09/08/2026
BC Seniors Advocate Coming to Kaslo!
Dan Levitt, the BC Seniors’ Advocate, is the featured speaker at the Rural Seniors Health Summit, taking place on Friday, September 25th, at the Kaslo Golf Club from 1pm to 3pm. The event, hosted by the Victorian Hospital of Kaslo Auxiliary Society, is free and open to the public.
⚕ The Summit builds on the Aging Together Seniors Fair that took place in April. Levitt and a panel will continue the conversation about the needs of seniors in Kaslo & Area D. The special focus at this event will be expansion of Kaslo’s Long-term Care facility at the Victorian Community Health Centre.
⚕ VHKAS President Tyler Dobie will present the results of the Seniors Health and Housing Needs survey, which was circulated in Spring. Sarah Sinclair, Executive Director of the BC Rural Centre, will explain how Kaslo is an example of the challenges faced by BC rural communities. We will have representatives from Interior Health, the BC Rural Health Network, the MLA's office, the WKB Regional Hospital District Board, and over a dozen local senior-serving organizations.
⚕ The VHKAS Hospital Expansion Committee has been advocating for several years for an expansion to the Long-term care in Kaslo. The Kaslo facility has 18 beds for a population of over 850 seniors in the area—a ratio of one bed for every 47 seniors. In contrast, Nelson’s ratio is one bed for every 11 senior residents. This service disparity between rural communities and small cities means that people are often separated from their loved ones as their needs increase, which results in worse health outcomes.
⚕ The Summit is free to all and pre-registration is not required. For more information, contact [email protected] - presented by the Victorian Hospital of Kaslo Auxiliary Society.
