Seniors

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LETTER: City of Maple Ridge insurer won’t pay for injuried from fall

Local senior advises people to report trip and fall hazards to municipality

  • Mar 26, 2023

 

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

 

Opening day at the Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling Club is coming up on April 2. (The News files)

Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling Club invites new members

Opening event is April 2, followed by open houses to try the game

 

Members of the Revera Sunwood retirement home in Maple Ridge adorned St. Patrick’s Day outfits and stood outside with signs getting passing commuters to honk in celebration of the holiday. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Honking for the holidays: Maple Ridge seniors host walker parade on St. Patrick’s Day

The Revera Sunwood residents held signs asking drivers to honk for the Irish

Members of the Revera Sunwood retirement home in Maple Ridge adorned St. Patrick’s Day outfits and stood outside with signs getting passing commuters to honk in celebration of the holiday. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
The Silvertones are in need of a conductor and pianist. (Special to The News)

Seniors choir in Maple Ridge needs conductor and pianist

If new conductor not found the Silvertones will be forced to disband

The Silvertones are in need of a conductor and pianist. (Special to The News)
Last year B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie spent time in Maple Ridge talking about her report released by her office in December called Hidden and Invisible: Seniors Abuse and Neglect in British Columbia. In it the Office of the Seniors Advocate found that abuse and neglect of people over the age of 65 have increased significantly over the past five years.(Colleen Flanagan/The News)
Last year B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie spent time in Maple Ridge talking about her report released by her office in December called Hidden and Invisible: Seniors Abuse and Neglect in British Columbia. In it the Office of the Seniors Advocate found that abuse and neglect of people over the age of 65 have increased significantly over the past five years.(Colleen Flanagan/The News)
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
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.
Maple Ridge Leisure Centre’s aquatic team are having to close some of the pool facilities when there aren’t enough staff, drawing criticism from some. (The News files)

LETTER: Lifeguard shortage hurting seniors the most

Swimmer questions why leisure centre ousts older clients when short staffed

  • Feb 20, 2023
Maple Ridge Leisure Centre’s aquatic team are having to close some of the pool facilities when there aren’t enough staff, drawing criticism from some. (The News files)
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)
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
Jessica Yue is a professional dancer who taught residents of Revera Sunwood seniors care home in Maple Ridge about Lunar New Year and demonstrated several traditional Chinese dances on Jan. 21, 2023. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

PHOTOS: Performer brings authentic Chinese fan dances to Maple Ridge seniors

Saturday’s celebration was in honour of the Lunar New Year

Jessica Yue is a professional dancer who taught residents of Revera Sunwood seniors care home in Maple Ridge about Lunar New Year and demonstrated several traditional Chinese dances on Jan. 21, 2023. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
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)
Jessica Yue performs a ribbon dance. (Special to The News)
Jessica Yue performs a ribbon dance. (Special to The News)
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)
A customer loads lumber into the back of a pickup truck in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Friday, June 12, 2020. Canadians are now eligible for a tax credit that will help pay for renovations to build a secondary suite for family member who is a senior or an adult with a disability.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Federal tax credit for multi-generational home renovations now available to Canadians

Credit will provide a 15 per cent tax refund on expenses of up to $50,000

A customer loads lumber into the back of a pickup truck in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Friday, June 12, 2020. Canadians are now eligible for a tax credit that will help pay for renovations to build a secondary suite for family member who is a senior or an adult with a disability.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A free information session for Choose to Move is coming up on Tuesday, Jan. 17. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

Free info session for seniors exercise program in Maple Ridge

Choose to Move introduces physical activity into daily lives of seniors

A free information session for Choose to Move is coming up on Tuesday, Jan. 17. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
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