I was thinking it might be a good
exercise and perhaps some fun to prepare a list of associations that help
seniors, in BC. I started to put together a list and realized that it was close
to Mission Impossible. Helping seniors is a growing business and there are many
organizations and businesses that proport to held or advocate on behalf of
seniors. Far too many to list and to make sense of in the time that I wanted to
allocate to this task. Here are a few of
the organizations I found with a little information on them from the web.
The Office of the Seniors Advocate
monitors and analyzes seniors’ services and issues in B.C. and makes
recommendations to government and service providers to address systemic issues.
The OSA was established in 2014 and is the first office of its kind in Canada.
COSCO
BC - Seniors’ Health and Wellness Institute The COSCO Health and Wellness
Institute provides free workshops to senior groups throughout BC. We currently
have 41 workshops available for presentation by trained facilitators which
provide practical information but are not intended to provide specific legal,
medical or financial advice.
COSCOBC.org Established in 1950, the Council of Senior
Citizens’ Organization (COSCO) is an umbrella organization made up of many
seniors’ organizations and individual associate members. Registered under the Societies Act since
1981, COSCO has grown and now represents approximately 80,000 seniors in
British Columbia.
COSCO is run by volunteers, with activities
coordinated through an elected Board of Directors.
COSCO BC Connects people with the
help they need. Community, social or government services.
The following organizations, and many others,
are part of the Council of Senior Citizen Organizations in British Columbia
(COSCO). This umbrella organization brings together over 75 senior
organizations operating in the province, in addition to individual members who
facilitate the process. COSCO is privately run by a board of directors and aims
to improve the programs and advocacy efforts targeting seniors in the province.
The
Public Guardian and Trustee (PGT) is a corporation sole established under the
Public Guardian and Trustee Act.
Nidus
Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry is a non-government, charitable
society.
The
New Vista Society is a non-profit society and registered charity dedicated to
providing care, support and housing for seniors.
The
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan
research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice.
Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada's leading progressive voices in
public policy debates.
Our
goal to provide opportunities for these researchers to collaborate in generating
innovative aging research.
An
online resource for advocates, people on welfare, and community groups and
individuals involved in anti-poverty
work.
The
British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC) is a non-profit,
public interest law office. Its creation in 1981 reflected the fundamental
belief that it should not only be the rich and powerful that are represented
before our courts
The
BC Health Coalition champions the protection and expansion of a universal
public health care system. We are a democratic, inclusive and consensus-based
network of individuals and organizations that span the province of British
Columbia.
BC
FORUM, established in 1995, is the recognized voice of senior trade unionists
in British Columbia and is a registered non-profit society dedicated to
representing the interests and well-being of retired union members (and active
union members age 50 and over), their families and spouses, and to continue
into retirement the relationship, they have enjoyed with the trade union
movement.
The
BCRTA is committed to improving pension, medical and dental benefits for its
members.
This
website is mainly for the enjoyment and use of BCITRA members, but comments are
welcome from those interested in our aims and activities, or in the concerns
and welfare of seniors.
The
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan
research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice.
Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada's leading progressive voices in
public policy debates.
BCGREA
promotes the welfare of all persons receiving a superannuation allowance under
the Pension (Public Service) Act of British Columbia
B.C.
Pensioners' and Seniors' Organization is a non-partisan organization instituted
in 1932 for the purpose if identifying and supporting issues of importance to
seniors.
The BCOPA is a nonpartisan organization
dedicated to providing support to pensioners and to address issues that affect
senior citizens in BC. The organization is particularly useful in helping
retirees retain their pensions. The BCOPA also provides help and support to
access Medicare and Pharmacare in the province. The BCOPA additionally offers
seniors help with regards to taxation, housing and social programs. The
organization is also politically active and promotes issues important to the
wellbeing on seniors in the province, such as ensuring equality in consultation
and improving health services. The BCOPA has numerous branches scattered
throughout the province.
The SCABC is an organization “for and by”
senior citizens of British Columbia. The entity aims to protect the rights of
seniors and rally for social programs and welfare support that improve the
living conditions of senior citizens in the province. The SCABC promotes the
pensioner movement in the province in association with pensioner organizations
SeniorsBC.ca
The SeniorsBC website provides information on programs and services for seniors
offered by the B.C. and federal governments and non-profit organizations. The website includes information on health, finances, benefits, housing,
transportation, tips for healthy living and other topics of importance to
seniors. The website also includes online versions of this guide (the BC
Seniors’ Guide) in English, French, Chinese and Punjabi, as well as the BC Elders’
Guide, which has been culturally adapted for First Nations and Aboriginal older
adults.
SeniorsofBC.com
is the website of the Senior Citizens Association of BC. We are an umbrella
organization for and about seniors in British Columbia.
(a)
To stimulate public
interest in the welfare of the Senior Citizens of Canada. To advocate for pensions and a social
security entitlement that provides the means to ensure housing and living
conditions that meet the seniors’ needs for comfort and security.
(b)
To protect the
rights and interest of pensioners under the Old Age Security and Assistance
Acts.
http://seniorsfirstbc.ca/
Seniors First BC is a community-based, non-profit organization incorporated as
a society in 1994 as the BC Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors. Following
an extensive needs assessment to establish the first Elder Law Clinic in BC, we
changed our name in 2008 to the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support.
Alliance for a National Seniors Strategy Close to 17% of Canada’s population is 65 or
older. By 2031, Statistics Canada projects that one in four Canadians will be
seniors.
With Canada’s population ageing,
maintaining the status quo for seniors' health care is not an option. Our health
care system was designed a half-century ago, and it has not kept pace with the
issues of the elderly in Canada. Today, seniors need better solutions, services
and support.
We need more voices to be heard if
we want a national seniors strategy. We need the voices of today’s seniors, as
well as the voices of tomorrow’s seniors. You can be part of the journey to a
new system of care for all of Canada’s seniors. Help make change happen.
National Pensioners Federation National Pensioners Federation is a national,
not for profit, non-partisan non-sectarian organization of 350 seniors’
chapters, clubs, groups, organizations and individual supporters across Canada
with a collective membership of 1,000,000 seniors and retirees devoted entirely
to the welfare and best interests of ageing Canadians. Our mission is to
stimulate public interest in the welfare of ageing Canadians. Our goal is to
help seniors and retirees have a life of dignity, independence and financial
security.
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