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CARP at Key Events on Healthy Aging

December 6, 2013

CARP attended several events recently, mainly on the topics of health and aging. Below are summaries are CARP’s ...

Sudbury Chapter Chair’s CBC Interview on Interim and Long Term Health Care Needs for Older Canadians

November 21, 2013

Patricia Douglas, Chair of the Sudbury Ontario CARP Chapter, recently did an interview with CBC on senior residences ...

Throne Speech missed opportunity to act on retirement security: CARP

October 16, 2013

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members will welcome the prohibition on fees for ...

Real problems begin after leaving hospital, seniors say

October 4, 2013

Home care difficult to access, starts too late For the most part, Dorothy Thompson said she's happy with the care ...

2011 National Household Survey on Seniors’ Income and Caregivers

September 20, 2013

Statistics Canada released last week findings from the 2011 National Household Survey and their study on caregivers ...

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 ...

Seniors’ Moments – All About Alzheimers and Health Care Options for Canadians

February 5, 2013

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 10am to noon, St. George on Yonge Anglican, 5350 Yonge St. at Churchill Avenue, North ...

Caregiver wants $175,000 to give up claim to elderly woman’s home

September 12, 2012

  The personal support worker who legally owns widow Stella Wasiuk’s Ajax home says she will give it back — ...

Caregiver’s Diary: One More Birthday

August 24, 2012

My father had his 89th birthday last week, and it didn’t make him very happy. We were sitting in a faux English pub ...

Mother, 104, taking care of her daughter, 87, who suffers from dementia

July 3, 2012

Children caring for parents in their old age is nothing new, but Rosario Schielzeth and Maria Garcia  have turned ...