{"id":16588,"date":"2015-07-11T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T13:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=16588"},"modified":"2018-01-28T22:48:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T03:48:36","slug":"senior-with-food-intolerance-struggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/senior-with-food-intolerance-struggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior with food intolerance struggling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Margaret Duthie, the president of the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association<\/a>, contacted the Suburban to ask for help for a senior with special diet requirements who relies on social welfare and has been facing difficulties finding an affordable place to live.<\/p>\n

I don’t suppose you know anyone with a basement 3 and a half to rent?\u201d said Duthie. \u201cShe has lived at this address for 19 years and is stressed out. She was a good tenant and the landlady will give her a letter of reference. She has a shelter allowance, but no extra money to stick to the GFD and the FODMAP diet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time that this woman has had to struggle. Last year, she drank only tea and coffee during a three-day surgery in the hospital because she couldn\u2019t get safe food. Things improved during a recent checkup, but she\u2019s terrified she\u2019ll face the same problem again.<\/p>\n

Duthie says that the woman\u2019s challenges stem from the fact that gluten-free and low FODMAP food often cost significantly more than other options. She says that people with special diets spend an average of $90 more per month extra on food.<\/p>\n

Other provinces have extra funds in their social welfare plans to cover these costs, but Quebec does not.<\/p>\n

Only the North\u2013West Territories, Nunavut and Quebec have no special provisions for adults who had been medically prescribed to follow the gluten-free diet by their doctors or dietitians,\u201d says Duthie. \u201cOther provinces provide from $30 to almost $150 per month to cover the extra costs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Duthie says her association has written to the Quebec Government to inform them of the challenges people with Celiac disease and other food intolerance’s face.<\/p>\n

She also plans to create a special information package for hospitals, seniors homes and institutions to help them understand how to provide healthy safe food for everyone.<\/p>\n

Note: This article was published in the Suburban City Edition on July 1.<\/p>\n

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