A Submission from Niagara, Ontario’s regional government
Event: Information Forum and Interactive Workshop
Date: Monday, April 8, 2013. Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Welland Community Wellness Complex, 145 Lincoln St., Welland, Ontario.
Presentations and collaborative work of the forum will include:
- “Building a Master Aging Plan – the Brantford/Brant County Experience” – Jean Kincaid & Lucy Marco, Grand River Council on Aging
- How outcomes of the Niagara Age-Friendly Community Initiative (2010 – 2013) and other Seniors Health & Wellness frameworks can inform an Aging Strategy for Niagara (attached is a summary sheet about the Niagara Age-Friendly Community Initiative).
- Facilitated collaborative work to provide ideas about developing an Aging Strategy & Action Plan. This Strategy would guide Niagara community partners in taking action to become more responsive to Niagara’s seniors as they age.
Forum Hosting Partners include:
Rose City Seniors Activity Centre Foundation; Niagara Region; City of Welland; Welland Senior Citizens’ Advisory Committee; Niagara Connects (formerly Niagara Research and Planning Council)
Please RSVP before April 4 by contacting: Gerrit Boerema, CCP Student PlannerSecretary of Niagara Age-friendly Community Initiative, Integrated Community Planning, Niagara Region
Gerrit.boerema@niagararegion.ca
905-685-1571 ex. 3294
Please provide your full name, location in Niagara, and email address.
Thanks for your interest. To further inform you on the Niagara Age Friendly Community Initiative, we have attached a brief background to this email. We have also included two links to better inform you on the broader ongoing work towards age-friendly communities.
Brantford’s Master Aging Plan:
Living Longer and Living Well: Highlights and Key Recommendations:
(Niagara At Large invites all of you who care to share your first and last name to also share any comment you may have on this post below.)
Niagara At Large 
The way health care is going, I think the Niagara Aging Strategy is death.
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Hahaha — well said, Linda! I hope you plan to attend; I think some people could use a dose of reality.
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