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The provincial government announced last week that it is establishing a Health Advocate to help Albertans and their families navigate the provincial health care system. Effective January 2014 and operational in the spring, one advocate role will be a Senior’s Advocate, whose role will include: “requesting inspections, investigations, and quality and safety assessments related to […]

Executive director Donna Durand recently returned from Nova Scotia to take part in the Canadian Association on Gerontology, presenting on the Senior Friendly program, as well as to present the town of Bridgewater, NS, with their official Senior Friendly designation.   Congratulations Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, on demonstrating a commitment to ensuring seniors enjoy a high […]

Learn to recognize some of the signs of abuse of seniors. To report abuse or for more information, contact the Family Violence Information Line at 310-1818.  

Members of the Central Alberta Council on Aging met on Tuesday, September 3 at the Golden Circle Seniors Resource Centre in Red Deer to hear a presentation on wills, powers of attorney and personal directives.  Yoshio Sumiya, a Lawyer with the Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic, Red Deer, discussed two resource booklets available from the […]

We had a lovely and productive lunch meeting with Johnsons’ Shannon Patershuk and Christina Grandish at Noorish on Thursday, to check in with each other’s business. It was great to have a meal with these two representatives of our sponsors, who have consistently been so helpful and supportive of us at the Alberta Council on […]

A story that was recently reported in the Edmonton Journal by Sharon Kirkey discusses the mounting anxiety shared by Canadians about the increasing size of the senior population in Canada. The article states, “Canadians have little faith the country’s health system is prepared to handle the needs of a looming “tsunami” of aging boomers, a new poll […]

As reported in the Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, last week, executive director Donna Durand and region 1 director Yvonne Dickson held a “Train the Trainer” Senior Friendly™ training in Grande Prairie, Alberta. They trained five employees of the Freson Bros. Southview IGA. Click here to read the whole article. We are holding another Train the […]

“EDMONTON – To colleagues, Peter McCracken was an inspiring leader and teacher who never failed to show off his great sense of humour. He was known for keeping his students on the edge of their seats at lectures, even when discussing topics considered dry and boring. To senior citizens, he was a kind and caring […]

The old adage of sure things that you cannot avoid has a new addition. You worked all your life. You put a little aside for these ‘golden’ years and now you are having trouble keeping your head above water. Why?, you say. The truth is, although the times they are a changing, you are not […]