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August 2012 Archive Posts

Queen’s University Elder Law Clinic Offers

August 10, 2012

The first of its kind offered at a Canadian law school, the Queen's Elder Law Clinic offers free educational services ...

Access to care for B.C. seniors shrinking as their numbers grow

August 10, 2012

B.C. seniors’ access to home and community care has declined drastically in the past decade and must be improved or ...

CARP Home Care Poll Report

August 10, 2012

KEY FINDINGS August 10, 2012: One quarter of members are, or know someone, in home care or long term care, and, among ...

Canadians and Britons Would Allow Euthanasia Under Some Conditions

August 10, 2012

 EDITOR'S NOTE: In the last issue we reported on the Federal Government's  appeal of the British Columbia June 2012 ...

Most Canadians have no written plan for end-of-life care, poll finds

August 10, 2012

Rather than ever lose his ability to think, remember or recognize his wife and children, Dr. Daren Heyland would sooner ...

Web-based tool speeds access to medical specialists for Ottawa-area residents

August 10, 2012

OTTAWA — More eastern Ontarians are getting faster access to medical advice from high-demand specialists such as ...

Don’t let needed drugs disappear without notice

August 10, 2012

About 1,000 Canadian heart patients and their physicians learned through pharmacists and the media this summer that the ...

ByWard Market seniors’ home points to a new model of affordable care

August 10, 2012

OTTAWA — After suffering a stroke last year, André Lacombe knew he could not live on his own any longer. The ...

Provinces must stand together on drug purchases

August 9, 2012

At the recent Council of the Federation meeting, the provinces (except Quebec) announced that they would begin bulk ...

A Letter from Dr. Samir K. Sinha, Provincial Lead for Ontario’s Seniors Care Strategy

August 9, 2012

Dear CARP Members, Ontario is moving forward in developing its Seniors Care Strategy, which will help older ...