Partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart and the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health will provide mental health resources and support for seniors and their families
July 27, 2015 - Nanaimo, BC - Public Health Agency of Canada
Today, Minister John Duncan, Chief Government Whip and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, and Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson - Cariboo, together with representatives from Shoppers Drug Mart and the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH), launched an initiative to provide resources and support for seniors living with mental health issues.
Through the Seniors’ Mental Health Initiative, seniors and their families will have access to current mental health information and to frontline health professionals who can help. Two brochures have been designed to promote awareness of the signs, symptoms and factors that can lead to mental health issues. In addition, the CCSMH developed continuing education modules on depression and suicide prevention, so that pharmacists are equipped to support and guide a senior or their family to appropriate resources.
While in Nanaimo, Parliamentary Secretary McLeod is also hosting a Roundtable on healthy aging, which is bringing together local seniors and stakeholder groups to discuss how older adults can lead longer, healthier lives by staying socially-connected, increasing their levels of physical activity, eating in a healthy way, and taking steps to minimize their risks for falls.
Michael Bolkenius
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