The Team

With the leadership of our coordinator Joy, we have gathered a group of neighbours interested in leaning more about the supporting our seniors. We are talking one on one and in groups with seniors and will complete over 200 copies of a questionnaire which we have developed to more precisely understand the specific needs of our community.

We are working with cultural and non cultural seniors groups through out the community. Our team will lead three discussion/information sessions within the community during January and February 2010.

We will publish our findings here.

Seniors In St. James Town

A St. James Town Neighbours' project

Project Overview

Access to the right health care at the right time is a challenge in our community (in particular for seniors) with no local Community Health Centre

Our project centers on the need for timely and culturally focused assistance for seniors to ensure that residents receive information and support that fits their level of need and encourages greater,  as well as more appropriate, use of health care resources.

Our project will

• Reach seniors through a series of community engagement/education forums
•  Be a discussion of local health care challenges,
• Develop self help grups and other programs
• begin to develop solutions to local seniors issues
• publish a Seniors Neighbourhood Directory and
• train residents as “Community Assistants ” to convey informationand to support our seniors