Getting to know elderly neighbours during heat wave could save lives

It has been seriously hot for much of the summer, with no fewer than five heat waves. And that means we should be looking out for neighbours who are elderly and isolated.
That’s the word this week from the Réseau québécois de villes et villages en santé (RQVVS), a not-for-profit organization which implemented the Voisins solidaires movement in Quebec. The movement is modelled on one created in France after thousands of citizens, many of them isolated and elderly