Social Connectedness Among Marginalized Older Adults and Caregivers: Building Capacity within COSCO

The MITACS grant will provide initial steps in the identification of organizations in BC that either currently provide, or could potentially provide, services to older adults to foster social connectedness to reduce social isolation and loneliness. The student researcher will collaborate with the Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of BC (COSCO) to review and update their current list of member organizations (74) for the purpose of obtaining information about their mandates using website or paper-based information that is publicly available. The student intern will spend significant time to create a comprehensive spread sheet with additional information crucial to both the SSHRC study, and COSCO’s mission and thereby gain a much clearer picture of the taxonomy of seniors organizations in the province, a much needed step towards understanding how we can work with them to best meet the needs of an ever-expanding seniors population.

Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Wister

Student:

Partner:

Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of BC

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program: