Following examples in Europe, a report by the National Institute on Ageing proposes that Canada’s postal workers could be the centre of a new program to check on and connect with often lonely older adults.
; we’re going to see more people living alone in the community, at a greater risk of social isolation. And so, we need to find creative ways that can help people remain independent and feel well supported.
For years, letter carriers in Ontario’s Prince Edward County have kept an eye on older adults through the voluntary “rural route reassurance program,” alerting the county’s Community Care for Seniors Association to uncollected mail or other signs that something is amiss.
Located 22 kilometres from the French coastline, Jersey is a self-governing “possession” of the British Crown like Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Of the 103,267 residents in Jersey’s 2021 census, 18,736 were over 65 — including 25 centenarians, the majority of whom were women. Call & Check is now consulting an association of informal caregivers on a package of “independent living” services, although Dickinson said the post office does not plan to get involved.
The idea of transforming Canada Post services is not revolutionary. As the NIA report notes, after public hearings into the future of the Crown corporation, a 2016 federal report recommended supports for older adults.
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