[News] Sundre 'ready for action' on Link worker

SUNDRE – Following preliminary assessments and public engagement sessions intended to explore a local social prescribing model, Sundre is in a position to take the next steps toward introducing a Link worker.

About a dozen people attended a town hall at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #223 in Sundre last month that was organized by a local society called Seniors Protected and Respected Under Community Engagement (S.P.R.U.C.E).

Among the attendees were mayor Richard Warnock as well as members of the Greenwood Neighbourhood Place Society and the Sundre Health Professional Attraction and Retention Committee who came to learn more about how social prescribing, which bridges gaps between medical and social care services, could be delivered under the guidance of Healthy Aging Alberta with support from Alberta Health Services. 

“Social prescribing would be a huge benefit to your community,” said Apryl Webb, central Alberta regional developer for Healthy Aging, who previously developed a fond connection with Sundre during a prior position working in long-term care doing rec therapy programs.

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