Protecting Seniors During Extreme Heat Waves Is Critical, Advocate Says

Understanding the impact heat has on people of different ages could be the difference between “I’m uncomfortable in this heat” and fatal consequences, says a seniors advocate.

With record-breaking temperatures hovering due to the El Nino phenomenon, concerns are rising about the safety of the ageing population during heat events.

A report released this week in the journal Nature, said last year’s devastating heat wave in Europe resulted in more than 61,000 deaths with more than half of those deaths in people over the age of 80. In 2021, the British Columbia Coroners Service, reported nearly 600 people died due to extreme heat during the summer, and 91 per cent of those who died were 60 or older.

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