June 2011 Archive Posts

Report from the Field: Bruce Bird’s Notes on the Active Aging Symposium

June 24, 2011

  Bruce Bird, Chair of CARP's North Fraser Chapter, represented CARP at the Active Aging Symposium 2011, ...

CARP Nova Scotia: seniors used as pawns in drug pricing dispute

June 24, 2011

Originally published CBC News on June 17th, 2011. To go to the CBC News website please click here The Fair Drug ...

Hot Talks – The History of the ‘Patient Experience’

June 24, 2011

June 24, 2011 The patient experience is becoming a health sector priority, even if it may not feel like it when youre ...

Let’s Get Real About Elder Abuse in 2011 – PART 3: Service Gaps on the Ground and CARP Recommendations

June 24, 2011

Start with Coordination and Rationalizing Services and Responses Clearly, the patchwork of services, responsibility ...

CARP Health Care Poll Report

June 24, 2011

June 24, 2011 Key Findings Almost all CARP members agree, and the majority “strongly”, that health care ...

Let’s Get Real About Elder Abuse in 2011 – PART 1: Editor’s Note

June 24, 2011

June 24th 2011: Wednesday June 15th we honoured the Sixth annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) by focusing ...

Caregiver's Diary: Driving With Dad

June 24, 2011

My 88 year old father-in-law took his biennial driving exam recently and passed with flying colours. He was elated. A ...

Hot Talks – The History of the ‘Patient Experience’

June 24, 2011

June 24, 2011 – The “patient experience” is becoming a health sector priority, even if it may not ...

Canadian Medical Association President Jeffrey Turnbull's Letter to CARP

June 24, 2011

  Dear CARP Members, Last summer, the Canadian Medical Association laid out a vision for renewing medicare, ...

Let’s Get Real About Elder Abuse in 2011 – PART 3: Service Gaps on the Ground and CARP Recommendations

June 24, 2011

Start with Coordination and Rationalizing Services and Responses Clearly, the patchwork of services, responsibility ...