Comments on: Seniors Advisory Council Members Announced

By: bluebird

bluebird — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:57:42 +0000

Yes i am sure with more regulations they will find away to extract funds from old people,mark my words.
They are old and must be controlled.very sad.

By: bluebird

bluebird — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:54:44 +0000

I think we will have more old people on the commette than there are old people.
Just think they can form sub to subs and the growth will continue forever

By: Tony Brannon

Tony Brannon — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:15:54 +0000

This is a great council. There are some really smart people who really Know their stuff here. I is so important that the standards and care in the elder care homes for seniors is really elevated to proper international standards. There should be NO LIMIT on the amount of unannounced inspections…. May the standards of senior care improve dramatically. Certainly two of these council members will make a huge difference:
Ms Judy Canale – Caregiver Support and Training
Ms Elizabeth Stewart – Ageing and Dementia Care

Good Luck…

By: Kunta

Kunta — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:56:37 +0000

Don’t make no sense asking the Minister, they couldn’t tell us that Hanbury was making $1,000 a day.

By: Kunta

Kunta — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:54:18 +0000

She doesn’t fit the profile.

By: Unbelievable

Unbelievable — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 02:09:24 +0000

If it’s a statutory board it’s probably $50 a meeting. But why don’t you just ask the Minster yourself instead of sowing distrust.

By: Loquat tree

Loquat tree — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:08:04 +0000

Read the editorial! They talk of setting up sub committees. They need 3 or 4 on each sub cttee. This is where all the main work will get done and they will report back to the main cttee.
Just saying!
We want progress, they have to get the work done somehow. It’s not a tea party. These are volunteers doing good, often thankless work, if they get a small stipend, good for them.

We could all be in the position of needing the services and adjustments this Cttee will recommend one day.

By: Guapo

Guapo — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:50:16 +0000

This is a good move, and the Minister should be congratulated.

Although the size of council worries me, I will hold further judgement until the council produces results.

I wish them all the best; they have an important job to fulfill – one that will affect all Bermudians at some time or another.

By: lifetime

lifetime — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:17:34 +0000

Way too many people!

And what about the girl Fleming from Age Concern?

Just asking

By: Mockingjay

Mockingjay — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:13:10 +0000

How much are they being paid.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:48:46 +0000

Totally agree, wonderful to see the OBA taking responsibility for elders and dementia patients. However, this committee is far too big. Try getting all of these people in a room at one time or even getting consensus on important issues. Why did they not choose the key players, no more than 5/7 people and use the others for sub committees?

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:08:53 +0000

Complain.
“too many people”.

If there were two you would say how can two people cover all this stuff. Where is their support.

These people are volunteers/appointments.

Their time unless you can come up with how much OBA is paying them.

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:01:37 +0000

Nice to see this finally underway – too many people though?