February 16, 1998 - Forum on Healthy Aging in Ethnocultural and Aboriginal Communities (Vancouver)

Seniors of ethnocultural and aboriginal origins often face unwanted isolation and health problems because our society does notprovide health care and social services that are culturally appropriate. This forum helped to assist health and social services workers, seniors and leaders in ethnocultural and aboriginal communities in understanding and addressing the underlying causes and contributing factors that negatively affect the quality of life of seniors of ethnocultural and aboriginal origins. This forum followed a one and a half day training session for community health workers using the newly developed "Our Nations' Elders Speak" cross-cultural training model.