Ontario is making it easier for residents aged 65 and older to qualify for dental care and prescriptions programs designed for low-income seniors. The income threshold is increasing for both the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program and the Seniors Co-Payment Program as of Aug. 1, the Doug Ford government announced Tuesday. The new eligibility threshold … Read more
Seniors will soon have more access to free dental care in Waterloo Region. The Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program is designed to assist those living on a low income. The Ontario Ministry of Health has now approved over $467,000 in capital funding to expand local services. To view the full story, please click here. See … Read more
The Ontario government is providing $25 million to expand access to the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program. The funding will be used to support 78 infrastructure projects across the province, including building new dental clinics and renovating existing facilities. The province is also adding eight new mobile dental clinics that will bring services directly to … Read more
There are very few people who actually enjoy going to the dentist. But for low-income seniors who can’t afford essential dental care, going to a dentist can change their life. “Not many people can say they’ve been uplifted by a dental appointment,” said Keddone Dias, executive director of LAMP Community Health Centre, a non-profit charitable … Read more
A 73-year-old Windsorite is worried he might lose some of his teeth while he waits to be seen by a government-funded dentist. The Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP) allows low-income seniors to visit a dentist for free, but the paperwork and few approved dentists mean there’s a lengthy wait. The program was announced in … Read more
The province is adding their resources to the fight for better dental health in Durham. The Durham Region health department is set to get $1.6 million from the provincial government as part of the new senior dental care plan. The new plan was announced by the province in April, and is a dental program aiming … Read more
The Ontario government will be investing $90 million annually to support a publicly funded dental program for low-income seniors starting late this summer, according to a news release. Ontarians aged 65 and older who do not have dental benefits and have an income of $19,300 or less, or couples with a combined annual income of … Read more