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… SOCIAL LIFE
In April, 23 Canadian women business
owners interested in catering to the
elderly in Japan travelled there under
the Comprehensive and Progres-
sive Agreement for Trans-Pacific
Partnership (
CPTPP). Kris Stewart,
CEO and clinical director of Advanced
Home Care Solutions in Kelowna
and Victoria, was one of three from
B.C. and the only home-care provider.
Stewart says that in retirement homes,
a shift toward personal responsibil-
ity and social engagement allows the
aged to remain more mentally alert
and involved in activities. Seniors
co-housing is another trend: B.C.'s first
such community, Harbourside in
Sooke, opened in 2016, and Stewart
is exploring establishing an intergen-
erational co-housing village with a
Kelowna developer.
… FOR GENERATIONS
Vancouver-based Element Lifestyle
Retirement builds residences that
also accommodate younger people.
Opal, on King Edward Avenue just east
of Cambie Street and expected to open
this spring, allows grandkids to stay
overnight. At Aquara, near Victoria's
Upper Harbour, and Oasis in Langley,
one resident must be at least 65 or 55,
respectively, but there's no age restric-
tion for anyone living with them.
… SENIOR STUDIES
Age-Well, a Canadawide network
launched in 2015 to connect research-
ers, care providers and other parties
developing tech solutions to support
healthy aging, recently opened its third
national national innovation hub, the
Digital Health Circle, at
SFU's Sur-
rey campus. The Canadian Centre
for Elder Law, established at
UBC in
2003, is a core Age-Well facility.
OLD NEWS
Helping people age well is
a maturing industry in B.C.
by Felicity Stone
ON T R E N D
Doing
Business in
Tough Times
with
O.B.C.
CSP, CPAF, HoF
SPEAKER
I
AUTHOR
I
CEO
PHILANTHROPIST
Peter
Legge
Presented by
In Partnership with
Date: May 16, 2019
8:30am: Registration &
Networking Reception
9am: Speaker Presentation
10am: Coffee Break
10:30am: Q & A with Peter Legge
Venue: Patricia A. Whelan Perfomrance Hall
New Central Library
800 - 3 Street SE, Calgary, AB
Tickets: workplacespeakernetwork.com
TURN ADVERSITY
INTO OPPORTUNITY!
Peter Legge, Chairman and CEO of Canada Wide Media Limited, Western
Canada's largest independent magazine publisher and digital media company,
will share with us his lessons learned in building a successful company while
navigating a disruptive market. Hear his personal stories and tips gleaned from
interviews from his successful BCBusiness TOP 100 series with past heavy-hitter
business leaders such as David Foster, Jimmy Pattison and Joe Segal.
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