In The News Posts

How One Group of Seniors Bucked Convention and Avoided the Retirement Home

August 9, 2013

Seniors in Boston's Beacon Hill enjoy each other's company at a social organized by a nonprofit they created to help ...

Council of the Federation Moves Forward

August 9, 2013

Premiers discuss healthcare and pensions at Council of Federation Meeting Senior’s care and retirement security ...

Backgrounder: Regulation and Supreme Court Ruling on the National Securities Regulator Act

August 9, 2013

Broad Strokes (The Macro-Economic Context) Canada presents a somewhat embarrassing spectacle at the International ...

Intervention program reduces difficult behaviours in seniors with dementia

August 9, 2013

  This article concludes with a few resources for people living in the Waterloo/Tri-Cities area.  If you live ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: The Boomer Trinity

August 9, 2013

I’m a Boomer. In the summer of 1969, I was 15 years old and I lived in Connecticut. Unlike thousands who went, I ...

Ask a Doctor: Replacing Worn Out Joints

August 9, 2013

Twelve years ago, my motorcycle (750 pounds of sheer chrome and metal) fell on my right knee when my front wheel got ...

Homeless seniors doubled in four years: Toronto study

August 9, 2013

A new report shows about 20% of homeless youth are gay; 16% are veterans; and one in three who sleep outdoors are ...

Seniors contribute greatly to Canadian society yet are unfairly treated in the healthcare debate

August 9, 2013

Editor's Note: CARP came across this wonderful Op-Ed by Verena Menec   Recently, and though it was published on ...

You Are Invited as Sheridan Elder Research Centre Celebrates 10th Anniversary

August 7, 2013

Information posted August 7, 2013 The following is an invitation from SERC. "To celebrate the Sheridan Elder Research ...

Past Event: SERC’s 10th Anniversary – Sept 6, 2013

August 7, 2013

The Sheridan Elder Research Center (SERC) of Sheridan College is celebrating its 10th anniversary on September 6, ...