Healthcare Posts

Health Council of Canada finds Canadians with Chronic Conditions are Not Receiving Appropriate Supports to Manage their Own Care

January 27, 2010

The Health Council of Canada recently released a bulletin that shows many Canadians with chronic health conditions ...

Aid program marred by wheelchair 'ripoff'

January 11, 2010

This article was originally published in the Toronto Sun on December 20th, 2009. To view their webpage, please Click ...

National Seniors Council Roundtable on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive, Active Aging

December 15, 2009

CARP was invited by the National Seniors Council to participate in a day-long consultation on issues affecting ...

The Economist Intelligence Unit Investigates: Healthcare Costs of Ageing

December 15, 2009

The Economist Intelligence Unit has published a paper on ageing populations, their impact on healthcare systems and ...

Drug changes panned, praised… But groups say health care will benefit from savings

December 15, 2009

Originally published in The Ottawa Citizen April 9th, 2010. To go to The Windsor Star website, please click ...

Comprehensive Chronic Pain Care: The pioneers, the movers and the ones left behind!

December 3, 2009

Several years ago a group or Canadian researchers and clinicians recognized that while chronic pain was a major health ...

Obama’s AARP Town Hall on Healthcare Reform

August 7, 2009

On July 28th, President Obama hosted an AARP town hall webcast to pitch his reforms to older Americans. He assuaged ...

Shona Holmes: The New Figurehead for the American Anti-Public Healthcare Campaign

August 7, 2009

Holmes is the new figurehead for the American anti-public healthcare campaign: she’s testified before Congress, ...

How Does Canada’s Health System Actually Work?

August 7, 2009

OTTAWA — Canadians can be of two minds about their public health care system. Tommy Douglas, a former premier of ...

How Does Canada’s Health System Actually Work?

August 7, 2009

OTTAWA ; Canadians can be of two minds about their public health care system. Tommy Douglas, a former premier of ...