Seniors’ Health and Wellness Fair

REGIONAL — A virtual health fair will be held next week to offer seniors theme-based educational webinars.

The upcoming Virtual Seniors Health and Wellness Fair is a collaborative effort sponsored by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, Community Support Centre of Essex/ WECCC, Home Instead Tecumseh and Leamington, South Asian Centre of Windsor, CARP, and Health Commons Solutions Lab, Sinai Health, in partnership with the Older Adult Centres’ Association of Ontario with funding provided by the Government of Ontario.

“We’ve all experienced feelings of loneliness during the pandemic, and seniors are at a particularly high risk for isolation,” said Colleen Jershy, owner of the Home Instead office serving Windsor-Essex. “The upcoming Health and Wellness Fair for Seniors invites older adults to discover new ways to reconnect within their communities and re-engage in doing the things that are most important to them.”

The fair will be held virtually March 21 to 25, 2022 from 10 am to 1 pm each day.

Different theme-based educational webinars and live interactive classes will be offered daily. Theme days include: “Living Healthy Longer”; “Let’s Talk Social Connection”; “Aging at Home: There’s Help Out There”; “Caring, Planning and Safety”; and “Let’s Talk Mental Health”. Door prizes are available at each session.

People are invited to stay on-line to connect with others socially as part of the big virtual community lunch after the formal presentations are over.

“We want to make sure all seniors have good information about what they can do, and the help that is out there, to maintain their health, and stay active as they age,” says Jershy. “We want people to feel more connected and less isolated as our communities are starting to reopen.”

It’s easy to get involved by visiting www.eventbrite. ca/e/270768294257.

For more information on this event, you can email to questions.vccc@ gmail.com.