In The News Posts

Ask the Doctor # 57: Pain Management in End-of-Life Care and the role of pain medications

February 8, 2013

In this article, I will specifically address the issue of how pain is managed with medications. As discussed in the ...

Volunteer Opportunity – We Want You!

February 8, 2013

              Volunteer! Are you interested in being involved in your local CARP chapter? If so, you have come ...

Seniors forced to get tax forms from the post office receiving poor service

February 8, 2013

Editor’s Note - February 8th 2013: As predicted the CRA’s sudden and ill-advised shift in tax-form policy has ...

Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors

February 8, 2013

Lately, the prospects of Ontario seniors living better, high quality lives seem to be improving. The Ontario ...

CARP Sudbury will take Part in new Seniors’ All-Inclusive Care Program

February 8, 2013

“My Home, not a Nursing Home” were demands made by many families in California back in the 1980s who were lobbying ...

Saskatchewan Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance’s Letter to CARP

February 8, 2013

Responses from the Provincial Finance Ministers are trickling in and we will post them as they continue to ...

Caregiver’s Diary: The Good Memories

February 8, 2013

Stories and memories of my widowed 89-year-old father started pouring in by e-mail and phone the day after he died, ...

BMO says go electronic or pay $2 a month for paper statements

February 8, 2013

Paper statements are expensive to send by mail, says BMO, which is charging $2 a month to customers who won't switch to ...

Walk This Way for Osteoporosis: Whistler June 8th

February 7, 2013

You are invited to participate in Nordic Walking at Whistler June 8! This is a fundraising event organized by ...

2013 Board of Directors

February 7, 2013

CARP St. John’s-Avalon Chapter 2013 Board of Directors The Annual General Meeting of the St. John’s-Avalon ...