20121205_seniors_calendar.jpgAn ever-popular calendar highlighting safety issues for seniors is now available.

The 2013 edition of the Safe Seniors Calendar is available for free to thousands of seniors across Greater Toronto. The calendar features different safety messages each month, on topics including: medication tips, pedestrian safety, financial abuse, along with various health and safety issues. The calendar not only highlights statutory holidays, but Old Age Security/Canada Pension Plan payment dates as well.

The annual calendar, put together by the Bringing an Awareness of Senior Safety Issues to the Community (BASSIC) committee, is a partnership between police and fire services, government agencies and community groups. It is generously funded by the Co-operators Insurance Group.

“If you are an older adult, this is the perfect calendar for you,” said Const. Patricia Fleischmann, of the annual calendar filled with tips and contact information for government and community agencies.

“Elder abuse is known as the silent or hidden crime and, in order to effectively combat this, we need to break the silence surrounding this complex issue,” said Fleischmann, the Vulnerable Persons Co-ordinator at the Toronto Police Service Divisional Policing Support Unit.

This year, the calendar focuses on self-neglect of older adults in June, also proclaimed as Seniors’ Month for the past several years by the provincial government.

The latest edition is available, online, in both English and French – visit http://www.bassic.ca/safe-seniors-calendar.html for details.

The Safe Senior calendar can also be obtained at every fire hall, police station and public library in Toronto. It also features a comprehensive resource list with telephone and web addresses.