Government of Canada and National Seniors Council Listen to Seniors in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT
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The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and members of the National Seniors Council (NSC) met with seniors' organizations and service providers in Iqaluit today to explore the NSC's two new priorities: positive and active aging; and volunteering among seniors.
Council's first two priorities
The first two priorities of the Council, as identified by Minister LeBreton, were: exploring ways to raise awareness and combat elder abuse; and helping the Government find ways to support low-income seniors, particularly unattached women.
1. Elder abuse
In the fall of 2007, the National Seniors Council held five meetings with stakeholder groups in regions across the country to discuss elder abuse. The purpose of these meetings was for the Council to gain a solid appreciation of experts' and stakeholders' experiences in addressing elder abuse matters. These meetings were held to enrich the pool of ideas on good practices for raising awareness as a means of prevention.
The National Seniors Council subsequently submitted a report on the issue to the federal government in November 2007.
The Government of Canada is helping combat all forms of elder abuse--physical, financial, psychological and sexual--as well as neglect.
In Budget 2008, the Government announced funding of $13 million over three years to help seniors and others recognize the signs and symptoms of elder abuse, and to provide information on what support is available. This was in addition to the funding provided to the New Horizons for Seniors Program to ensure a continued focus on raising awareness of elder abuse.
The national awareness campaign, Elder Abuse - It's Time To Face the Reality, ran from June 15 to June 28, 2009, and included television, Internet and print components.
A one-time call for proposals for the Federal Elder Abuse initiative was also launched on June 15, 2009. This call for proposals will fund up to 10 projects in total. The maximum funding is $200,000 per project over 24 months. The call for proposals will be open until July 24, 2009. National and Quebec professional associations are invited to visit www.seniors.gc.ca for further information.
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