After transportation services for seniors in the Northwest Territories were called into question through CanAge, CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 National SeniorsSA国际影视传媒� Advocacy Organization, the NWT Seniors Society agreed that systems in the territory are indeed lacking.

SA国际影视传媒淥ther than Yellowknife, there are not a lot of public transportation systems in the NWT,SA国际影视传媒� said Suzette Montreuil, executive director of the NWT SeniorsSA国际影视传媒� Society. SA国际影视传媒淭hat especially affects Elders or people with disabilities, getting around the communities.

SA国际影视传媒淟ots of Elders donSA国际影视传媒檛 necessarily have access to vehicles, it does create a source of a problem in terms of the functional activities of daily living but itSA国际影视传媒檚 also one of the issues that Elders report on quite often,SA国际影视传媒� she added.

Despite Yellowknife having superior transporation options compared to other NWT communities, Montreuil said the city still has SA国际影视传媒渟ome limitations.SA国际影视传媒�

However, according to a spokesperson from the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, the organization has been making do by providing taxi vouchers to help get around shortcomings in the city.

The foundation also has travel services in place for its breakfast program.

Yet the crux of the problem remains in smaller NWT communities, according to Montreuil.

Adjustments have been made to try to address the aforementioned gaps, but more still needs to be done in order to fully satisfy seniorsSA国际影视传媒� needs.

SA国际影视传媒淭he home support workers will often take Elders to appointments, or the homecare program will often try to fill out that gap, but itSA国际影视传媒檚 not really what their specialty is,SA国际影视传媒� said Montreuil. SA国际影视传媒業f it was organized, and it was available at the community level, that would make a really big difference, even if it was done on a weekly basis.

SA国际影视传媒淚f on Wednesday there was someone who could give an Elder a ride to anywhere then the Elders would organize around that, but not having any form of transportation, if you have any kind of mobility issues, it really gets in the way,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

Montreuil hopes communities will be proactive in addressing the inadequacies.

SA国际影视传媒淚f the community has some funding, if they were able to offer it, it would be great, instead of leaving it up to the best wishes of someone who in the community who sees the need and responds to the need, but if it was actually mandated and funded, that would be great,SA国际影视传媒� she said.