Seniors Resources

” Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been “. ~ David Bowie

Being such a vital part of our community, we would like to relay some important resources to help keep our seniors as informed, active, and involved as possible.

• Seniors Connect is focused on reducing the social through participation in local activities
• Government Support resources for planning and living a healthy and active life
• If you’re a grandparent raising a family member’s child  Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Nanaimo Senior Support
• Nanaimo Association for Community Living for any persons with developmental disabilities
• Single Senior Social Club offers bi-weekly social dinners, game nights, coffee meetings
• Paradise Isle Senior Society is a Seniors Drop-in Centre: games, hobbies, social gatherings
• Veterans Affairs Canada
• Nanaimo Seniors Outreach provides assessment and treatment services
• Royal Canadian Legion
• Salvation Army
• Senior Peer Counselling offers counselling and support to alleviate loneliness and isolation

“By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” George Burns

Seniors Medical & Health Resources

Good health as not merely an absence of illness or infirmity, but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being – regardless of age!

• Heart & Stroke
• ALS Society of BC provides direct support to ALS patients, and families
• Alzheimer Society of BC
• Arthritis Society of BC
• BC Lung Association
• Canadian Diabetes Association
• Canadian Liver Foundation
• MS Society of Canada – Central Island Chapter
• Parkinson Society of BC
• Connect Hearing
• Pacific Denture Clinic
• Pharmacies in town; Central Drug Stores, Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy and Pharmasave
• HealthLink BC’s registered dietitians & BC Nurse Line help with non-emergency concerns
• Canada benefits provides an overview of all government benefit programs and services
• The Canadian Red Cross
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
• The Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre
• Medic Alert Foundation Canada can provide a medical call bracelet
• Meals on Wheels Nanaimo provides nutritious meals to those unable to cook for themselves
• Nanaimo Community Kitchens

“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” – Elbert Hubbard

Seniors Housing

There are so many housing options available, but where to start? Making sure that the housing needs meet all necessary requirements is not only vital; it prevents worry, concern and financial worries.

• BC Housing explore programs and services
• Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters provides monthly cash payments to subsidize rent
• Eden Gardens – Nanaimo Travellers Lodge Society provides residential care for elders
• Gabriola Senior Citizens Association is located on Gabriola Island and is a place for locals there

Assisted Living and Residential Care facilities in the Nanaimo area include;

 

“I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.” ― Lauren Myracle

Seniors  Subsidised Programs

• Canadian Centre for Elder Law explores legal issues which affect older Canadians
• Temporary Premium Assistance for Medical Services Plan can be applied for online
• Property Tax Deferment , Public Guardian & Trustee of BC , and TLS Financial Services all offer very specific assistance
• Seniors Advisory Council monitors and analyzes seniors’ services
• Elder services can be done through Family by Choice Seniors Support and Asset Management

 

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” Betty Friedan