Seniors

BEPPLE – Kamloops needs another, more central, long-term care home

February 10, 2021 // 7 Comments

IT MAY BE FORGOTTEN by many that in 2020 the B.C. provincial government announced an expansion of almost 500 more extended care beds across the province. Of these, 100 beds [Continue]

PANDEMIC – Covid-19 pokes the final hole in leaky long-term care boat

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By SHAWN WHATLEY Past President, Ontario Medical Association NURSING HOMES struggled long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Canada. Now, during the second wave, many [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a dash of irony in the choice of Lake for new seniors job

August 27, 2020 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NEW CEO OF THE B.C. Care Providers Association is going to be a busy boy. He is none other than Kamloops’ own Terry Lake, whose [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Assault on 71-year-old security guard deserves extra punishment

July 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MEDIA HAVE A BAD HABIT of stereotyping older folks as helpless; others have an equally bad habit of stereotyping them as irrelevant. Anybody [Continue]

PETERS – Will the pandemic cause us to rethink how we care for our seniors?

July 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS WE GET OLDER, our worlds tend to get smaller. By the time we are elderly and perhaps living in seniors apartments or a longterm care facility, our worlds can be [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Pandemic exposes failings of long-term care facilities

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

IN 2002, THE BC LIBERALS had a grand plan to provide seniors with home-like settings. Added to that, they promised that the new residences would cost the government about [Continue]

GINTA – Thank-you to the military and let’s restore old-age dignity

June 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

WHEN I THINK OF ‘AGING GRACEFULLY,’ it is not the wrinkle-free skin and perpetual youthfulness that come to mind but living independently and enjoying every day until the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Imagine how different it would be if we’d taken care of our seniors

May 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE FIRST LONG-TERM CARE home I ever visited left an indelible impression. I was a kid, and my grandmother Justina Hohm had been placed there when Alzheimer’s made it [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Better than nothing – the Canadian motto for seniors’ care

May 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT SEEMS WE WHO HAVE worked long enough to qualify for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) are going to get a one-time COVID-19 payment. It will come [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Seniors shouldn’t complain about a few hundred dollars

May 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NO MATTER HOW MUCH money is handed out during this COVID-19 pandemic, it will never be enough. Businesses want more, students want more, [Continue]

GINTA – One step at a time: reminders of hope and resilience

May 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

WHEN I GROW OLD AND WISE, and if I ever get to be 101 years old, I want to be like John Hillman. You may have seen the news about this gentleman, but if you haven’t, well, [Continue]

HEALTH – We must do more for seniors coming home from hospital

December 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

By RUTA VALAITIS and MAUREEN MARKLE-REID McMaster University DESPITE HAVING DIABETES and arthritis, Verne was a thriving independent 72-year-old who lived at home with his [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Access to health care a problem for those 55 and older

August 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 7, 2019 – As the 2019 federal election campaign approaches and parties begin making their pitches to voters, a new public opinion poll from [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Reflections on having become an old man

April 27, 2019 // 12 Comments

I’M AN OLD MAN. That might not seem like much of an accomplishment to you, but there’ve been times when I thought I might not make it this far. I turned 75 this week and [Continue]