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New Brunswick’s Social Development Minister Cathy Rogers Drafts Clarification Letter to CARP Members about New Nursing Home Policies

June 18, 2015

Editor's Note: In April word of changes to the New Brunswick nursing home policy made the rounds and seniors were ...

Fredericton Chapter: Angry seniors demand answers about nursing home fee changes

May 4, 2015

This article was published by CBC News, New Brunswick on May 1, 2015. Click here to read the article. The minister ...

CARP’s Sprinkler Retrofit Campaign Update

February 26, 2015

What has happened since the fire tragedy of L’Isle Verte nursing home: CARP Update In the weeks prior to the ...

Coroner investigating 32 deaths, rules all nursing homes should have sprinklers

February 13, 2015

Click here to listen to an interview that aired on CBC Radio Canada International on February 12, 2015, featuring VP of ...

Seniors’ group appeals to governments to prevent another nursing home fire tragedy

January 14, 2015

Click here to access article and audio interview posted on January 14, 2015 on Radio Canada International. A national ...

Not Just a Bed – A Home

August 9, 2014

As we age and become more fragile, our needs can become too great to stay where we would prefer to be - in our own ...

The village where people have dementia – and fun

April 17, 2014

There are no cars or buses to worry about ... Margaretha Bos and her brother take a tour of Hogewey How is society to ...

Mother with dementia 'warehoused,' daughter says

April 17, 2014

Dementia patient, 84, spent countless hours in hospital hallways, daughter says The daughter of an 84-year-old Calgary ...

Toronto Star: Use of antipsychotics soaring at Ontario nursing homes

April 15, 2014

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Alberta Health Minister Orders Care Home Investigation

March 10, 2014

Horne orders investigation into care home abuse With attacks on vulnerable elderly residents in the ...