Justice committee  In Saint-Jérôme and surrounding cities, our problems are twofold because rural and urban areas involve two different approaches. In the urban approach, isolation is a fact, but services are available, and so the situation is simpler. In rural areas, access to services is a proble

Justice committee  Yes, it's becoming a problem. Access to services, whether limited by distance or connection problems, may indeed be an issue. What I can also tell you, based on what I've seen at seniors' homes is that, even if they have Internet access, knowing how to use online services is a p

Justice committee  COVID-19 has definitely had a major impact on seniors; you need only consider the isolation they're forced into. I've been in this occupation for about 20 years. However, in the past two years, for the first time, I've had to urge seniors to stay at home. We usually have to enco

Justice committee  It could be homecare, for example. Some caregivers abuse the situations of the people they help. Establishing a homecare service, a housekeeping service in particular, would reduce the influence a caregiver might exercise over the person.

Justice committee  No, you aren't mistaken. I think that's part of the solution. I'm going to describe a situation that I experienced with the Canada Revenue Agency. We're involved in the community volunteer tax program. A CRA employee called to tell me about the situation of a senior who was tr

Justice committee  At the provincial level, there are all the services of the CLSCs and the CLSC social workers, for example. At the federal level, it depends on what can be done. The Canada Revenue Agency has a good database of volunteers ready to help people complete their tax returns. The agent

Justice committee  Yes, there's the Ligne Aide Abus Aînés. There are community workers whose job is to identify vulnerable seniors, for example; we're also people who can be contacted. There are employees of the CLSCs and community agencies. There's Vigil’Ange, and I believe the committee recently

Justice committee  The basket of services can definitely be improved.

Justice committee  Yes, physical abuse is a major concern, but I'm somewhat less exposed to it in my practice. I've nevertheless seen it. As an example, I can cite a situation associated with one of my cases. It involved a person who was being neglected and abused by her granddaughter. The family

Justice committee  I consider that situation very problematic. What I see in my practice leads me to the conclusion that the problem won't be solved solely by constantly turning these situations into criminal matters. I think legal measures have to be maintained, but you can try many other solution

Justice committee  You can organize supervised meetings. In financial management cases, some people can be managed. We hear about people who are visited by a child or grandchild on the first of the month because that's the day they get their cheques. Measures can be taken. They may mitigate the pro

Justice committee  Good morning, everyone. I am pleased to be with you. I've been asked to introduce myself and to describe some of my experience with vulnerable seniors who are at risk of violence or of finding themselves in abusive situations. I unfortunately don't have any statistics or figure