There has been less progress on the "What Golden Years?" report recommendations, which were issued to address the financial challenges seniors are facing.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Office of the Seniors’ Advocate (OSA) has released its annual Status Report on Recommendations 2023-2024. The first recommendations were issued in 2019 and since that time, 57 per cent of the OSA recommendations have been implemented, 30 per cent have been partially implemented and 13 per cent have no measurable advancement. The greatest advancement of the OSA recommendations are from the 2019 report Long May Your Big Jib Draw with 72 percent implemented, 24 per cent partially implemented and 4 per cent not implemented. This represents an improvement in all categories over last year from 64 per cent, 28 per cent and 8 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, there has been less progress on the What Golden Years? report recommendations, which were issued to address the financial challenges seniors are facing. The report was released last November. Seniors Advocate Susan Walsh says she’s “pleased that the majority of the recommendations made by her office.” However, Walsh says “Seniors in Newfoundland and Labrador have the lowest income of seniors in Canada, and they are struggling.”
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