{"id":312,"date":"2024-02-05T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/?p=312"},"modified":"2024-02-05T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:57:59","slug":"calling-all-seniors-isobel-mackenzie-bc-seniors-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/calling-all-seniors-isobel-mackenzie-bc-seniors-advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all SENIORS! &#8211; Isobel Mackenzie (BC Seniors&#8217; Advocate)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 10 years of being \u201c<strong>the voice for BC Seniors<\/strong>\u201d, Isobel Mackenzie is retiring in March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Tuesday, February 27th &#8211; 1:00 to 3:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> Arrowsmith Hall &#8211; 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs Fairgrounds<br \/>\n<strong>Cost<\/strong>: <strong>FREE<\/strong> to members of the BC Retired Teachers\u2019 Assoc. <strong>$2.00 for Guests<\/strong> Includes tea, coffee and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>In British Columbia, there are more than a million people over the age of 65, which is about 1 out of every 5 people, 20% of British Columbians are 65 and over.<br \/>\nCome and hear a fascinating presentation on the state of BC Seniors in Long Term Care with the latest survey findings and recommendations in 8 key areas. Learn about multiple resources available to seniors. Followed by a Question-and-Answer period.<\/p>\n<p>EVERY VOICE COUNTS: Long-Term Care Resident and Visitor Survey Results 2023<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>compilation of results from thousands of long-term care residents and their family members<\/li>\n<li>297 publicly subsidized care facilities in BC<\/li>\n<li>Responses from over 10,000 residents and almost 8,000 family &amp; friends<\/li>\n<li>Over 500 volunteers assisted residents to complete the survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DEADLINE to register:<\/strong> February 20th<br \/>\n<strong>EMAIL:<\/strong> <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#112;&#x71;&#114;&#x74;&#97;&#x70;r&#x6f;g&#114;&#x61;&#109;&#x73;&#64;&#x67;m&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;m\">&#x70;&#x71;&#x72;&#x74;&#x61;&#x70;&#x72;&#x6f;&#x67;&#x72;&#x61;&#109;&#115;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;l&#46;com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>PHONE:<\/strong> 250-927-1706 (Lisa) or 250-937-9314 (Jenn)<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by <strong>Parksville Qualicum Retired Teachers\u2019 Association<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 10 years of being \u201cthe voice for BC Seniors\u201d, Isobel Mackenzie is retiring in March. When: Tuesday, February 27th &#8211; 1:00 to 3:00pm Where: Arrowsmith Hall &#8211; 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs Fairgrounds Cost: FREE to members of the BC Retired Teachers\u2019 Assoc. $2.00 for Guests Includes tea, coffee and refreshments. In British Columbia, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrta.ca\/campbell-river\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}