2012
- Fact Sheet for Applicants to Long-Term Care Home: Long-term Care Home Accommodations Charges and Rate Reduction Program, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - May 2012
- Bulletin to Applicants for Long-Term Care Homes: Important News Regarding Long-Term Care Home Accommodations Charges, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - May 2012
ACE in the News
- The Toronto Star - Trillium Hospital plans to close 30 continuing care beds, issue 100 layoff notices - April 26, 2013
- The Toronto Star - Government still dragging feet dealing with aggressive long-term care residents: Editorial - March 18, 2013
- The Toronto Star - Seniors denied sufficient health care, advocate charges - February 15, 2013
- The Agenda, TVO - On Aging: Striking a Balance - February 13, 2013
- The Toronto Star - Woman, 87, waits hours for ambulance, then dies - February 13, 2013
- The Current, CBC Radio - Canada's hospitals strained caring for elderly patients with no where to go - January 2012
- CBC News - Longer life expectancies straining retirees' budgets - January 4, 2013
- Ottawa Citizen - Daughter fights Ottawa Hospital's plans to discharge ailing mother - January 2, 2013
These documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print these publications. [Free Download]. If you are using a visual reader and cannot read PDF documents, please contact ACE for a hard copy of the document.
