Seniors Committee Presents List of Priorities
By 250 News
Monday, June 23, 2008 08:13 PM
Prince George, B.C. - The Mayor’s Committee on Seniors has presented a list of items it would like to see the City adopt.
- Develop a survey to ask seniors how their view services provided by local businesses.
- Have the City fund a follow up meeting on Ethnic Seniors Community
- Have the City lobby the University, and some medical buildings for more accessible and affordable parking for seniors
- That the City continue to promote and enable the construction of housing for seniors, in particular “supportive” housing.
- The City provide a short message in Spanish, Korean, Punjabi and Chinese saying “This is very important information, have someone read it to you.”
- Increase the taxi saver program, so it stays in step with increases to taxi fares
- Lobby Northern Health to fully fund and deploy the Geriatric Assessment and Treatment Centre
- Lobby Northern Health to establish a Seniors Directorate
Council has referred the list to City Staff to see what, if anything, the City can do.
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Especially those individuals who telemarket or door knock to gain access into seniors homes for work purposes.
If complaints have been made to city hall or the RCMP, the names could be put on a list, and seniors could check the list before hiring companies or people.
If a company is not in the phone book, it should send an alarm that they may not be legitimate.
Seniors should also take the time to call the better business bureau and give the name of the company and also the persons name.
Several companies working in the Prince George area can be found on this list.