Lunch & Learn: Revolutionizing Senior Living: Defeating Loneliness and Amplifying Wellness

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Join BCCPA's Lunch and Learn to explore the topic of "Revolutionizing Senior Living: Defeating Loneliness and Amplifying Wellness", presented by the team from Seton Villa Retirement Centre.

About the webinar:

Drawing on over 30 years of expertise in long-term care, assisted living and supportive housing, Michele Cook, CEO of Seton Villa Retirement Centre, and her team are excited to present two initiatives that are transforming the quality of life of their residents: dramatically reducing loneliness and elevating wellness.

Canadian research on the loneliness epidemic amongst older adults’ reports rates from 30% to a staggering 70%. Seton Villa’s targeted approach in identifying lonely residents and implementing meaningful strategies reduced loneliness rates to just 5%. Presenters will share their formula and offer practical strategies to foster social connection, specifically designed groups, staffing model insights, and real-life testimonials from residents.

Facing the challenge of recruiting recreation staff, they then sailed into uncharted territory by creating a Kinesiology position, the first of its kind at Seton Villa. This new role has improved the quality of their fitness programming and increased the breadth of services offered by the multi-disciplinary team. One year later, 50% of residents are meeting the recommended 150 minutes of exercise per week, reporting less boredom and a new intrinsic motivation to move. They will walk you through the Kinesiologist's role, performance indicators, and share video highlights from aquafit to ‘Wimbledon Workouts’ and hear from individual residents on how Kinesiology has revolutionized their quality of life.

Presenters will share budget numbers, staff-to-resident ratios and show how they achieved meaningful outcomes without increasing staffing costs. You will hear about their unique model and how this non-profit Retirement Center has delivered on its mission to provide affordable housing for over 50 years. Find out about their innovative founder, why they are consistently voted #1 Retirement Centre in Burnaby and provide exceptional quality at rates within the means of seniors on low incomes.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will be able to implement strategies for faster new resident social integration and build residents' confidence to contribute, ultimately reducing loneliness.
Attendees will be able to integrate the role of Kinesiology into their team and apply tools to measure the success.
Attendees will learn how to redesign their staffing model to achieve improved quality of life outcomes and residents’ satisfaction without increasing staffing costs.

Presented by speakers from Seton Villa Retirement Centre:

Michele Cook, CEO
Nellmarie Uludag, Recreation and Leisure Program Lead
Jay Dave, Kinesiologist

Lunch & Learn: Revolutionizing Senior Living: Defeating Loneliness and Amplifying Wellness

Thursday Nov 27 2025, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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