Latest wave of COVID takes a toll on Toronto long-term care homes again
Toronto retirement homes are once again being battered by COVID, although far fewer deaths have been reported in this most recent wave of infections. At Kensington Place Retirement Home, a kosher home on Sheppard Avenue West, as of Jan. 13, there are 29 residents and 5 staff with COVID, in an outbreak that began last […]
A pen pal program started during COVID is linking seniors and teenagers in Toronto
Aryelle Sigulim started writing letters to her grandparents at the beginning of the pandemic, when they were all locked down and lonely and craving contact with their loved ones. Her Bubby and Nana wrote back, and the project snowballed. “I really enjoyed their responses. So, I started writing to their friends and they also loved […]
Seniors upset that Camp B’nai Brith ends program for the elderly
A group of seniors is fighting the decision by Camp B’nai Brith to terminate a summer camping program for their age group that has been running for more than 40 years.
