Reaching Out to Isolated Seniors Research Report

Reaching Out to Isolated Seniors was a summer student research project that endeavoured to identify isolated rural seniors in Nelson and the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Electoral Areas E & F and Kaslo, and the RDCK Electoral Area D, and to identify their priority needs. Seniors interviewed were also connected to services that would help them meet these priority needs. Seniors and senior’s service providers were interviewed to gain a broad perspective. The project resulted in a number of significant findings and recommendations to address isolation among vulnerable rural seniors.