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TOUGH TO MOVE IN SMALL TOWNS

Lack of transportation penalizes el

ELDERLY PEOPLE in small B.C.
communities are suffering because
of poor transportation in their
home towns, according to a study
by Dr. Gerald Hodge of UBC's
School of Community and
Regional Planning.

Hodge surveyed 150 seniors this
summer to identify the needs of
the elderly in small B.C. com-
munities and to examine how well
they are being met by government

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and service agencies.

“The need for transportation is
overwhelming because it's linked
to so many other activities,"’ he
says. ‘In 98 per cent of B.C.'s
small towns no public transporta-
tion or taxi services exist. When
the nearest doctor is in the next
town and food stores are located
miles away, this becomes a serious
problem for many elderly citizens.
At least one quarter of the seniors

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we surveyed don't drive.””

Other major concerns for
seniors are access to health care,
help with home maintenance and
tepairs, and companionship.

“Mast small towns have very
high proportions of elderly citi-
zens, in some cases up to 40 per
cent of the population,’ says
Hodge. ‘‘Yet cften the needs and
concerns of seniors go unheard in
the province.”’

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Hodge and his research assis-
tants Aileen Murphy and Lynn
Guilbault surveyed and interviewed
seniors in small towns in the
Okanagan, the East Kootenays,
the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine
Coast and Vancouver Island. The
team also interviewed municipal
officers and principal caregivers
such as homemakers and volunteer
drivers to determine what services
were available for the elderly in

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each community.

The study was funded by the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs in
Victoria, and was carried out
through UBC's Centre for Human
Settlements, where Hodge is a
scholar-in-residence.

In addition to this summer's
in-depth study, Hodge is
establishing a statistical database
from all 140 municipalities in B.C.

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