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2011 – Senior Care Crisis

Once more we have proof that seniors RULE! Under our silver hair there are years of experience and knowledge. With these words our President of JSA, Serge Haber welcomed the more than 200 who had assembled to share their concerns about senior care at the BI on October 30th. He also emphasized that we are a power to be reckoned with and must /should be treated with dignity as befitting that crown of silver hair.

Speakers

GLORIA LEVI (Moderator)
Gerontologist, Social Worker, Author

30 years experience in the field of ageing as a social services consultant, trainer, and educator. She has authored many important works including “Dealing With Memory Changes As You Grow Older” and “Challenges of Later Life”.

MARCY COHEN, M.A.
Senior Researcher & Policy Analyst

with expertise in the research on long term care and community health restructuring. She is past Chair of the Board of BC’s Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and is currently teaching a health policy seminar in Health Sciences at SFU.

JOANNE HARAMIA, MSW
Director of Seniors Services

Jewish Family Service Agency for 5 years. She has a Master of Social Work from UBC, and more than 25 years experience working in a variety of positions related to community outreach programs with emphasis on the needs of Seniors.

KIM S.CARTER
Ombudsperson of British Columbia

was educated at Glendon College, York University in Toronto, Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB ‘79) and University of Ottawa (LLM ‘05), and called to the Ontario Bar ‘81. In 2006, she was named the fifth Ombudsperson of BC in April 2006.

Dr. MARGARET MACDIARMID
MLA for Vancouver – Fairview

was educated at Glendon College, York University in Toronto, Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB ‘79) and University of Ottawa (LLM ‘05), and called to the Ontario Bar ‘81. In 2006, she was named the fifth Ombudsperson of BC in April 2006.


With those words Serge Haber, our president opened the forum which was expertly chaired by Dr. Rubin Feldman, very knowledgeable in every aspect of senior care, having had both personal and professional experience.

Dr.Gloria Levy, Gerontologist, author and social worker, who is always a practical professional speaker, levelheaded and so easy to comprehend and approach, gave a brief summary of what we were to expect in the next 2 1/2 hours.

A theme we should all recognize is that we are really dealing with 2 generations when we talk of seniors those 50-80 and those 80 plus. Remembering too, that the middle aged adult, who is thoughtless, foolish and selfish becomes the aged copy of that younger person.. and the wise , considerate man of character also ages in the same vein. One does not mellow, one becomes more so.

Our needs are increasing because the numbers of seniors are ever increasing and those needs being individualized specific to each senior are so very difficult to be met.

The film “The Remaining Light“was indeed illuminating as it shed ‘light’ on the sad situations in senior homes even those with highly trained staff because of lack of sufficient personnel to attend to the requests of the residents. This was later echoed by seniors in our attentive audience who said they lived the reality of the film.

HOW DO I ?

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Photography by Binny Goldman

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