Canadian Association Of Retired Persons

• Canadian seniors reconsider retirement amid affordability crisis, waning pandemic concerns

  Canada's affordability crisis is changing retirement across the country. More seniors are choosing to delay theirs or head back to work to make ends meet.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2023
  
• Death of Winnipeg woman waiting for palliative home care renews call for Manitoba seniors’ advocate

  'For this gentleman and his wife, to have had to go through this is just unconscionable.'

  Health

  Mar 2, 2023
  
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• N.S. NDP calls for seniors’ advocate, but group says it’s already doing the work

  The Nova Scotia NDP has introduced legislation to create a seniors' advocate, but a group representing seniors in the province says it's already filling that role.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2022
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• A ‘dual pandemic’: N.S. seniors, COVID-19 and the loneliness that won’t go away

  As Omicron bears down in Nova Scotia, many of the province's elderly residents continue to struggle with feelings of loneliness and isolation.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2022
• Ambulance fees have been waived for COVID-19 patients, but why no one else?

  'This very logic which applies rightly to COVID, should apply to all medical circumstances across the board,' said NDP Leader Gary Burrill.

  Health

  May 5, 2021
• Seniors need more than one-time top-ups if coronavirus pandemic lingers: advocates

  "Canadian seniors have been counting on the much overdue increase to OAS and perhaps never before has that increase been needed so much," CanAge's CEO said.

  Canada

  May 21, 2020
• Seniors group calling for high dose flu vaccines to be more widely available

  High dose flu vaccines, designed for those who are at greater risk of hospitalization and flu-related death, are not part of the publicly-funded program.

  Health

  Nov 6, 2019
• Group calls for greater availability of high-dose flu vaccine in Nova Scotia

  The Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness is rolling out new high dosage vaccinations this flu season for some of the province's most vulnerable citizens.

  Health

  Sep 27, 2018