Volunteers to interview long-term care residents; shoes being collected for overseas
Volunteers are needed to survey seniors in publicly funded long-term care homes in Victoria to help determine their quality of life.
The goal of the B.C. Seniors in Long Term Care survey, conducted by the Office of the Seniors Advocate British Columbia, is to hear about their experiences and care in the facilities, both locally and provincially. The last survey, the first of its kind, was undertaken in 2016/2017.
The survey project is managed by the B.C. Office of Patient-Centred Measurement and Providence Health Care. There are more than 29,000 residents in B.C. publicly funded long-term care homes, with 1,900 of them living in 14 care homes in the City of Victoria.
Up to 50 volunteers are needed to visit the residents, see what it’s like in long-term care and conduct a structured interview, which takes between 30 and 60 minutes each.
• For more information, go to surveybcseniors.org. To apply online, go to surveybcseniors.org/volunteer.
>>> Let the music play, with donations to Rainbow Kitchen
Enjoy a night of big band music at a fundraising event to raise money for Rainbow Kitchen, at the Victoria Event Centre, on Monday.
A community big band called JIVE (Jazz In Victoria Ensemble) is teaming up with the Bayside Big Band for a night of traditional and very much not traditional music. Admission is by donation to Rainbow Kitchen. Doors open at 7, and the show starts at 8 p.m. at 1415 Broad St. Minors allowed when accompanied by someone 19 and older. There is no food at the event but outside food is allowed.
>>> Quilters’ works feature Colours of the Salish Sea
Victoria Quilters Guild has put two of its quilts, with the theme of Colours of the Salish Sea, on public display at Tillicum Mall to commemorate International Quilt Day, March 18.
The five-foot-long, six-foot-wide quilts are made up of a collage of one-foot-square blocks made by guild members through 2022.
Members were asked to come up with a design based on a theme of underwater, rocks and beaches, forest and trails, ocean waves, views, vistas, sky, animals or boats.
The goal was to create a pictorial representation of the colours of the Salish Sea.
The two quilts can be found in a storefront in the lower level of Tillicum Mall, near the base of the escalator, at 3170 Tillicum Rd. The display is expected to remain until March 31.