Silver Lining Care, a unique family-focused health organization, is now open in Steinbach, Manitoba, operating in the field of health care.
Providing private non-medical home care for Steinbach and Southeast Manitoba, Silver Lining Care utilizes a positive and compassionate approach to bring hope, life and joy to homes in Southeast Manitoba. Silver Lining Care offers the essential services as well as a wide scope of well-living and companionship care options.
“The aim of Silver Lining Care is to be the premier health care provider for families in our community and a significant part of the solution to ease the burden on the public health care system,” said Carolyn Peters, President and CEO of Silver Lining Care.
Peters goes on to explain, “We understand firsthand how challenging it can be for family members to provide adequate and timely care for elderly or disabled relatives. Our caregivers are relationship-builders and truly serve as an extension of the client’s family. Our solutions are diverse, with the intention to care for all generations in our community, whether supporting the independence of an elderly client in their home, caring for a young mom as she brings home a newborn baby, supporting a patient returning home from surgery, or assisting a disabled child to enjoy a full adult life.”
In 2006, 14 per cent of all Manitobans were over the age of 65. Steinbach’s senior population increased from 2006 to 2011 by 19%. That number will continually increase as the baby boomers age. Population aging is gathering momentum, with the year 2011 heralding entry of Canada’s baby boom generation into the senior years. In the coming first decade of the “baby boom effect”, the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics forecasts 60% increase in the province’s population of younger seniors aged 65-74 years, with the years to follow anticipating major growth among older seniors aged 75+, who are by far the biggest users of long term care services (2011-2016 Regional Health Strategic Plan).
This July, the Office of the Auditor General in Manitoba released a report on the Manitoba Home Care Program (www.oag.mb.ca), which further supports the need for an increase in quality home care services. In the Report, Auditor General, Norm Ricard states, “As Manitoba’s senior population is expected to grow rapidly between 2021 and 2036, a corresponding growth in the demand for home care services is likely. This likely increase in demand, in combination with increasingly complex care needs and financial pressures on the entire health care system, presents a significant risk to the future delivery of home care services.”
The Grand Opening of Silver Lining Care is set to take place on Thursday, October 1, 2015 from 5-8pm at its office location, 385 Loewen Boulevard. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the ‘come & go’ reception to learn more about Silver Lining Care’s premium health care services, funding options, and to meet some of the organization’s caregivers. Refreshments will also be served.
