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CARP presents CARP Action TV
CARP Action on TV! Well, almost… Beginning next Thursday March 5th at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Susan Eng, CARP’s VP of Advocacy will be joined by Zoomer Media VP David Cravit to cover the pressing advocacy and political issues of the day. Read more...
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Unsustainable Healthcare System Needs Better Value for Money
Last year Canadians spent $172 billion a year on health care, up from $79 billion in 1997. What accounts for these increases in spending and how can Canadians receive better value for their Healthcare dollars? That’s a question the Health Council of Canada will be asking Canadians as it launches its Value for Money consultation. Read More...
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Waiting on the ER
Ontario Government targets for shorter ER times puts pressure on ALC patients
A recent initiative taken by the Ontario government aimed at shortening wait times and improve patient satisfaction in Ontario’s hospitals may come at the expense of people still needing care but not in hospital, often older patients. Read more...
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CARP 25th Anniversary Announcements
This year CARP will celebrate its 25th anniversary. For two and half decades, CARP has brought the issues that affect older Canadians to the forefront of the political debate and to change the way people view aging. Much has changed and we did not do this alone.
To celebrate our past achievements as well as those yet to come we are launching two new initiatives:
Celebrating 25 Canadians who contributed to the quality of life for Canadians as we age
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The CARP 25th Anniversary Scholarship Fund for Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Read more.
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Investing in our Future: The Government of Ontairo E-Health Initiative
An electronic database comprising health education material, patient’s medical records and breaking public health information may sound like something from the distant future. But it could become a distinct reality by 2015, when the pieces of Ontario’s new ehealth strategy fall into place...Read more...
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CARP Succeeds in Convincing Alberta Health Premier to Reconsider Controversial Bill
On December 9th CARP called for the Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert to reconsider the increases to drug costs for low income seniors in Alberta and to apologize for his remarks that seniors have an entitlement mentality.Read More...
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Point/Counterpoint
CARP Members Don't Subscribe to Rudyard Griffiths' Theory
A Rudyard Griffiths editorial entitled “A Greying Nation”
was published a few weeks ago in The National Post and caused quite a stir amongst CARP members. Griffiths’ thesis is that Canada’s demographic situation will unavoidably lead to colossal and ballooning deficits. We at CARP Advocacy disagreed and here is what a few of us had to say. Read more...
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Casting Call!
CARP is producing a television special to create greater awareness of the leading issues facing Zoomers today. We are looking for stories from our members or people they know that would be interested in having their stories told.Read more.
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