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PRESS RELEASE 2010-03-02

By Sylvia MacLeay, President, COSCO

“This [provincial] budget doesn’t satisfy our seniors – not by a long shot!”

What do seniors want? Sylvia MacLeay, President of the Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of British Columbia says seniors want what most others want:

“… reform of Olympic proportion: affordable housing, more adequate home support (to stay out of expensive institutions) and secure pension income. We want a clean environment for ourselves and our families, reasonable access to parks and recreation and communities that are age-friendly. Building these things and investing in them is a perfect economic stimulus and helps to maintain and create a healthy community.”

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Seniors Health, Housing, and Income in a Global Age-Friendly

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HEALTH PROMOTION WORKSHOPS

COSCO developed and sponsors health promotion through advocacy training, and illness/accident prevention workshops.

Each workshop is about 90 minutes long and free of charge:

 FALLS PREVENTION
 HEALTHY EATING
 SAFETY IN THE HOME
 SAFE USE OF MEDICATIONS
 FRAUDS & SCAMS
 UNDERSTANDING OSTEOARTHRITIS
 OSTEOPOROSIS: THE SILENT THIEF
 LEGAL DOCUMENTS YOU NEED
 CARE GIVING
 MENTAL HEALTH
 THE AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY
 SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS
 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
 PENSION & TAX ALLOWANCES
 DEALING WITH STRESS
 ADDICTIONS & SENIORS
 ADVOCACY FOR SENIORS
 PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE
 FOUR CHRONIC DISEASES

To book a workshop - contact Sheila Pither by email at pither470@shaw.ca or by telephone at 604-684-9720

 
British Columbia Federation of Retired Union members

The British Columbia Federation of Retired Union members is now on-line and invites you to take a look at our new website at www.bcforum.ca





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