Thank you very much.
I forgot to mention the Royal Canadian Legion, which was absolutely essential in this project. The funding came from VAC and Health Canada, but the Royal Canadian Legion was our partner. They were extremely supportive. I should have mentioned it. Thank you for the opportunity to acknowledge them for their support.
I agree with you one hundred percent. There are all kinds of fall prevention and physical activity opportunities out there. But as Clara and I were talking about on the plane, for the younger older adults, who are basically no different from any of us, except they're a little older, the malls are fantastic, and they don't need supervision.
We're concerned about the frailer adults. I think there are well-meaning people in senior centres and church basements where exercise classes are offered, but if the person doesn't have proper training, one can actually do more damage than good. A person can get into trouble pretty quickly with cardiac problems or falls. The Centre for Activity and Aging is actually known for training physical activity instructors.
In terms of the remote areas, I don't have a solution. It's a big challenge, and I sympathize with you.
There is the home support exercise program, which can be done in your chair in Kenora as well as it can be done in your chair in downtown Toronto. Getting the videotape to Kenora isn't a problem. Having a person fly in to give the instruction isn't a problem, but someone has to pay for that plane ride.
I don't know the answer to getting supervised exercise classes to remote areas. We wrote a grant to try to do that with a mobile unit and it wasn't funded.