Being away from loved ones and avoiding most human contact are hard tasks for all of us. But for seniors, it can be harder than most. When you reach out and engage with a senior neighbor who may need a little m
"I’ve been working collaboratively with Help for Mom for approximately 4 years now. Being the Director of Care at a Retirement Home, I wanted to partner with people or businesses that had the same passion and vision for our seniors that I do. I can honestly say that Help for Mom has ...
Not only are they more likely to suffer or die from the disease, but seniors also are more financially susceptible to the economic turmoil the coronavirus has wrought.
Rexall, Shoppers Drug Mart and other pharmacies have expressed interest in getting involved in B.C.’s mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign, and that should be encouraged, interim B.C. Liberal leader Shirley Bond says. B.C. public health officials are preparing for mass vaccination of seniors...
Helping seniors with online shopping and selecting good-value products have been the priorities of the No. 4 compound on Dalian Road W. in Yangpu District's Siping Subdistrict. As most local residents are locked down due to the COVI...
Housekeeping can be delayed for some time, but for some isolated seniors it will not be enough to drop off a meal outside the door or a prescription. They need someone to get the meal ready, or set out that day’s pills. If it were a matter of a flood or fire,...
Council president Brenda Gardiner said COVID-19 has “ripped off the Band-Aid” for seniors’ issues
(44%) live in poverty before policy intervention, DBS will work with local charities Senior Citizen Home Safety Association and Foodlink Foundation, and social enterprise Agent of Change, to provide more than 30,000 care and food packs to vulnerable seniors and low-income families. DBS’ ...
Calls for help have come from employers who have to lay off employees and don’t know their obligations in this crisis; from working parents without childcare who have paid in advance for services; from isolated seniors who have no personal directive should they need medical help, and from dis...
Delta had declared a local state of emergency on March 19 and used the additional powers it granted to issue several orders including mandating local stores set aside time every day for seniors and others who are the most vulnerable to COVID-19 to shop separate from from the ...