General information
- Observatoire québécois de la proche aidance
- CREGÉS – Domaine d’expertise Proche aidance
- Informal or family caregiver (Government of Quebec)
- L’Appui for Caregivers: Provides information, accompaniment and advocate for the rights of caregivers and the people they care for in the healthcare network.
- Caregivers : Practical and Legal Tools (Educaloi)
- Biblio-Santé – Caregivers: Thematic booklets containing dozens of references to books, organizations, websites, films, series and programs selected by certified librarians
- Information for caregivers and others who provide accompaniment in facilities of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
- Users’ Committee of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
- Tax benefits and administrative formalities for caregivers (L’Appui)
Phone consultations – 24/7
811: Info-Santé and Info-Social
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- 811 - OPTION 1 | To speak with a nurse from Info-Santé
- 811 - OPTION 2 | To speak with a psychosocial worker
Listening, support and referral
Info-Aidant
7 days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
lappui.org
1-855-852-7784
info-aidant@lappui.org
Resource directories
- L’Appui pour les proches aidants: Directory of mental health services for family caregivers in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal territory
- 211 Grand Montréal
Workshops and training
- T’as ta place ! – Interactive online training for young family caregivers of people with mental health issues (in French only)
- Fondation Émergence – “Chosen Family” program for LGBTQ+ informal caregivers
- Devenir aidant, ça s’apprend (L’Appui pour les proches aidants – in French only) - programme de formation et de soutien conçu pour les personnes dont le proche a reçu un diagnostic d’Alzheimer ou d’une maladie apparentée
- MeSSAGES (L’Appui pour les proches aidants – in French only) – programme de formation et de soutien en ligne pour les personnes aidantes d’un proche aîné ou avec un profil gériatrique
Other resources
- Regroupement des aidants et aidantes naturels de Montréal (RAANM): Services and activities for family caregivers (in French only)
- AMI Québec : Helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy
- Bientraitance des personnes proches aidantes (Proche aidance Québec): Awareness tools (in French only)
- Proches aidants ! Un jeu des 7 familles (offered by L’Appui pour les proches aidants) – A virtual game illustrating the different faces of caregiving (in French only)