Seniors

Affordable housing a primary
concern for North Shore elders

A GROUP of North Shore
“seniors has been working for
-many years to learn more
about health, housing, trans-
portation and other things that
effect the lives of older people
in the community.

, By Mary Segal
‘ Contributing Writer

Lionsview Seniors’ Planning
Society is a non-profit organiza-
tion made up of retired people who
want to > encourage all seniors to

sehold
"worth shore Residents

..55 and older

have a say in how we live our lives.

For instance, safe, affordable,
and suitably located housing is one
of the most important concerns
found in a recent survey of almost
700 seniors living in North

‘Vancouver City and District and in

West Vancouver.

There is not nearly enough of
this housing to mect the need on
the North Shore, Most seniors
want to stay in their own commu-
nity.

Local seniors do not want to
have to move away.

Lionsview Seniors’ Planning

Society is also working with many

different seniors’
groups who will
Appoint representa-
tives to a North Shore
Seniors Health
Consumer. | Council.
This council is talking
about how to stay
healthy, and what ser-
vices are needed as

‘residents get. older..

Most people do not

MARY SEGAL is the coordina-

tor for the Lionsview Seniors’,

Planning Society.

instance, who does not drive, will
have to spend up to two hours on
busses to get to Lions’ Gate
Hospital to visit a friend or loved

one. Can something be done about .:

this problem?

The North Shore has the fastest-
growing number of seniors in the
Lower Mainland. More seniors are
invited to work with the Lionsview
Seniors’ Planning Society on some

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