Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024 — Bill 137 (43rd Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 137, 43-1

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Bill 137, Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024

Wai, Daisy

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2024,

chapter 34

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Bill 137 Royal Assent (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 137 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 137 has been enacted as

Chapter 34 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2024.

The

Bill proclaims the week beginning on the first Monday in November in each year

as Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week.

Bill 137 2024

Act to proclaim Planning for Your Silver Years

Awareness Week

Preamble

Senior

citizens are a diverse, vibrant and treasured community. They have contributed

immensely to the culture and development of Ontario and deserve to live out

their “silver years” comfortably, in an environment that works best for their

needs and interests.

There

are a variety of potential options that can enable seniors to live in their

homes and communities as long as they wish. Determining the most suitable

environment often requires early conversations with family, friends and

caregivers. It also requires advance planning to ensure seniors are

psychologically, physically and financially prepared for their future.

many cases, Ontarians are not having the necessary conversations early enough,

and the subject becomes more difficult to raise as seniors get older. Regrettably,

these conversations are at times only triggered after seniors are admitted to a

hospital and are preparing for discharge, realizing they cannot simply go back

to their previous living environment. A lack of preparation can contribute to issues

including heightened stress and other mental health issues for seniors and

their families.

Preparing

for the future helps empower seniors and their families, enabling them to stay

engaged in their communities with a multitude of options available to them.

Proclaiming

a week of awareness would promote proactive conversations between families,

friends and caregivers about future arrangements for seniors. Planning for

Your Silver Years Awareness Week is an opportunity to support all seniors in

Ontario in living out their “silver years” with the dignity and respect they

deserve.

Therefore,

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Planning

for Your Silver Years Awareness Week

The

week beginning on the first Monday in November in each year is proclaimed as Planning

for Your Silver Years Awareness Week.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024 .

Bill 137 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill proclaims the week beginning on the first Monday in November in each year

as Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week.

Bill 137 2023