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Hundreds of seniors turned out to the Police Officer’s Club for the launch of a unique new health plan designed by CGM Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited and underwritten by Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited. The plan is being offered to members of the CCRP (Caribbean Community of Retired Persons), a non-governmental seniors-advocacy organisation.

Nominations are now open for the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) Living Legacy Awards and this year will see the inauguration of the J. Lester Spaulding Award for Business in honour of the late media magnate and founding Board Member of CCRP.

CCRP, a non-governmental organisation for persons 50 years and over, last week held their annual Living Legacy Awards. The four honorees were Nurse Joy Crooks, Founder of CUMI (Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill), Dr Jean Small, educator and dramatist, Dr Glen Christian, Entrepreneur and philanthropist and Dr Owen James, physician, educator and occupational health & safety specialist.

The Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) has announced the names of the outstanding Jamaicans who will receive their 2019 Living Legacy Awards. They are: Mr. Franklyn Campbell, Mr. Hubert Bartholomew, Ms. Stephney Ferguson, Mrs. Linnette Vassell, and Mr. & Mrs. Jukie & Edith Chin of Juici Patties, who will receive the J. Lester Spaulding Award for Business.

Sir Kenneth, who is also an honorary board member of the CCRP, has supported the non-governmental seniors-advocacy organisation since its inception nine years ago. He lauded CCRP, CGM Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited, designers of the plan and underwriters Sagicor Life for conceptualising an affordable package to meet the needs of seniors.

Older adults and people who have severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung, or kidney disease at higher risk of contracting COVID 19 and having poorer outcomes. This is likely because as people age, their immune systems change, making it harder for their body to fight off diseases and infection and because many older adults are also more likely to have underlying health conditions that make it harder to cope with and recover from infections.