Strathcona County prioritizes healthy aging with new strategy

Strathcona County prioritizes healthy aging with new strategy

“Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is where we strive to be a community in which all older adults have equitable access to resources, programs, services, and opportunities, and feel included, regardless of their age, background, abilities, socioeconomic status, or urban or rural location,” the county’s Family and Community Services director Kesa Shikaze said at the March 11 council meeting.

The government is seeking new savings of just under 200 million euros in social services and specialized medical care.

In the explorations, a limitation of migration and deportations is being debated. It is said that foreigners are burdening the welfare state, but that is only half the truth.

Government working to ensure elderly are taken care of

As Barbados’ ageing population continues to grow, Government is putting measures in place to ensure the elderly are taken care of in their twilight years.To assist in this effort, the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, in partnership with the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology is introducing a certificate course in communities throughout the island on caring for the older adult.Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Pe…

Proposals to save on winter maintenance of roads in the municipality are causing concern.

Personal services: Attractiveness of professions for the elderly and one-stop shop approach for #SPDA #SAP National Portal for the Silver Economy and Healthy Aging.