55+ Housing & Active Lifestyles Expo

DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE NOW MORE CANADIANS OVER AGE 65 THAN UNDER AGE 15? Join the agency as they welcome over 100 exhibitors and present a brand new fashion show on the runway! Exhibitors will represent areas including housing facilities, senior care facilities, housing support services, financial services, realtors, home safety and security, moving and storage, and more. Due to popular demand, this year's show will offer extended hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A & O's 55+ Housing & Active Lifestyles Expo provides older Manitoban adults and their families with a variety of housing options, active lifestyle opportunities and support services necessary for successful aging. FREE ADMISSION & PARKING Register online today at: aoexpo.ca STAYING AT VICTORIA INN HOTEL? All attendees are eligible to receive our special guest room rate: $134. Please refer to promo code '55+Lifestyle.' PLEASE NOTE: All guests may now park and enter the Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre directly off the east side entrance on Berry Street. A VARIETY OF EXHIBITORS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SUCH AS: • What can assisted living provide? • How do I sell my home? • What is a life lease? • How do I downsize? • What community and government housing services are available to me? THERE WILL ALSO BE INFORMATION ON SUPPORT AND LIFESTYLE SERVICES THAT HELP KEEP OLDER ADULTS INDEPENDENT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING: • Caregiver services • Financial services • Home safety and security • Subsidized housing and more! green.eps; Customer is responsible for accuracy T Thorvaldson Care Center An Intermediate Care Facility for Seniors 495 Stradbrook Ave. • Winnipeg Please call for more information or to arrange a tour Jocelyn Thorvaldson (204) 452-4044 (weekdays) www. thorcare.ca E-mail: thorcare@shaw.ca Over 55 years of caring for Seniors! What does Intermediate Personal Care offer? • 24 hour care / supervision by Health Care Aides • Registered Nurse on-site (weekdays) • Medications, inhalers, eyedrops are administered • Monitored blood sugar / blood pressure • Bloodwork, Xray services • Medical appts / transportation arranged • Assist with bathing (complete assist), dressing, hygiene • Assist with catheters / oxygen • Private, bedsitting room with bathroom • Two nurse call buttons in each suite • Three home-cooked meals per day plus snacks • Housekeeping (daily), Laundry (personal and linens) • Accredited Activity Director & Recreation Programs Thorvaldson Care Center is a government approved, family owned and operated Intermediate Care facility providing care to seniors since 1959. We offer a moderately sized, non-institutional environment with professional services to meet the needs of those in the later stages of life. 'Intermediate' personal care is provided to those who are no longer able to manage/cope in their current living situation due to increasing needs, yet are not quite ready for placement in a Personal Care Home. Thorvaldson Care Center is the only Intermediate Care facility in Manitoba. HOUSING&ACTIVE LIFESTYLES EXPO 55+ 10TH ANNUAL 3 ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, A & O WILL BE HOSTING ITS 10TH ANNUAL 55+ HOUSING & ACTIVE LIFESTYLES EXPO. 60 YEARS OF HELPING OLDER MANITOBANS In the winter of 1955, a reporter from the Winnipeg Tribune became a voluntary pensioner for a series called Life on Forty. He attempted to live on a senior citizen's average pension of $40 for one month. The reporter spent most this time in a bare- bones rooming house, until he soon ran out of money and had to beg for more on the streets. This publication garnered much needed attention for issues faced by Manitoba's older adult population. In the 1950s, new medical research and development was helping extend the average Canadian's lifespan, and more individuals were living past their sixties. Age and Opportunity, a study conducted by the Welfare Council of Greater Winnipeg and financed by The Winnipeg Foundation, took a closer look at the city's rapidly growing segment of older adults. The report was published in 1956, focusing on the issues of poverty, loneliness and poor health within the older adult population. The study concluded two-thirds of all older adults in the region were living on marginal incomes — or worse. In response to this report, the first Age and Opportunity Bureau was established on May 8, 1957 – an agency we now know 60 years later as A & O: Support Services for Older Adults (A & O). A & O is a not-for-profit organization that provides innovative programs and services for older Manitobans. These programs aim to empower and support older adults in the community. A & O's programs and services fall under three foundational pillars: safety and security, social engagement and counselling. Since its inception, A & O has been a national leader in the development of innovative programs and services for older adults. Many programs they've successfully implemented were the first of their kind in Canada, and have been widely adopted across the country. Over the past six decades, A & O has revolutionized the way our society views, treats and supports older adults. This year, the agency is celebrating its 60th diamond anniversary! They're pleased to have Manitoba Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon involved as A & O's 2017 Honorary Patron. A number of special events have been planned throughout the year in celebration of the agency's six decades supporting older Manitobans. Stay tuned, as more details will become available at aosupportservices.ca. For more information on how you can get involved with A & O, visit aosupportservices.ca or call 204-956-6440. ◗

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