Seniors

Jeanine Leduc, left, and Eva Navrot, have been helping out seniors three days a week at the Seniors Recreation Centre. Leduc was doing a practicum for her Education Assistant and Community Support Certificate at TRU in Williams Lake. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake Seniors Recreation Centre invites community to Elder Abuse Awareness event

Williams Lake Seniors Activity Centre is hosting a World Elder Abuse Awareness…

 

BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks with Ladysmith seniors about issues, such as health care, on April 19. (Bailey Seymour/Black Press Media)

Williams Lake Seniors Activity Centre hosting town hall with B.C. seniors advocate

“She will have an open discussion about seniors issues,” said activity centre manager Glenda Winger.

 

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry spoke about the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 during a press conference in Victoria. (Chad Hipolito/ Canadian Press)

What seniors still need to know about COVID

Dr. Bonnie Henry provides answers to a few specific questions on behalf of Langley’s aging population

 

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks in Campbell River in July 2022. (Black Press file photo: Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

‘Fierce advocate’ set to retire as the voice for B.C. seniors after 9 years on the job

Isobel Mackenzie has had ‘an extraordinary career committed to making life better for seniors’

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks in Campbell River in July 2022. (Black Press file photo: Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Louis Salvino, who worked 33 years for Watkin Motors and 29th St. Auto Shine, gives tips to Janis Lauman, Carol Schroeder, Anne Clarke, and Sue Ulmer in the art of car washing for Grannies à Gogo car wash, Sat, May 6.”
Louis Salvino, who worked 33 years for Watkin Motors and 29th St. Auto Shine, gives tips to Janis Lauman, Carol Schroeder, Anne Clarke, and Sue Ulmer in the art of car washing for Grannies à Gogo car wash, Sat, May 6.”
Millie (Mildred) Olson of Williams Lake is turning 100-years-old on Thursday, April 27, 2023. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

‘I enjoy life’: Williams Lake woman celebrates 100th birthday

A member of the Place family, Millie Olson grew up at Dog Creek

Millie (Mildred) Olson of Williams Lake is turning 100-years-old on Thursday, April 27, 2023. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Home security video captures a person kicking at a front door, part of a TikTok challenge. Photo via video reel

VIDEO: B.C. homeowners hospitalized after TikTok challenge turns ugly

Charges pending against teens and residents after longstanding door-kicking problem comes to a head

Home security video captures a person kicking at a front door, part of a TikTok challenge. Photo via video reel
The city is working with the Seniors Activity Centre to improve accessible parking and overall parking access. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
The city is working with the Seniors Activity Centre to improve accessible parking and overall parking access. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Mission RCMP say an 86-year-old man was scammed into paying thousands of dollars for “his grandson’s bail” in late February. / File Photo

B.C. senior falls victim to ‘grandparent scam,’ loses thousands of dollars

An 86-year-old man from Mission was scammed into paying thousands of dollars for ‘his grandson’s bail’

Mission RCMP say an 86-year-old man was scammed into paying thousands of dollars for “his grandson’s bail” in late February. / File Photo
Seniors Activity Centre manager Glenda Winger appears at the city council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21 to talk about the need for more accessible parking spaces in the centre’s parking lot. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Seniors Activity Centre manager Glenda Winger appears at the city council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21 to talk about the need for more accessible parking spaces in the centre’s parking lot. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake city to work with seniors centre to address accessible parking needs

Seniors Centre needs more accessible parking spots as popularity fills closest lot

  • Feb 28, 2023
Seniors Activity Centre manager Glenda Winger appears at the city council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21 to talk about the need for more accessible parking spaces in the centre’s parking lot. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Seniors Activity Centre manager Glenda Winger appears at the city council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21 to talk about the need for more accessible parking spaces in the centre’s parking lot. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie presents to senior citizens and local residents during a Town Hall at the Senior Centre in Cranbrook. Trevor Crawley photo.

Seniors advocate says B.C. should eliminate home support fees

‘The world has not fallen apart in Alberta or Ontario, where they do not charge for this’

BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie presents to senior citizens and local residents during a Town Hall at the Senior Centre in Cranbrook. Trevor Crawley photo.
A piece of plastic covering carpet at the entrance to a stairwell. (Photo Submitted)

Cariboo Sunset Manor discussions continue over ongoing renovations

Renovations will bring needed upgrades, but conditions at building still challenge many residents

A piece of plastic covering carpet at the entrance to a stairwell. (Photo Submitted)
A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)

‘It’s not fair’: Long road ahead for B.C. transit improvements

Province unlikely to fund more accessible transit this year: BC Transit

A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)
Interior Health Authority’s Adult Day Services program is offered Monday to Friday in Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Adult Day Services a welcome addition to lives of Williams Lake seniors

There is room for more residents to attend the program

Interior Health Authority’s Adult Day Services program is offered Monday to Friday in Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
A panel of experts with the Health Standards Organization has developed updated guidance for how care homes should operate in light of the deadly and tragic toll the pandemic took on Canadian residents and their quality of life. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Time is of the essence to bring in and enforce new long-term care standards: authors

The Health Standards Organization released updated standards Tuesday

A panel of experts with the Health Standards Organization has developed updated guidance for how care homes should operate in light of the deadly and tragic toll the pandemic took on Canadian residents and their quality of life. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A new UBC speaker series aims to answer questions around what people can do to live long, happy lives. (Credit: Pixabay/Pasja1000)

UBC promises to go beyond eating well and exercising in healthy aging speaker series

First lecture kicks off Jan. 23, with a discussion around daily stressors

A new UBC speaker series aims to answer questions around what people can do to live long, happy lives. (Credit: Pixabay/Pasja1000)
Joe Sommer has completed 190 jigsaw puzzles, all of which are on display in the basement of his Chilliwack home. Seen here are about half of the puzzles. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: This B.C. man, 89, has spent 57 years completing 200 jigsaw puzzles

All given to him as gifts, Joe Sommer has spent 57 years doing jigsaw puzzles and then mounting them

Joe Sommer has completed 190 jigsaw puzzles, all of which are on display in the basement of his Chilliwack home. Seen here are about half of the puzzles. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
A team of experts have released a highly anticipated set of standards to prevent the spread of infection in Canada’s long-term care homes. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occured during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Liberals mum on bill to codify standards in long-term care, despite new guidelines

Pandemic-fed crisis in long-term care prompted a feds to promise safety legislation in such settings

A team of experts have released a highly anticipated set of standards to prevent the spread of infection in Canada’s long-term care homes. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occured during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
At 82, Bruce Ives from Daajing Giids broke the Guinness World Record as the oldest male to perform a headstand. (Photo: Megan Romas’ Facebook)

VIDEO: Haida Gwaii man breaks world record for oldest male to do headstand

Bruce Ives was 82 years and 43 days old on the day he broke the record

At 82, Bruce Ives from Daajing Giids broke the Guinness World Record as the oldest male to perform a headstand. (Photo: Megan Romas’ Facebook)
A family member holds Ruth Harris’s hand in Vancouver General Hospital. (Submitted)

Questions about care after Abbotsford woman’s burns not taken seriously

Third-degree burns on elderly woman’s legs not given priority at ARH, but they were at Vancouver General Hospital

A family member holds Ruth Harris’s hand in Vancouver General Hospital. (Submitted)