This lively CARP webinar offers essential information on:

How vaccines protect us and our loved ones

Why older adults are at risk

Top five vaccines to consider

And more!

Watch Molly Yang, HBSc, PharmD, RPh, Director, Pharmacy Innovation & Professional Affairs Wholehealth Pharmacy Partners and CARP Advocacy and Education Officer, Bill VanGorder for a conversation about the importance of vaccination for older adults and the government’s continued role in equitable access and funding for key vaccines. (Thanks to CARP’s COO Anthony Quinn for hosting it.)

CARP often highlights the importance of vaccinations for our members.

You’ll also see us fighting for increased capacity in hospitals and emergency rooms, as wait times for care continue to increase.

These two advocacy priorities are intimately linked, as the population ages and the wave of baby boomers continue through their senior years and require increased care that the system has not prepared for.

Here are just a few links to news articles from last year to remind you of the crisis in hospital emergency rooms, when the inevitable outbreaks of COVID-19, Influenza, RSV and other respiratory infections fill up our ERs with patients needing care… putting the entire system in crisis mode. There are also vaccines to protect against other, non-seasonal infections, like shingles and pneumonia to best protect your health as you age.

Ontario hospitals warn of patient surges, long wait times – CBC News

Staff shortages, respiratory illnesses pose challenges, alongside long-standing hospital bed capacity crunch – CBC News

‘Waiting 20 hours’: Overwhelmed ERs causing patients to suffer, CMA says – Global News

It’s not just COVID anymore, or a triple-demic. Welcome to the ‘new norm’ of seasonal illnesses. Range of viral, bacterial infections are circulating while Canadian hospitals remain under strain – CBC News

We should be concerned about what could happen in Canada this winter. Look at what took place in Australia earlier this year:

Australia had its worst flu season on record. Is it a warning for Canada?