Goodbye Ponderosa
Eighty-nine residents of Ponderosa Lodge will start packing their bags in coming months as their current residence is shut down and replaced with a new one at 1220 Hugh Allen Dr. The 100 or so who are...
View ArticleSeniors look ahead to tougher times
The doors to Ponderosa Lodge haven’t shut for the last time, but already there are enough on the wait-list for the only subsidized supportive housing complex in Kamloops to spark a need for a doubling...
View ArticlePonderosa families fear future
There’s an elderly woman living in Ponderosa Lodge whose daughter hopes dies before the facility is closed. The woman says her mother is incontinent and in need of constant care. The idea of having to...
View ArticleSeniors board stays course
It’s working, so let’s keep going. This was the message sent at the recent annual general meeting of the Desert Gardens Community Centre. The interim board of directors was returned with two...
View ArticleMisinformation blamed for Ponderosa dust-up
Stephen Piccolo won’t be leaving Kamloops, but his daughter says that won’t stop her fight. Judy Sellin says the manager of Ponderosa Lodge, where her dad is being cared for temporarily, called to...
View ArticlePonderosa Lodge may live on
Ponderosa Lodge patients and families have been needlessly frightened, says Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger, who is confident the facility won’t be closed. “We’ll see it morph into some...
View ArticleSunshine serenades seniors
Either the change in venue or the perfect weather contributed to one of the largest responses ever to the seniors’ picnic. For the first time in its 10-year history, the city-sponsored event was held...
View ArticleLast call for Ponderosa
Tears were shed at Desert Gardens on Thursday as families of those living at Ponderosa Lodge finally realized their pleas would not be heard. For Marg Larsen this was devastating not able to stand...
View ArticleTHE MAN BEHIND THE MELT
Venture Kamloops head Jeff Putnam says Steeve Croteau didn’t arrive in Kamloops “like Batman in the middle of the night,” but he certainly vanished as quickly as the superhero returning to the...
View ArticleSenior charged with murder dies in Kamloops
The 95-year-old Vernon man accused of murder in 2013 has died in a Kamloops facility. A family friend confirmed that John (Jack) Daymouth Furman died on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Furman, who suffered from...
View ArticleB.C.’s Seniors’ Advocate calls for more home care, fewer drugs
Health Minister Terry Lake said his ministry is aware of the problems highlighted by the report and is putting more resources toward home care and community health services, with spending up $1.2...
View ArticleSeniors set to dominate population
The city and region need to gear up for a decline in population growth, as well as a future in which the area has one adult over 65 for every two adults in the workforce. A report from B.C. Business...
View ArticleIHA better than most when it comes to in-home supports, BCHC says
Although the B.C. Health Coalition (BCHC) isn’t happy with in-home supports for seniors in the province, it says Interior Health Authority (IHA) is doing a better job than most others. The coalition...
View Article‘She didn’t have to die that way’
Jeanne Olineck (left), poses with her grandmother Rose Lozinski, sister Jackie and mother Matilda at a family Christmas years ago. Matilda Olineck, the woman who died after a late-night fire at...
View ArticleDespite death, government not convinced changes in senior care needed
Jeanne Olineck (left), her gradmother Rose Lozinski, sister Jackie and mother Matilda pose for a family photo at Christmas years ago. Following her mother’s death, Jeanne Olineck hoped she would see...
View ArticleDeath of woman in Kamloops seniors’ facility deemed a homicide
The death of an elderly woman at Kamloops Seniors Village earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. Emily Houston, 84, died 10 days after she was pushed by another resident, falling and breaking her...
View ArticleProvince’s ombudsperson hears concerns from Kamloops seniors
Ombudsperson Jay Chalke came to Kamloops in his role as an investigator for public issues with provincial agencies. Seniors in North Kamloops brought complaints to the ombudsperson Thursday varying...
View ArticlePutting the PIECES together in the health-care maze
Dave (Woody) Woodruff suffers from Parkinson’s disease and sundowner’s syndrome, a form of dementia that brings with it confusion and agitation that worsens in the late afternoon or early evening as...
View ArticleIHA care facilities fare well in seniors’ advocate’s report
The Interior Health Authority is satisfied with its standing in a report from the province’s seniors’ advocate’s office, but wants to see improvements at one of the residential-care facilities it funds...
View ArticleSeniors’ centre expands scope, offers services to additional age groups
Cutting the ribbon Friday to officially open the kitchen at the Centre for Seniors Information in Brocklehrust is CSI executive assistant Brandi Allen (left), CSI board member Larry Reynolds,...
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