Healthcare Posts

VAST MAJORITY OF CARP MEMBERS TOUCHED BY DEMENTIA; UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT PROBLEM IS GROWING, NOT ENOUGH BEING DONE – CARP POLL™

April 21, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2014 Toronto, ON: The vast majority of CARP members polled have been touched by ...

About 2,500 apply for ambulance fee break

April 12, 2014

About 2,500 Nova Scotians -- far fewer than expected -- have applied to have their ambulance bills waived since an ...

Seniors and depression: On a ‘shrinking island'

March 31, 2014

Seniors already dealing with health problems, financial constraints and shrinking social circles often confront an ...

Navigating the Health Care System

March 14, 2014

Our workshop series continues as we venture to the Lakeshore. Learn about the various aspects of our health care ...

Caregiver support, action on dementia care top CARP budget expectations; want to see action on CPP increase, national home care funding and pharmacare too

February 6, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2014 Toronto, ON: CARP members will be watching for dedicated support for ...

Seniors group slams Manitoba plan for taxicab drivers

January 15, 2014

CARP says Winnipeg hospitals are not following rules for safe discharge of patients A lobby group representing seniors ...

CARP on Goldhawk Fights Back: CARP's Open Letter to Health Ministers on the need for protocols to ensure discharged patients are sent home safely

January 14, 2014

Susan Eng, Vice-President of Advocacy at CARP discusses on Goldhawk Fights Back the need for protocols when hospitals ...

Ensure safe passage home? CARP open letter to health ministers

January 10, 2014

      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2014 Toronto, ON: CARP released an open letter to ...

Elderly patient Tadeusz Czubak discharged to empty house not a ‘one-off' case

December 20, 2013

Hospital system too uncoordinated to deal with influx of seniors, patient advocates say The case of an elderly ...

Don’t Refer to Elderly Patients as ‘bed-blockers,’ Group Says

November 22, 2013

MONTREAL — Canada’s largest advocacy group for retirees has a message for hospitals: Treat your ailing elderly ...