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Municipalities across the region plan to raise flag bearing the words 'A Community for All Ages'

On Monday, June 1, 2020, Mayor Steele raised the Age-Friendly Niagara and City of Port Colborne Flag with Senior Citizen Advisory Council members Betty Konc and Valerie King, for the month of June to recognize and honour the seniors in our community.

Mayor Ugulini along with limited representatives from the Age Friendly Committee and Age-Friendly Niagara Network will raise a flag at Thorold City Hall to recognize Seniors Month.

There'll always be new fitness and workout trends to throw ourselves into (and debate the merits and efficiencies of), but it still might be worth learning how to walk before we run — or spin or box or circuit train — for lifelong health.

“Four more deaths, all elderly.” For the family of John Fox, already in mourning, those words cut like a knife in a fresh wound. The retired RCMP officer had died earlier that day of COVID-19 at the age of 73.

As regional programs and facilities have been shut down to contain the spread of COVID-19, dozens of workers are being redeployed to assist seniors in Niagara's long-term care homes who are isolated due to visitor restrictions.

Food requests have spiked at Meals on Wheels in Niagara Falls in recent weeks as people practise social distancing in the wake of COVID-19.

A new dance program for seniors is coming to FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines. An eight-week workshop held in the Algoma Central Lobby starting March 25.

Fuzzy purples scarves, bright red mitts, and soft yellow tuques were just some of the things knit at a Welland seniors home in support of Start Me Up Niagara.

A dentist appointment can be a less than pleasant note in the calendar, but Maria Grisonich can't wait to take a seat in the chair and open wide.

Claudette Richard was pleased to see a program designed to assist fixed-income Welland seniors with water/wastewater bills revised and expanded. "This has been quite a concern for me," the Ward 5 councillor said this week.

The Town’s wellness committee, new under this term of council, has prioritized nine categories for improvements to the health of Niagara-on-the-Lake residents, with recommendations on how to achieve them. “The state of wellness in NOTL is good,” Grant assured council.

"Could provide health benefits while solving housing shortage" - Could co-housing students and seniors help shorten the wait for the 3000 elderly Thorold residents who are waiting to get a place to stay?

How much time do you spend daily using technology to communicate? In Johann Hari’s recent book, Lost Connections, he shares that a typical person checks their phone “once every six and a half minutes.

In an ever-growing world of technology, Spark Lincoln and Cyber-Seniors are continuing to work together by expanding its educational programming for seniors across the region.

Old Man Winter may be going light on Port Colborne this season, but on the few occasions that snow has hit the city, it has left seniors in a tight spot. “Snow buddies is not working,” said Ward 2 Coun. Angie Desmarais. “We’re not able to find enough volunteers.”

Many seniors in the region struggle to pay for basic needs such as eyeglasses, walkers and hearing aids. But a new fund for the aging population is about to slightly change this scenario, said Tamara Coleman-Lawrie, United Way Niagara director of community impact.

I've been giving a lot of thought to the significance of how language has framed our views about aging. It occurred to me that much of the problem has to do with the lack of vocabulary to describe the various stages of life following teenagehood.

When it comes to seniors, there are many good reasons to volunteer. One of the best reasons for volunteering is the sense of purpose it gives to a volunteer.

The world of tech is notoriously ageist. It was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, after all, who said, "young people are just smarter." But according to experts, the youth-obsessed industry is going to have to change its ways.

Falling down is terrifying. One moment you’re upright and the next you’re helpless, collapsing to the ground with no idea where you’ll land. We all fall, but for many older adults these falls have much graver consequences.

Marcia Garcia, 29, moved to the Bay Area in August, admitted to UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy for a master’s degree. Searching for housing, she quickly learned that options were scarce—and expensive.

According to the 2016 Census, for the first time in recorded Canadian history, one-person households ranked the most common household type, surpassing households of couples with children.

Last week the Thorold Seniors’ Centre was busy with informational seminars. Members of the RBC branch on Glendale Ave. stopped by to explain some important issues including estate planning, investing, and Cyber Fraud.

The assumption used to be one home, one family. But as the population ages and home prices skyrocket, more Ontarians are considering the benefits of co-living.

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There is a more than 50-year age gap between Diane Skippen, 78, and university student Megan Yakabuski, 21. After meeting, they found they had something very much in common — the desire for more human interaction.

The Seniors Centre welcomed lots of holiday bargain hunters to its annual Christmas bazaar last Saturday. Next up, a free seminar will feature expert speakers on health and technology at the Centre on Dec. 6.

From identity theft to email phishing, romance, telephone and bank loan scams, there are a lot of ways to become a victim of fraud. “It seems as though a new scam is popping up all the time,”.

Consultation: Designing Community Hub Aspects of Niagara Region Long-Term Care Redevelopment in St. Catharines and Fort Erie. There are two more upcoming opportunities to provide feedback about community hub aspects of long-term care redevelopment in Niagara.

The Town of Pelham is set to partner with Brock University to offer fitness programs for seniors age 55 and older. The Meridian Community Centre will act as a satellite site for the university. The program will be a six-month pilot project beginning in January, offering cardio, strength training and conditioning, as well as functional movements for everyday wellness.

The City of Toronto is working to combat ageism in the workplace with a new campaign, complete with fake “aging cream” posters. The campaign launched on Nov. 4 with posters placed throughout the city advertising a cream that would make people “look older.”

MPP Sam Oosterhoff announced Ontario is investing $14.1 million to support more than 300 Seniors Active Living Centre programs in communities across the province including in Niagara.

The settlement and integration journey of an immigrant arriving to Niagara as a senior can be easy to overlook. When people look at seniors in general, it can be difficult to comprehend the amount of change and loss experienced due to emerging health conditions or...

The paper mill may be gone, but the legacy of the former Ontario Paper mill in Thorold is helping people with mobility limitations enjoy all that Heartland Forest in Niagara Falls has to offer.

The Lunch Out program, operated by Meals on Wheels for St. Catharines and Thorold, gets seniors out for a meal together twice a month.

Family caregivers in Ontario now have a help line if they’re needing respite, a support group or information on issues including tax credits.

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The idea is that young people get training in how to explain computer skills "that in many cases would be foreign to seniors."

Author Doug Rapelje strongly suggests we exercise a right that many around the world do not have.

Niagara is notably on the world stage of age-friendly communities that also includes New York, Paris, London and 850 other communities worldwide.

The main event is Fire Safety for Seniors from 9 a.m. to noon at the Welland Community Wellness Complex, at 145 Lincoln St., on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Ng and Bliss are participating in the Toronto HomeShare program. It matches older adults with a room to spare in their home with university or college students looking for affordable housing.

Thousands of seniors in Niagara might soon benefit from a new program providing them with dental care they otherwise couldn't afford, despite concerns that too many seniors will be excluded.

Niagara-on-the-Lake has long been regarded as a pretty great place to live, but there is always room for improvement — and, with a changing face of the community, its focus on wellness too must change.

Eleanor Snider can’t help but wonder sometimes if her lifetime of selfless dedication to others is all part of a bigger plan by a higher power.

Brock University is launching a new Master of Applied Gerontology program for students to play a positive role in the lives of aging Canadians.