S.E.A.S. Centre Launches “Thrive at Home” Project with $165,000 Donation from Lang Yi Foundation
S.E.A.S. Centre has a long-standing history of providing Family and Settlement services. Soon, we will be entering a new chapter. We are excited to announce the launch of a major new initiative focused on supporting seniors in our community.
The Executive Director of S.E.A.S. Centre, Jennifer Kwan, recognized the service gap for seniors to maintain quality home living conditions during her rich community service experience. Therefore, she has taken a very proactive role to advocate the importance of dignified aging for older adults to different community leaders and funders. The Lang Yi Foundation has accepted her proposal, “Thrive at Home,” and donated $165,000 to support Jennifer’s vision for launching a new initiative serving seniors in the community.
The “Thrive at Home” community-based senior support initiative is a strategic response to the growing demand for sustainable and compassionate alternatives to institutional care for older adults, particularly from the Chinese and Southeast Asian communities. The program leverages a trans-disciplinary team to provide home support services for seniors aged 65 and older, enabling clients to enjoy a high-quality and vibrant home life within their community.
This initiative is made possible through the generous donation of the Lang Yi Foundation, whose commitment and partnership have been instrumental. We are deeply grateful for their contribution, especially to Wilson Tran, the Chair of the Lang Yi Foundation.
This program is closely aligned with Ontario’s Aging at Home Strategy, aiming to ease pressure on the long-term care system while improving the quality of life for older adults. S.E.A.S. Centre looks forward to working together with their community partners, volunteers, and supporters to make “Thrive at Home” a success.
The primary service components of the initiative are:
1. In-Home Support Services – personal care assistance (bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing); home help assistance (laundry, banking, shopping, light housekeeping and meal preparation); and medication reminders.
2. Transitional Care Coordination – post-hospital discharge planning; connection to temporary respite and recovery support; and care navigation with Ontario Health atHome.
3. Community Engagement - wellness check-ins by home visit; regular social, physical, mental health and recreational workshops and mass activities (organized at four offices of S.E.A.S. Centre, senior buildings and community plaza); community-based workshops on home safety; senior peer mentorship programs/mutual support groups; and transportation assistance – Wheel Trans booking, volunteer driver program.
Jennifer added that the project is in the preparation phase and, hopefully, will be launched in winter 2025. More details will be announced to the public in November.
S.E.A.S. Centre and the Service Board of Directors would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to Lang Yi Foundation, which shares the same mission of serving the seniors of the community and has provided solid support to the service development of S.E.A.S. Centre.