B.C. Seniors Advocate to address pandemic concerns and issues in Oct. 1 webinar

The coronavirus pandemic has been notably devasting for older adults. The upper danger of demise has resulted in sweeping modifications, each for individuals who nonetheless dwell in their very own houses and people who reside in care services.

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie will converse to present points for seniors and reply questions throughout an October 1 webinar.

A restricted variety of individuals can view the printed at Silver Harbour Centre. Seating capability within the centre’s auditorium has been decreased to make sure bodily distancing.

To affix the webinar utilizing Zoom, persons are requested to register via Silver Harbour (604-980-2474), West Vancouver Seniors’ Exercise Centre (604-925-7280) or Parkgate Neighborhood Centre (604-983-6350). You have to to offer an electronic mail handle so log-in info may be emailed to you a couple of days earlier than the seminar.

You can even take part over the cellphone. Contact the above services to learn the way.

To affix the web presentation in individual, please name the Silver Harbour entrance desk at 604-980-2474.

The presentation is Thurs., Oct. 1 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Within the meantime, individuals have till September 30 to take part in an internet survey to learn the way COVID-19 restrictions at long-term care homes and assisted dwelling services have affected residents and their households.

The survey asks about individuals’s visits to care houses earlier than the pandemic, how typically they visited, or, for residents, how typically they obtained guests and what forms of actions they did throughout these visits.

You may full the survey on-line at www.carehomevisits.ca. You can even guide a time to finish the survey over the cellphone by calling 1-877-952-3181 toll-free. To finish the survey over the cellphone in one other language, name 1-866-460-8126 (toll-free) for preparations.

– With information from Ben Bengston, North Shore Information

Martha Perkins is the North Shore Information’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made potential by the Local Journalism Initiative.