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WELCOME!!

WELCOME!!. City of Hamilton SENIORS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE FINAL REPORT DECEMBER 1, 2006. OUR GOALS TODAY. OUTLINE KEY ISSUES FOR HAMILTON SENIORS EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE PROGRESS RECOMMENDATIONS. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. OUR ROLE.

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  1. WELCOME!! City of Hamilton SENIORS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE FINAL REPORT DECEMBER 1, 2006

  2. OUR GOALS TODAY • OUTLINE KEY ISSUES FOR HAMILTON SENIORS • EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES • REVIEW COMMITTEE PROGRESS • RECOMMENDATIONS PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

  3. OUR ROLE • A CREDIBLE LINK BETWEEN HAMILTON SENIORS AND CITY COUNCIL • A FORUM FOR CONSUMERS AND DELIVERERS OF CITY SERVICES • A SOUNDING BOARD FOR SENIORS ISSUES AND POLICIES

  4. OUR PROCESS • PRESENTATIONS : • CITY OF HAMILTON COUNCIL & STAFF • LOCAL MPs and MPPs • CORRESPONDENCE : • CITY OF HAMILTON COUNCIL AND STAFF • MINISTRY OF HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE • DELEGATIONS FROM: • CHINESE COMMUNITY • AFRO-CANADIAN CARIBBIAN ASSOC. • VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY

  5. THE SENIORS

  6. THE SENIORS POPULATION • STATUS • INCREASING • CHANGING DEMANDS • CULTURAL SHIFTS • IMPACT • SOCIAL ASSISTANCE • HOUSING • HEALTH • TRANSPORTATION

  7. THE SENIORS ARE HERE... 55-64 YEARS65-74 YEARS 75 AND OVER CANADA 14.69% 14.1% 20.1% ONTARIO 12.6% 12.4% 17.7% HAMILTON 17.7% 20.9% 28.9% …TIME TO START PLANNING !!!

  8. OUR GREY HAIR IS BECOMING WHITE! Age Group200120062011 55-64 44,935 46,866 48,740 65-69 19,365 20,197 21,004 70-74 18,555 19,352 20,126 75-79 16,060 16,750 17,420 80-84 8,160 8,510 8,850 85+ 6,0406,2756,526 113,115 117,950 122,036

  9. BY 2021…. ONE IN FOUR HAMILTONIANS WILL BE A SENIOR WILL WE BE READY????

  10. HAMILTON TODAY AS MANY SENIORS SEE IT

  11. THE BASICS AN INCOME OUR HEALTH A HOME MOBILITY!

  12. FIRST AN INCOME

  13. WHERE DO SENIORS’ GET THEIR MONEY?? • PRIVATE PENSIONS • PERSONAL FUNDS • OLD AGE SECURITY (OAS) • INCOME SUPPORT (GIS / GAINS) • CANADA PENSION PLAN I WISH!!! HMMMM...

  14. WITH OAS, GIS and GAINS THEY GET... SINGLE PERSON $13,385.40/Year COUPLE $22,079.28/Year … IT IS REALLY A LIFE OF POVERTY!!

  15. OAS and CPP IS BETTER, • SINGLE$15,602 • COUPLE $31,212 BUT, NOT ALL SENIORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CPP!!!

  16. WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? JUST THE BASICS!

  17. OUR ‘LOW INCOME’ SENIORS SENIORS 65 TO 74 YEARSANNUAL INCOME 7,720 HAMILTONIANS $12,509 SENIORS 75 AND OVER ANNUAL INCOME 8,350 HAMILTONIANS $13,887

  18. CAUGHT IN A COST SQUEEZE... CPI ADJUSTED INCOME DRUGS UNCONTROLLABLECOSTS INCOME TRANSPORTATION FOOD HEALTH SHELTER AVAILABLE CASH UTILITIES TAXES TIME COPING WITH INFLATION

  19. COPING MEANS…. FIRST TO GO…IS FUN NEXT…WE DOWNSIZE THEN…ITS HEALTH FINALLY- IT’S FOOD ..TAKING THINGS OFF THE TABLE!!

  20. SAD NEWS….. • HAMILTON HAS 12.8% MORE SENIORS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE THAN IN 2004 • MORE SENIORS ARE BECOMING HOMELESS • AND, THE NUMBER OF SENIORS INCREASES EVERYDAY! ‘WE REALLY HAVEN’T GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL’

  21. ‘INCOME’ PLUS ARE SERIOUS SENIOR’S ISSUES! ‘NUMBERS’

  22. SECONDLY, OUR HEALTH

  23. HEALTH AND AGE GO TOGETHER IN A STEADY DECLINE!!

  24. RATES OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS PERCENT 45-64 65-74 75+ HAMILTON’S RATES FOR ARTHRITIS AND CARDIO DISEASE IS HIGHEST IN ONTARIO

  25. THE INCOME - HEALTH CONNECTION HI • LIMITED ACCESS TO ‘THE NECESSITIES’ • HEALTHY FOOD • DECENT HOUSING • SOCIAL AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH • SOCIO-ECONOMIC EXCLUSION • POOR COPING CAPACITY • LOWER IMMUNE FUNCTION • HIGHER STRESS RESPONSE HEALTH LO HILO INCOME

  26. ONTARIO DRUG BENEFIT PROGRAM • Single seniors with an annual income of $16,018, or senior couples with annual incomes of $24,175 are required to pay a $100.00 deductible fee • Other potential costs: • Dispensing fees • Non listed drug charges • Drug substitution fees

  27. ASSISTIVE DEVICES PROGRAM • ONLY 75% COVERED FOR SENIORS • REPAIR COSTS BORNE BY THE SENIOR • WHEEL CHAIR AND WALKER TIE DOWNS REQUIRED BY DARTS ARE NOT AN APPROVED SAFETY FEATURE $$$$ ‘IT’S JUST MORE MONEY…I DON’T HAVE

  28. SURE... I NEED THEM, BUT WHAT WILL THEY COST? GLASSES? PROSTHETICS? ARE THESE COVERED? HOW ABOUT HEARING AIDS? EH?

  29. FAMILY HEALTH TEAMS • RESTRICT PATIENTS • PREVENT USE OF ‘WALK IN’ CLINICS • CAN’T SEE ANOTHER DOCTOR • LEAD TO CROWDING IN EMERGENCY ROOMS • PATIENTS MUST GO TO EMERGENCY ROOMS WHEN DOCTORS UNAVAILABLE • INCREASED COSTS • AMBULANCE, OPT, TAXI, BUS HMMMM ARE NOT FOR EVERYONE!!

  30. CONTINUITY AND THE ‘ER’ ‘Does your family doctor …. ‘I don’t have a family doctor. They say I’m too old, too much bother..’ HOW MANY SENIORS ARE VICTUMS OF AGEISM?

  31. HOME SUPPORT IS CURRENTLY CAPPED... ‘SORRY, WE’D LIKE TO HELP, BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE AN OPENING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONSIDER LONG TERM CARE?’ A LHINS OPPORTUNITY??

  32. “LIFE IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE” DIGNITY INDEPENDENCE FRIENDS INTERACTION ILLNESS HOME CARE SELF CARE LONELINESS ISOLATION I DIDN’T KNOW... DEPRESSION

  33. GOOD HEALTH • FUNCTIONAL HEALTH • INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY LIVING • POSITIVE SELF IMAGE OF HEALTH: • PHYSICAL • MENTAL • EMOTIONAL • SOCIALLY INTEGRATED • NON DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT MAKING THE BEST OF TIME

  34. HEALTHY LIVING FOR SENIORS • EXERCISE FREQUENTLY • DRINK ALCOHOL MODERATELY • MAINTAIN NORMAL WEIGHT (BMI) • EAT FRUIT & VEGGIES OFTEN • DON’T SMOKE • REDUCE STRESS LEVELS • STAY SOCIALLY CONNECTED ‘HEALTH STARTS WITH YOU’

  35. THIRD, A HOME

  36. IT’S BETTER TO AGE AT HOME... BUT, OFTEN SENIORS MUST MOVE!

  37. SOME HAVE CHOICES…THEY CAN AGE... • IN THEIR HOME • IN GEARED TO INCOME • WITH THEIR CHILDREN • IN ASSISTED LIVING • IN A RETIRMENT HOME • OR, WITHOUT A HOME OTHERS DO NOT!!!

  38. A HOME HAS THREE ‘A’s’ • AVAILABILITY • AFFORDABILITY • ACCESSIBILITY A PLACE TO BE…. ME!! AND, ONE BIG ‘S’

  39. AVAILABILITY • WHAT’S OUT THERE? • STUDIOS? • APARTMENTS? • FLATS AND ROOMS? • WHO’S ELIGIBILE? • COST? • WHERE ARE THEY? • NEAR THE HOSPITAL? • WHEN WILL IT BE AVAILABLE? ‘MAYBE IT’S TIME TO…THINK ABOUT ....’

  40. AFFORDABILITY IS A CHALLENGE • BETTER STAY HERE • SMALL APARTMENT • GEARED TO INCOME • SHARED HOUSING • RETIREMENT HOMES • ASSISTED LIVING • LONG TERM CARE ‘WOW….LOOK WHAT THEY WANT FOR ……...

  41. ACCESSIBILITY • WHEEL CHAIR • ENTRANCES • ELEVATORS • KITCHENS • WASHROOMS • TRANSPORTATION • AVAILABILITY • SUPPORT SYSTEMS • SUPPORT SYSTEMS • MEDICAL, HOME CARE • FAMILY and FRIENDS ‘WE’RE NOT ALL OLYMPIC ATHLETES!!’

  42. THE BIG ‘S’ WORD….. • SAFE ON THE STREET • POLICING • EDUCATION • SAFE ENTRIES • ENTRANCES • HALLWAYS • SAFE IN THEIR HOME • SECURE DOORS AND ALARMS • CHECK SYSTEMS SAFETY IS FEELING SAFE AND SECURE

  43. THE IRONY OF LONG LISTS…. ‘LOCATION,LOCATION,LOCATION ...EMPTY SPACES

  44. THE FINAL PILLAR GETTING ‘THERE’

  45. MOBILITY FROM HERE TO TRANSFER THERE!!

  46. GETTING AROUND... DARTS HSR BLUE GO IS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR MANY SENIORS

  47. THREE ON THE MOUNTAIN FIVE DOWNTOWN

  48. IT’S ABOUT TIME TOO... FROM: WINONA & HWY 8 TO: HENDERSON HOSPITAL BY TRANSFERS TIME HSR 3 2:00 CAR(HSR ROUTE) 0 :45 CAR(DIRECT ROUTE) 0 :20 ...AND WE DON’T HAVE MUCH LEFT!

  49. TERMINALS AND NODES WEST END CENTRAL EAST END ESCARPMENT THE ‘LINC’ EAST WEST THE LINC LEAD TO FASTER SERVICE AND IMPROVING FEEDERS FOR SENIORS

  50. NODAL SERVICES • REDUCE BUS WEAR AND TEAR • COMFORTABLE TRANSFER AREAS • CREATE ‘KISS & RIDE’ CENTRES • PROMOTE RIDERSHIP HSR BUS IT….. WITH HSR!! MAKING LIFE EASIER

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