The Safe Medicines for Seniors: A Workshop for Caregivers package is a tool kit to help service providers promote the safe use of medicine to caregivers of seniors.

The Canadian Association for Community Care, in partnership with the Canadian Pharmacists Association and the Victorian Order of Nurses, developed the workshop tools through pilot testing and focus groups with caregivers of seniors.

With a new partner, the Canadian Healthcare Association, the Project will conduct regional training sessions across Canada to train service providers on how to deliver the "Safe Medicines for Seniors" curriculum. These trained facilitators are now conducting workshops with caregivers in their own communities.

The foundation of the "Safe Medicines for Seniors" curriculum is based on an earlier version of the workshop on appropriate medication use for caregivers of seniors, developed with support from Health Canada, Pfizer Canada, Merck Frosst, and Janssen Ortho. The original workshop, which has been adapted for the Safe Use Project, was pilot-tested in several sites across Canada and delivered successfully to caregivers across Nova Scotia with the support of Caregivers Nova Scotia.