YARD CARE BROKERED WORKERS NEEDED

Do you enjoy working for seniors?  Are you pleasant, punctual, and meticulous about yard care?   Are you willing to work for lower income seniors?

The Golden Circle is looking for part-time yard care workers to mow lawns, and do general spring and fall yard cleanup, weeding, trimming hedges, etc. for our senior and disabled clients.  The clients will pay you directly.  Reimbursement for most regular lawn mowing is $17.50/hr with a one-hour minimum charge.  Larger jobs are to be negotiated with the clients.

Please submit your resume, along with the names of three references, at least one of whom must be or has been your immediate supervisor or boss.  You can come to the office to pick up a Home Maintenance Worker Application form; just let us know that you want a form, and someone can meet you at the front door of our building.  As of July 2021, our building is still closed to the public.

You need to have a reliable vehicle, and some of your own lawn and garden tools, including a working lawn mower, as some of our clients do not have yard care equipment.

You can submit your resume to [email protected]    Feel free to call the office at (403) – 343-6074 for further information.  We would be happy to answer any questions you have at that time.

The Alberta government is set to make changes to its drug programs starting March 1, 2020, ending coverage for dependents under the Alberta Seniors Benefit Drug Program.

That change was announced as part of the 2019 Alberta budget but affected individuals were reminded of the pending change in letters sent out by the government last week.

“To ensure the government can continue to provide this program to our province’s seniors and to keep Alberta’s health system sustainable, the government is changing the eligibility criteria for the program,” the letter reads.

Steve Buick, a spokesperson for Health Minister Tyler Shandro, wrote in an email that the program is Alberta’s largest drug program, costing $600 million per year with that cost rising eight per cent annually.

“The Seniors [Benefit] Drug Program is for seniors — not for non-seniors. No other province covers non-seniors through a seniors’ drug program,” he wrote.

Ending coverage for dependents such as partners or those under 65 will save the province approximately $36.5 million each year, Buick wrote.

Approximately 46,000 Albertans currently utilize the program as implemented as dependents, according to Buick.

Effective immediately, as of October 28, 2019, the price for basic snow shovelling services will be increasing from $15/hr with a 1 hour minimum charge to $17.50/hr with a 1 hour minimum charge.

Effective immediately, as of October 28, 2019, the price for basic yard care services will be increasing from $15/hr with a 1 hour minimum charge to $17.50/hr with a 1 hour minimum charge.