Seniors First BC is a member partner with the Council to Reduce Elder Abuse (CREA). This year’s CREA Conference on Feb. 12 brought together community leaders, service providers, researchers, and advocates dedicated to preventing and responding to elder abuse across British Columbia. This year’s theme was CONNECT, which emphasizes collaboration, engagement, and the exchange of practical knowledge.

The CREA Council. From left to right: Sergio Vazquez Carbajal (C.A.R.E. Initiative Program Manager, AMSSA), Heather Treleaven (Executive Director, BCCRNs), Karen Hamada (Administrator, CREA), Marie-Noel Campbell (SFBC Executive Director + CREA Vice-Chair), Barbara MacLean (Executive Director, Family Caregivers of BC), Joanna Drake (Director, CBSS, Health Services Integration, Ministry of Health), Leslie Gaudette (President, COSCOBC), Darren Usher (Chair of the Board of Directors, Dignity Seniors Society), Kelly Acker (Panel moderator, formerly with the Ministry of Health), Lauren Syverson (Coordinator, CREA), Alison Leaney (Panel moderator, formerly with the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee).

Marie-Noel Campbell presented information and statistics collected from calls to our Seniors Abuse & Information Line (SAIL), highlighting numbers of abuse-related calls, types of abuse, relationship to abuser, and more.  

Joanna Drake (Ministry of Health), Marie-Noel Campbell (SFBC) and Barb MacLean (Family Caregivers of BC).

Seniors First BC also hosted a resource table to share information about our programs and services. Here are Linda Yauk and Xiaowei Li from Public Education & Outreach in our booth.

A selection of slides from Marie-Noel’s presentation.