(from BC Seniors Advocate) In this report, BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie provides a comprehensive review of the province’s home support services and finds they are in need of fundamental…

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically highlighted the serious shortcomings of BC’s health care system. This includes the chronic nursing shortage that led to difficulties in providing patient care during the public…

A worthwhile article to read by St. John Alexander, Multi-skilled Journalist, CTV News Vancouver The number of calls for financial help from seniors has doubled, and what they need is…

Article by Scott MacAfee, Chair of the National Advisory Council on Poverty On behalf of the National Advisory Council on Poverty, I am proud to share with you our latest…

“BC Seniors: Falling further behind” article from the Office of the Seniors Advocate B.C. September 2022 Income Seniors in BC have a median annual income of $30,750. The prime working…

The Navigation and Peer Support Community of Practice hosted two guest speakers from the United Way Provincial Working Groups. We heard about community responses to address seniors’ transportation access from…

In this report, Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie details the results of a systemic review of the impact of rising costs on B.C. seniors who depend on government pensions and ranks…