Recent negative headlines around provincially-funded homecare services have caught the attention CARP members who regularly interact with the provincial Community Care Access Centres (CCACs). Ontario currently has 14 CCACs that provide and coordinate a number of government funded medical services from rehabilitation to personal support and homemaking, (food preparation, bathing, house cleaning) to more complex […]
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Recent negative headlines around provincially-funded homecare services have caught the attention CARP members who regularly interact with the provincial Community Care Access Centres (CCACs). Ontario currently has 14 CCACs that provide and coordinate a number of government funded medical services from rehabilitation to personal support and homemaking, (food preparation, bathing, house cleaning) to more complex […]
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There are 4 CCAC’s that operate in Etobicoke. Etobicoke is likely unique in this manner. Despite Etobicoke having the highest proportion of seniors in the province it has been carved up. CARP encourages the powers to be in Queen’s Park to review the LHIN/CCAC boundaries or at a minimum ensure that residents of Etobicoke receive […]
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Information posted February 2, 2014 For our February Community meetings in Milton and Burlington we invited the Community Care Access Centre of Mississauga/Halton (CCAC) to present “Your Gateway to the Health Care System.” We welcomed speaker Bobbi Greenberg to both meetings who gave an in depth presentation on how the health care system works for those […]
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CCAC has Community Access Centres throughout Ontario. Peterborough is part of the Central East CCAC, a huge area extending to such distant places as Scarborough, Haliburton, the Lakeshore, and Campbellford, and that area breaks down into a number of smaller local agencies. Have you or a loved one, or even a friend, recently been released […]
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When Doris Landry was discharged from hospital with a life expectancy of one to two months, she entered the “Home First” program. Offered by the Central Community Care Access Centre, the program provided a caseworker, personal support workers for eight hours every day, and medical equipment including a special bed, an oxygen machine, a […]
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Information posted April 19, 2012 Join the Mississauga Halton CCAC for a FREE one-hour public information session: Wednesday June 6, 2012 6.30pm to 8.00pm In the Clubhouse at BraeBen Golf Course, 5700 Terry Fox Way, Mississauga. When planning for your own or your loved ones health care needs, it is important to think about your […]
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Stand Up for Canadian Pensioners On Wed. February 21st, we’re organizing a National Day of Action to Protect Pensioners. Meetings with Liberal MPs’ will take place across the country to demand better legislation to protect pensioners who stand to lose millions when their company becomes insolvent or bankrupt, like Sears Canada, Nortel and many more. For a list […]
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October 5, 2017 Six months ago, 86 year-old James Acker died of injuries after being beaten in his long-term care home. Today, his daughter Tammy Carbino is still trying to process what happened. On October 2, National Seniors’ Day, Tammy spoke to an audience of CARP members in Barrie to “celebrate seniors and pay tribute to the men […]
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Toronto, ON, May 3, 2017 – The Ontario government announced some good news for more than 200,000 people suffering from dementia and their loved ones. It announced their commitment to invest more than $100 million over three years towards the implementation of a dementia strategy in last week’s Provincial Budget. “Dementia is a debilitating disease […]
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