This OP-Ed was the collaborative effort of ACT and RECAA members. It is one of several that will be written during this year. It was sent to the Gazette, La presse and le Devoir. COVID-19 exposes elder abuse As we mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, the time has come to reflect […]
Continue reading OP-ED Covid 19 Exposes Elder AbuseStop the Deaths: Justice for Seniors in Long Term Care
14th June 2020Please support our petition to premier Legault, Health Minister Danielle McCann and Marguerite Blais. We thank the over 900 who have already signed. https://www.change.org/RECAAPetition
Continue reading Stop the Deaths: Justice for Seniors in Long Term CareMore Haiku from Lib Spry
9th June 2020I sit in my house. I have food, water, space, love. This is privilege.
Continue reading More Haiku from Lib SprySpring Watch: Anne Caines and Lucky Luke on a morning walk
9th June 2020Sajida Imam and Kiren Budhia plant seedlings
9th June 2020Choir Directrice, Dina Cindric watches her Garden Flowering
9th June 2020A Haiku “on touching one’s face”
9th June 2020Lib Spry Stop touching the face! How many times a day? Sigh. The hardest challenge. Rachael Van Fossen (replying): Love it! And FYI ( for your information) I use a plastic fork or my telescoping back scratcher!
Continue reading A Haiku “on touching one’s face”Louise Jack muses on “How to keep Seniors occupied”
18th May 202020/05/15 Have Seniors join virtual activities, sitting for hours until you become a chair potato. Zooming in and out navigating to different meetings. When you stand you get foot potato. Standing up with a creak and a groan, make us exclaim, when is this going to be over? I mean when is this Co-V going […]
Continue reading Louise Jack muses on “How to keep Seniors occupied”News Reports and OP-EDS
16th May 2020Editorials and Journalists in newspapers across Canada have written in OP- Ed sections on the realities behind the daily statistical updates given by our prime minister and provincial premiers. We post samples of what we have read in mid April and May. These on line news postings have reached a wider public audience and reinforce […]
Continue reading News Reports and OP-EDSReport from Handicap Vie Dignité
5th May 2020Redesigning Respect in Elder homes : Handicap Vie Dignité is a community organization which defends the rights of residents in long term care in Quebec. Last year they created a proposal which was presented to Marguerite Blais, Minister Responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers, as well as representatives from the Ministry for Health and Social Services […]
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