‘Where was the warning?’ Several Ontario at-risk seniors cut from remote monitoring program

Several seniors, at risk of falls, recently received notice that they are being cut from a remote monitoring program after a drop in provincial aid.

Zoë Medicoff, whose mother, Marilyn, was part of the program, reached out to Speakers Corner.

“There was no warning at all,” Zoë told CityNews. “We just get a call, saying funding was cut and the device is being deactivated immediately.”

After a 2024 stay in a Toronto hospital following a fall, Marilyn, who lives alone, was enrolled in the program and given a push button pendant alert she wears around her neck at no charge to her. It’s a program offered by the Salvation Army’s Toronto Grace Health Centre and partially funded by the Province.

“That lifeline support really saved my life after a fall. My cellphone was out of reach but I had m