After receiving significant funding from the province, one Richmond community will be targeted to test improved tools and resources for local seniors.
As part of the 2019 “age-friendly grants,” Richmond has received $25,000 and is one of 37 communities across the province to get funding.
“We are listening to seniors in this province and providing funding for age-friendly action items to help them age at home in their communities,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.
“Seniors who are connected to their communities and are active live longer, healthier lives and our government wants to keep that continuing.”
Richmond’s plan is to take “its age-friendly approach to a neighbourhood level.” A committee made of members from organizations such as the City and Community Centre Association staff, Vancouver Coastal Health, Minoru Seniors Society and other local non-profits will choose one Richmond neighbourhood and look at how its environment for seniors can be improved.
Programs, services, tools and resources to help seniors be connected and stay healthy will all be considered and the approach will be applied to other neighbourhoods in the future.
A City of Richmond spokesperson told the Richmond News that the committee of approximately 20 people will be formed in the first quarter of the year and they will select the neighbourhood after.
