Falls,scamsandsleep

health True or False?

car find it easy to switch to using public transportation True or False?

12 Falls cannot be prevented for older people

True or False?

13 Only seniors are subject to scams and fraud True or False?

14 Being isolated for a senior is as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day True or False?

15 For people with disabilities, there has been noticeable improvement in the physical environment, transit, sidewalks and building accessibility in the Tri-Cities True or False?

16 Sleep is not that important for seniors’ overall

17 There is no homelessness amongst seniors in the Tri-Cities True or False?

18 All seniors in the TriCities have sufficient pension or retirement savings to carry them through their retirement True or False?

19 All seniors who work beyond 65 do this out of interest rather than for economic reasons True or False?

20 Though information and action around emergency preparedness has improved, there is still a lot to be done to increase seniors’ resiliency around negative climate impacts True or False?

21 In extreme weather situations, seniors face no increased risk factors than do other age groups True or False?

22 Programs and services in the Tri-Cities are not keeping pace with the needs of older people True or False?

23 Lifelong learning activities have little to offer for seniors True or False?

Answer key: Statements 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23 are false

All other statements are true

Hope you had a good time doing the quiz

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society Ideas for future columns are welcome email lions view@telus net

The Port Moody Seniors Friendship Society has several events upcoming to help get seniors out in the community and connected with each other

As well as regular gatherings for games of bridge, walking, knitting and stitching, along with trivia nights and film screenings at The Club, its gathering place for those over 50, at 101 Noons Creek Dr in Port Moody, the society also arranges outings to special events

On April 12, a bus will take seniors to Theatre in the Country for dinner and a presentation of Robert Haling’s 1987 play Steel Magnolias The play is set in a Louisiana beauty salon where all the community’s ladies come to get their hair done, exchange advice and general get involved in each other’s lives

Cost for dinner and the play is $65

For more information about the excursion as well as other activities at The Club, go its website, theclubportmoody com and click on NEWS to access its latest newsletter