Directory of Services - Kerby Centre
Directory of Services - Kerby Centre
Directory of Services - Kerby Centre
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DIRECTORY OF SERVICES<br />
DEATh & FuNERAL<br />
ARRANgEMENTS<br />
Documents - Certificates and Licenses. see p. 17.<br />
Hospice Programs see p. 39.<br />
FuNERAL ARRANgEMENTS<br />
Alberta Employment and Immigration<br />
• Funeral expenses may be paid for people<br />
who are receiving Income Support.<br />
Contact Alberta Works staff for more information<br />
(see p 57)<br />
Alberta Funeral Service Association<br />
1-800-803-8809<br />
Fax: 403-342-2495<br />
www.afsa.ca<br />
• Provides information on funerals and<br />
memorial services.<br />
Calgary Co-operative Memorial Society Ltd.<br />
403-248-2044<br />
204A, 223 - 12 Avenue S.W. T2R 0G9<br />
www.calgarymemorial.com<br />
• Society membership provides access to<br />
low cost funerals, burials and cremation.<br />
Lifetime membership fee is $20.00 per<br />
adult. Children under 18 covered by<br />
parents.<br />
Canada Pension Plan 1-800-277-9914<br />
Death Benefit<br />
270, 220 - 4 Avenue S.E.<br />
Mail: Box 2710, Stn Main, Edmonton T5J 2G4<br />
www.servicecanada.gc.ca<br />
• Canada Pension provides a lump sum<br />
death benefit for contributors <strong>of</strong> the plan.<br />
It is paid to the estate, next <strong>of</strong> kin or<br />
individual who pays for the funeral.<br />
Last Post Fund 1-888-495-3766<br />
Fax: 1-780-495-6960<br />
1130, 9700 Jasper Avenue,<br />
Edmonton T5J 4C3<br />
www.lastpostfund.ca<br />
• Provides assistance for funeral, burial and<br />
grave marker expenses to war veterans or<br />
individuals receiving a disability pension<br />
for peace time service. Income and some<br />
assets are taken into consideration.<br />
Public Trustee 403-297-6541<br />
Fax: 403-297-2823<br />
2100, 411 - 1 Street S.E. T2G 4Y5<br />
www.justice.gov.ab.ca/public_trustee/<br />
• A branch <strong>of</strong> Alberta Justice that may<br />
administer an estate when a person dies<br />
without a will. May also arrange the funeral<br />
<strong>of</strong> a person who dies without a will.<br />
gRIEF SuppORT<br />
Alberta Health <strong>Services</strong><br />
Grief Support <strong>Services</strong> 403-943-3533<br />
• Individual and group counselling for those<br />
experiencing the death <strong>of</strong> a loved one.<br />
<strong>Services</strong> <strong>of</strong>fered at various locations including<br />
The South Calgary Health <strong>Centre</strong> or the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Calgary Medical Clinic,<br />
Sheldon Chumir Clinic.<br />
Calgary Widowed <strong>Services</strong> 403-272-3729<br />
• A support group for the newly bereaved.<br />
Assists people who have lost a life partner<br />
through death to adapt to loss and build a<br />
new life.<br />
DISABILITY SERVICES<br />
Canadian National Institute<br />
for the Blind (C.N.I.B.) 403-266-8831<br />
Fax: 403-265-5029<br />
15 Colonel Baker Place N.E. T2E 4Z3<br />
www.cnib.ca<br />
• Provides services for people with vision loss.<br />
These include counselling, low vision assessments,<br />
mobility training and assistance with<br />
independent living. Supplies consumer<br />
products and assistive technology for vision<br />
loss. Seniors’ support group.<br />
26 For Information please Call 403-265-0661
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