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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Seniors Care Home share enthusiasm of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Vancouver, BC - The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Simon K.Y. Lee Seniors Care Home staff and volunteers will be organizing a Mini Olympics in August for seniors to win medals and bragging rights for games such as ping pong, bean bag toss and the card game Go Fish. The Care Home located at 555 Carrall Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown is a sprawling 70,000 square foot modern building built in 2001 that houses assisted living and day facilities for seniors.

This year the Care Home will hold Mini Olympic Games where seniors are already practicing for the gold. Staff and volunteers talk of fierce competition between seniors when there is a medal to be won. “You will often hear boisterous laughter and cheering from across the building,” said Manager of Community Services Jenny Lo “the seniors really get into it.” There is a ceremony at the end of the Mini Olympics and the proud winners show off their medals by placing them in memory boxes which are glass enclosures outside of their private rooms or have them framed and mounted in the hall for all to see. This year the seniors are looking forward to the Mini Olympics even more so since they are just blocks from the action of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games celebrations in Downtown Vancouver. They attended the Olympic Torch Relay as it passed through their neighbourhood with flags waiving adorned in red and white to show their support to Athletes.

The bi-lingual (English and Chinese) staff at the Simon K.Y. Lee Seniors Care Home provides professional resident care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Twenty one beds are designated for cognitively impaired residents who require special environmental adaptations. Others are for complex care residents. The Care Home is open to any individual eligible for complex care services under The Ministry of Health Continuing Care Program. The Chieng’s Adult Day Centre started its operation in January 2003. This Centre also located in the building of the Care Home provides health monitoring, therapeutic activities and social activities for seniors. Twenty or more seniors are being served each weekday.
The Province of British Columbia contributed $14.52 million for the construction of the Care Home, and the Vancouver Coastal Health funds its daily operation. S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Multi-Level Care Society raised $3 million to augment government funding for the construction cost of the Care Home.

Founded in 1973, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is one of the largest social service providers in British Columbia with over 20 locations and 2 overseas offices. For more info, please visit: www.success.bc.ca;

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Eileen Lao      
Public Affairs Manager, S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
604-408-7243    
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