President

Meet Joan Turner, President of At Your Service for Seniors

• Lifelong friend to, and advocate for the elderly.
• Honoured to have been the daughter of an amazing woman – A compassionate, intelligent, dairy farm operator, manager and Public Health Nurse who steadfastly remained living in her own home until she passed away in June 2012. I shall always strive to make her proud!; And a fantastic man – A clever, witty, principled entrepreneur who ran his very successful dairy farm business with enormous dedication and hard work. Both my parents set the bar of achievement very high, and I continue to follow their example!
• Previous Member of London Seniors Community Association (SCA) (precursor to Age Friendly London).

• Past Chair of Transportation Committee – a derivative of SCA – Note both the SCA & the Transportation Committee have been folded into the citywide efforts known as ‘Age Friendly London’
• Bachelor Of Arts in Administrative & Commercial Studies, UWO
• Previously Certified as Administrator of Long Term Care Facility
• Certificate in Human Resource Management, Fanshawe College
• Diploma in Hotel & Restaurant Management, Fanshawe College
• Seventeen years in Customer Service Management at acute care hospital
• First Aid and CPR Certified

• Enhance the situation for some of the most vulnerable members of the community.
• Ease the strain on the healthcare system in an economical way that would support seniors remaining in their own homes.
• Seize an opportunity to be proactive by providing some of the necessary non medical support to keep our elderly citizens healthy, active and socialized in the London community.