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Elder abuse: A growing dilemma in an aging population

March 11, 2011

Originally published CBC News on March 1st, 2011. To go to the CBC News website please click here As the baby boom ...

Elder abuse needs more attention, say advocates

March 11, 2011

Originally published by CTV on March 2nd, 2011. To go to the CTV website please click here With the disturbing case ...

Preventing Fraud in a Digital Age Conference

March 11, 2011

March 11th 2011: CARP’s Manager of Community Development, Anthony Quinn, is the lead on our campaign against ...

Public Option for Pension Security – PRPPs not enough

March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011 - Pension reform – where are we now. The seesaw drama of getting the finance ministers to finally ...

Elder Abuse Update

March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011 - In early March, we witnessed yet another case of elder abuse, when a grandmother was locked in a ...

How Representative Is The CARP Poll™?

March 11, 2011

Our sample CARP has approximately 300,000 members across Canada (about 1% of the population), and, of these members, ...

Mandatory Retirement and Bill C-481… More Ottawa Balderdash on the Horizon?

March 11, 2011

In the last issue of CARP Action Online we gave readers a peek at the Submission with which we presented the Social ...

Tour of New Centre for Active Living

March 11, 2011

Your Executive Board had the pleasure of having a personally guided tour by Mayor Catherine Ferguson of the new Centre ...

Compendium of Elder Abuse Media Coverage in the First Week of March 2011

March 11, 2011

Compendium of Media Coverage on Elder Abuse, March 2011 A particularly vicious incident in early March had the public ...

Stiffer penalties for elder abuse (Susan Eng on CBC Radio’s Here and Now)

March 11, 2011

March 1st 2011: A Toronto man and his wife will remain in jail for the next 2 weeks. Police discovered the man's ...