Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In other cultures a great deal of importance is placed on the role of the extended family. In our culture, even here in the North, we often take our seniors to a different community, put them in facilities. Seniors living in their own accommodation, as my colleague raised today, struggle to maintain themselves in their independence in their own home. A number of years ago there was a prototype of a granny suite developed. They actually had it in the parking lot up here at the Explorer Hotel. The wisdom of the NWT Housing Corporation at the time was to build these modestly sized units, take them into the communities, and actually co-locate them on a lot in a community with the grown children of this elderly person. I’d like to ask the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation where did that idea go. It was a great idea. Seniors could watch their grandchildren come and go; they could come and visit them; they’re completely self-contained units. With the growing population of elders – as stated in the budget address, it’s going to double in the next few years – shouldn’t we be revisiting such a thing as that and encourage the involvement of the extended family in a seniors life?
Jane Groenewegen on Question 44-17(3): Solutions For Independent Housing For Seniors
In the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Question 44-17(3): Solutions For Independent Housing For Seniors
Oral Questions
May 27th, 2012
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