Ontario. Elderly Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Elderly Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Elderly Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1986-1990

      History

      The Elderly Services Branch was established in 1986, within the Community Services Division of the Ministry of Community and Social Services. It assumed responsibilites formerly held within by Policy Development of the Policy and Program Development Division.

      It continued to exist until 1990, when it was merged with the Services for the Disabled Branch to form the Long-Term Care Policy Branch of the Community Health and Support Services Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Elderly Services Branch was responsible for policy and program development for both community based and residential services for seniors. It included municipal and charitable homes for the aged, elderly persons' centres, home support services, public education and volunteer programs for seniors, homemaker and nurses services, and the Integrated Homemaker Program.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Ontario. Elderly Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1986-1990

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Senior Citizens Program (1980-1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2149

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Senior Citizens Program is the predecessor of Ontario. Elderly Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Program Standards Branch (1990-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1605

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Program Standards Branch is the successor of Ontario. Elderly Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1603

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Indexes to Services, 1986-1992

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1986-1991

          Canadiana

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Pudden