Target well-being
Mireille Huneault, of the Canadian Mental Health Association, and Mireille Irakoze, of the Alzheimer Society, both promised to increase services in French in their respective organizations: presentations, workshops, help with navigating the health system, etc. CAH Day Service in Oshawa represents for them the best entry point to their potential clients.
“We target improving people’s well-being, not just illness,” specifies Mireille Huneault. Which is also the mission of the CAH Day Service: to improve the quality of life of seniors.
Michel Tremblay, the general director of FARFO (Federation of Francophone Seniors and Retirees of Ontario), also insists on “aging at home and in your community”. To get there, services like those of CAH are exemplary, he says, “but it also requires suitable and affordable housing.”
The community is changing
This 10th anniversary day served as a “laboratory with real experts,” believes Barbara Ceccarelli. The general director of CAH wishes herself “another 10 years of development and sharing with clients, their caregivers and the entire community”.
And this community is changing. “For several years, the Durham region has welcomed many newcomers who we must succeed in reaching,” she admits.
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