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The accompaniment-transport service is a transport service for seniors carried out by a volunteer driver. The volunteer accompanies the person to the appointment and brings them home afterwards. Transportation is offered mainly for medical appointments (hospital, doctor, optometrist, dentist, chiropractor, homeopath, etc.). 

Cost of transportation * (round trip) 

  • Aylmer $10.00 to $15.00  

  • Hull: $25.00 

  • Gatineau $35.00 

  • Ottawa $35.00 

  • Buckingham: $50.00 

  • Shawville: $70,00

  • Luskville: $35,00

  • Maniwaki: $150,00

 

To obtain the service, you must: 

  • Be a resident of the Aylmer sector of the city of Gatineau. 

  • Need support and accompaniment during the transportation 
     
     

What you need to know: 

  • Ideally, call 5 working days before your appointment to give the necessary information. 

  • Please note that the Centre cannot ensure the availability of a volunteer, but we will do our best to assist you. 

  • The Centre has an agreement with the hospitals in the region and those in Ottawa. Elsewhere, you must pay for parking (if applicable). 

  • If you have a transit sticker for people with reduced mobility, show it to the volunteer accompanying you. 

 

To take advantage of this service or for more information, call us at 819-684-2242.  

Many seniors experience loneliness.  To meet this need, we offer a service to pair seniors with a volunteer to keep them company once a week.  

Friendship call: A volunteer calls you regularly to chat and check on you. 

Friendship visit: A volunteer visits you regularly to do an activity or just chat. 

You can choose friendship calls and visits. 

Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we welcome a group of seniors for a day of activities.  We offer transportation for those who would otherwise not be able to participate in the activities.   

The day activities program aims to maintain physical and cognitive abilities through participation in preventive, formative and recreational activities. It also allows time for socialization.  

The schedule of the activity days is as follows: 

9:45-10:00 Welcome time 

10:00-11:00 Time for discussion/sharing 

11:00 a.m. - noon Chair exercises 

Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch 

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Games/Workshop 

 

COST OF SERVICE 

Activities (with lunch): $12 

Transportation (round trip): $10 
 

For more information, contact us at 819 - 684 - 2242 ext. 104 or by email at intervenant@cabacces.ca . 

The Income Tax Assistance Service offers people who live in the Aylmer area (postal code starting with J9J, J9H or J9A) the possibility of filing income tax returns (provincial and federal). 

We offer tax service throughout the year 

To obtain the service, the following criteria must be met: 

  • Be a single person with a gross income of less than $35,000. 

  • For a single person with dependent children with a gross income of less than $45,000  

  • For a couple with a gross income of less than $45,000 (+ $2,500 per child). 

  • You must not have interest income of more than $1000 or rental income. 

We are unable to provide service to the following groups: 

  • Persons who have declared bankruptcy 

  • Self-employed workers  

What you need to know: 

  • For a couple, the centre must fill in the declarations of both spouses. 

  • Be sure to keep copies of your documents, as the centre does not keep any records. 

  • You must have all the documents in hand before making your appointment 

  • We do the taxes throughout the year, and for the previous 10 years. 

  

Cost  

  • Free* 

 

For more information, contact us at 819-684-2242 at impots@cabacces.ca 

*Free only for Aylmer residents whose postal code begins with J9A, J9J, or J9H 

We offer home visits from a community worker with seniors. 

  

The counsellor’s mission is to identify and get in touch with seniors who may be experiencing a situation of isolation or making them vulnerable. 

The counsellor leads the person to identify his or her needs, refers and accompanies him/her, according to his/her wishes, to the most appropriate resources in the community. 

The approach is respectful, confidential and at the person’s pace. One of the objectives is to preserve or give back to the older adult the power he or she has over his or her life. 

The person is therefore involved in the decision-making and the steps taken to meet his or her needs. 

Service available from Monday to Thursday**** 

To request the service of ITMAV, please call us at 819-576-2593 or email us at itmav@cabacces.ca. 

 

 

 

We offer a bilingual forms assistance service for senior residents of Aylmer: 
 

* Assistance in filling out forms 

*Explanation of the procedures 

Service available: 

* On-site at the Access Centre. 

*At home for people who are unable to travel. 

For more information, contact us at 819-684-2242 or by email at itmav@cabacces.ca  

 

What is SécuriCAB?

SécuriCAB is a free service specifically designed for seniors, offering daily monitoring to subscribers to ensure their safety and provide peace of mind for both them and their family members. This service includes daily automated calls to check on the well-being of subscribers and detect any potential emergencies. It also includes reminders for taking medication and/or meals.

Who can benefit from it?

All retired seniors, those with health issues, or those living alone can benefit from SécuriCAB.

How SécuriCAB works

After registering and choosing their preferred days and times for the calls, the subscriber will receive automated calls according to their subscription type. There are 3 types of alerts available:

1- Monitoring or security alerts

⦁ 1st security call: Your phone rings and the system asks you to press the number 1 if you are well. If you answer and press the number 1, the process ends, indicating that everything is okay. If, however, you do not answer or you hang up…

⦁ A 2nd security call is made 5 minutes later with the same instructions as the previous one. If you answer and press the number 1, the process ends, indicating that everything is okay. If you still do not answer, or you hang up…


⦁ A 3rd security call is made under the same conditions as the previous ones, 5 minutes after the second call. If you answer and press the number 1, the process ends, indicating that everything is okay. If, after this 3rd and final call, you still do not answer or you hang up, an alert is immediately generated by the system and sent to the SécuriCAB coordinator at the ACCÈS Volunteer Action Center (CAB ACCÈS). The coordinator will then contact the subscriber, and all the emergency contacts listed in the subscriber’s file, to ensure that the subscriber is well. The coordinator may ask one of these contacts to go to the subscriber’s home to confirm that they are well.

If none of the contacts can confirm that the subscriber is well, the SécuriCAB coordinator at CAB ACCÈS will contact the emergency services in their region. They will then go to the subscriber’s home to check on them and will subsequently inform CAB ACCÈS of the subscriber’s condition.

2- Medication Reminder Alerts

Your phone rings, you answer, and the system reminds you that it’s time to take your medication, and that’s all. If you don’t answer, no worries, it will ring again at the next scheduled time, according to the dates and times you selected during registration. In this case, the ACCÈS Volunteer Action Center will not receive any alert.

3- Meal Reminder Alerts

Your phone rings, you answer, and the system reminds you that it’s time to eat your meal, and that’s all. If you don’t answer, no worries, it will ring again at the next scheduled time, according to the dates and times you selected during registration. In this case as well, the ACCÈS Volunteer Action Center will not receive any alert.


Content of messages during the various calls/alerts:

Monitoring or Security Calls:


"Hello! This is a daily monitoring call from your SécuriCAB service. If you are not feeling well, please hang up immediately and we will send help." However, if everything is okay, please press number 1. And I wish you a good day!

Medication Reminder:
Hello, this is a reminder that it’s time to take your medication! Have a good day.

Meal Reminder:
Hello, just a friendly reminder to take a few minutes to grab a snack. Enjoy your meal!

Cost

SecuriCAB is a completely free service, available to all seniors in Quebec who wish to benefit from increased safety in their daily lives.

Benefits of the SecuriCAB Service

- It is a regular service that can save lives.

- The service is tailored to the needs of each user (choice of alert types and frequency).

- It provides peace of mind for families and caregivers who know that a system is in place to look after their loved ones, even from a distance.

- A quick alert can mobilize the necessary resources, such as a family member or emergency services, for a rapid response.

- It helps ensure that medications and/or meals are not missed.

How to register?

To register for SecuriCAB, you have two options:

1. By phone: Call us at 819-684-2242, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM. We will guide you through the registration process and help you choose the type of alerts you would like to receive.

2. Via the form: Outside of our business hours, simply fill out the form

Testimonials

Well-being and Joy

“I feel good when I help the elderly, it brightens my day, my life.”

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Centre Bénévole Accès Aylmer

Appreciation and Happiness

’’ Feeling appreciated and loved by the participants, the elders, brings me a lot of happines!’’

Anonyme

Centre Bénévole Accès Aylmer

Positive Life Experience

"I feel good about helping the participants and providing a positive life experience for them.’’

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Centre Bénévole Accès Aylmer

Friendship and Evolution

"The friendship shared with the Center’s volunteers. The satisfaction of seeing the progress of the activities, which are increasingly appreciated by the beneficiaries. The good understanding between the management and the members of the Center, including those on the board of directors. The sharing of our experiences."

Anonyme

Centre Bénévole Accès Aylmer

Make a Difference

’’ A wonderful experience, a real feeling of making a difference for some people.’’

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Centre Bénévole Accès Aylmer