Workshops and Presentations
The Community Education Department at Seniors
Services Society welcomes invitations to speak to groups throughout
the lower mainland. Trained staff and volunteers are available to staff
tables at conferences or give powerpoint presentations to professionals
and others. On average, per year, over 70 conference tables or presentations
are given to groups in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health
areas.
Most groups request a talk on the important
topic of seniors and housing. The Society has an excellent grid
organizing the four basic types of independent housing and residential
care, and these are used as a handout along with a multi-page
handout defining the housing terms. When staffing a table
at a Seniors Fair, we distribute information and brochures about all
types of support services throughout the area, from food services, pensions,
health and local support organizations to rental subsidy programs and
elder abuse. Some groups are very challenging, as speaking to over 100
Cantonese speaking seniors for SUCCESS or Social Workers at a hospital
when a Code Blue is called. But the end result is that seniors and their
supporters and family get the right and relevant information and get
referred to our Housing Counselor at the Society.
Call 604-520-6621 or email
info@seniorservicessociety.ca to book a speaker.