KCA Seniors Program
SENIORS OUTREACH PROGRAM
- Healthy ageing
- Addressing social isolation
- Mental health and dementia
- Supporting accessible intergenerational housing
- Preventing abuse and fraud
- Reduction of crimes and harm against seniors
- Supporting financial empowerment of seniors
- Combatting ageism, celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion
- Promoting labour market participation of seniors
- Focus on underrepresented or underserved groups
- women
- persons with disabilities
- racialized groups
- newcomers
- Promoting intergenerational mentoring and engagement
- Improving seniors’ access to government services and benefits
- Helping seniors navigate access to government benefits
- Providing support to file their taxes
- Adapting seniors to virtual environment
- by developing and delivering virtual programming, and
- recruiting and training volunteers to support the social inclusion of seniors
KCA seniors Services and activities include:
Services:
- Food Gift Vouchers
- Nutritious Foods Supplies
- Government Services for seniors information
- Tax filing services
- Mental Health and Dementia Support
Activities:
Social
- Play favourite, fun conversational games and ice breakers
- Organize Story Telling Activities in which each participant uses their imagination to create fun and interesting stories
- Social events for seniors
Spiritual
- Contact religious leaders to perform services for seniors
- Provide spiritual singing activities, like hymn sing-alongs
- Meditation or religious scriptures study
Physical
- Get seniors moving with fun exercises
- Dancing to encourage seniors to move, or supplement regular exercise class with a chair fitness session
- Schedule weekly walks or more regular outdoor nature walks
Reminiscing
- Reminisce with seniors using photos of well-known people
- Use reminiscing books that contain common sayings or even nursery rhymes that can spark the seniors recollection
- Invite seniors to bring their family photos and mementos for a fun reminiscing activity for them to share information about their lives with others
Tactile and Community
- Plan fun arts and crafts projects that are seasonal or that can be made and given as gifts
- Recruit seniors to assist with projects, like stuffing envelopes, gardening etc
Educational
- Learn how to use computers and mobile phones
- Learn how to use social media and communication platforms like Facebook and Whatsapp
- Learn about Internet and Email
- Invite speakers to have a conversation with seniors about interesting topics by hosting a monthly Speaker Series
- Host special how-to class in which you teach seniors something new
- Schedule interesting documentaries that appeal to seniors interests like an art history video or an animal documentary
Sensory
- Appeal to seniors’ senses with visual games
- Incorporate games that involve different textures
- Make homemade musical instruments, using plastic bottles and dried beans or rice, for seniors to use during musical performances
Outing
- Take seniors on fun scenic drives
- Plan trips to local museum
Musical
- Teach seniors how to play musical instruments like piano
- Schedule musical activities and games
- Use online videos to share music with seniors
Family
- Host special events and invite family members
- Recruit family members to volunteer with some of your activities
- Use your arts and crafts activities for seniors to make gifts (like Christmas gifts) for their family members
