Where to Get Help
Province-Wide Information Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Red DeerNOTE: The following links will take you out of Oak-Net. Please bookmark this page before you leave.
If you are in immediate danger or if it is an EMERGENCY, call the police or local RCMP detachment.
Abuse of Older Adults FAQs
Website: www.law-faqs.org/wiki/index.php/Index
Abuse of Older Adults
A list of publications from National Clearinghouse
of Family Violence.
Website: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/age_e.html
Abuse is Wrong in Any Language
A booklet for immigrant women who
are suffering from abuse in a relationship or in a family. This booklet is
available in many languages.
Website: www.cleonet.ca/resources/661
Alberta Justice
Website: www.justice.gov.ab.ca/home/default.aspx
Alberta Seniors Information Line
Information about programs, benefits
and services for seniors.
Phone: (780) 427-7876 or 1-800-642-3853 toll free
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca
Dial-A-Law
Pre-recorded legal information messages available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week.
Phone: 1-800-332-1091 toll free
Family Law Education for Women
Website: www.onefamilylaw.ca
Family Law Information Centre
The Family Law Information Centres can provide you with information about:
the Child Support Guidelines, including the tables for each province;
how to calculate child support; how to apply for or change a Queen's Bench
Order in Alberta in various family law matters, such as child support, spousal
support and child custody or access; and how to oppose an family law application
in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta.
Website: www.albertacourts.ab.ca/familylaw
Edmonton
Location: Law Courts Bldg, 1A Sir Winston Churchill Sq
Edmonton, AB T5J 0R2
Phone: (780) 415-0404
Fax: (780) 415-0403Calgary
7th floor South
Calgary Courts Centre
601 - 5 Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 5P7
Phone l: (403) 297-6981
Fax: (403) 297-6605
Family Violence Info Line
Phone: 310-1818 toll free 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Website: www.familyviolence.alberta.ca
John Howard Society of Alberta
Website: www.johnhoward.ab.ca
Legal Aid Society of Alberta
Provides legal services to financially
eligible applicants.
Phone: Toll free 1-866-845-3425
Website: www.legalaid.ab.ca
Money Matters: Kerby Centre Information Line
Money Matters for Seniors is a joint education and awareness initiative involving
the Calgary Police Service, local financial institutions and the Kerby Centre
for Seniors. The goal of the program is to create awareness about elder financial
abuse and to communicate places seniors can turn to for help if they are experiencing
elder financial abuse.
Phone: 1-866-265-0661
Family Violence Prevention
Has information about family
violence and the Protection Against Family Violence Act. It also has
materials in many languages.
Phone: 310-1818, toll-free from anywhere in Alberta, twenty four hours a day,
seven days a week.
Office of the Ombudsman
Conducts impartial investigations on receipt
of written complaints from individuals who believe that they have been unfairly
treated by the provincial government. There are only two offices in Alberta.
Phone: (780) 427-2756 in Edmonton or (403) 297-6185 in Calgary.
From elsewhere in Alberta, dial toll free 310-0000 and dial either Office.
Website: www.ombudsman.ab.ca
Office of the Public Guardian
May be appointed legal guardian for
dependent adults. Offices across Alberta. To be connected toll free to any
office, call the RITE line at 310-0000. You can also contact the Office toll
free at 1-877-427-4525.
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/services_resources/opg/index.asp
Office of the Public Trustee
Trustee for dependent adults.
Phone: (403) 297-6541 in Calgary or (780) 427-2744 in Edmonton. To be connected
to any office toll free, call the RITE line at 310-0000
Website: justice.gov.ab.ca/dependent_adults/trustee_dependent_adult.aspx?id=2590
Seniors Programs and Services Information Guide
A booklet of province-wide
resources for Alberta Seniors. To request your copy:
Phone: (780) 427-7876 or 1-800-642-3853 toll free
Available online at: www.seniors.alberta.ca/services_resources/programs_services
RCMP: Scams and Frauds Information
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/index-eng.htm
Safety from Domestic Violence
A resource manual for service providers containing legal and safety information.
Website: www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/community/plena_resource_manual.pdf
Seniors Advisory Council
Phone: (780) 422-2321 To call toll-free within Alberta, dial 310 0000 and
then (780) 422 2321.
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/services_resources/advisory_council
Women's Rights For A Safer Tomorrow: A website for women who are being abused by their partner.
Website: www.mhc.ab.ca/continuing-studies/womens_rights
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