Canada Offers The Elderly Up To $500 For COVID-19 Expenses
In this image obtained from Canadian Armed Forces Combat Camera, a Canadian soldier aids a senior citizen on May 10, 2020, at the Vigi Queen Elizabeth Residential and Long-Term Care Centre in Montreal, Quebec. Genevieve Beaulieu / Canadian Armed Forces / AFPCanada announced Tuesday a one-time payment of up to Can$500 for seniors — who as a group have suffered the most COVID-19 sickness and fatalities — to help defray added pandemic costs of living.
“Our parents and our grandparents are most at risk of catching the COVID-19 virus and of suffering the most serious consequences right across the country,” he said. The pandemic, he said, exposed shortfalls in care at nursing homes, where roughly 80 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Canada occurred. The crisis led to the military being sent in to help feed and care for residents.
A lockdown has also left many elderly Canadians isolated, and facing additional costs for prescription drugs or grocery deliveries, for example, “which means they can’t take advantage of sales in stores,” Trudeau said.
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