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CARP
THE VOICE FOR SENIORS - WE’VE GOT THE POWER
Carp’s Mandate/Mission:
To promote/protect the rights & quality
of life of Canadian Seniors. To provide practical recommendations for
issues it raises – through advocacy, benefits, community
& the dissemination of information, money saving services & programs
for the 50 plus.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING
GENERAL MEETING OF THE GREATER
SUDBURY CHAPTER
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008
BEGINNING AT
2.00 P.M.
The meeting will take place at the Parkside Centre OACS (Former
Older Adult Centre)
140 Durham Street, Sudbury, Ontario
TOPICS FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL
MEETING INCLUDE:
“FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE” –
Presented by Roland Lavoie, Investment Planning Council
(IPC) Sudbury Division.
The presentation will center around key questions investors should be
asking themselves about the advisor they are currently working with in
light of the tumultuous economic times we live in right now.
“LONG TERM TRAVEL – INSURANCE” – Presented by Leah
Miller, Merit Travel.
Leah will discuss long-term holiday destinations & the need for
adequate Travel Interruption Insurance.
“CARP UPDATES”
- BY DARWIN BRUNNE,CHAIRMAN - SUDBURY
PLAN TO ATTEND
– EVERYONE WELCOME
“Seniors Helping Seniors – You’ve Got The Power”
For Carp information on membership, benefits, contact Darwin Brunne @
866-2145
THE VOICE FOR SENIORS - WE’VE GOT THE POWER

Carp’s Mandate/Mission:
To promote/protect the rights & quality of life of Canadian Seniors. To
provide practical recommendations for issues it raises – through
advocacy, benefits, community & the dissemination of information, money
saving services & programs for the 50 plus.
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CARP
wants to invite all Zoomers to the Aspirin.81mg ZoomerShow
Don't Miss the Aspirin.81mg Zoomer Show
www.zoomershow.com
CARP wants to invite all Zoomers to the Aspirin.81mg
ZoomerShow, November 1st and 2nd at the Direct Energy
Centre on the grounds of the CNE, Toronto.
The Aspirin.81mg ZoomerShow is Toronto's First
Consumer Show & Lifestyle Expo for men and women 45plus.
Sample, learn, discover and play as over 150 Exhibitors
provide information, products, services, advice, lots of
great giveaways, and scintillating free entertainment.
See the Royal Regiment of Canada 22 Member Band open the
show at 9am on November 1, 2008
Experience the Zoomer Fashion show with Canada¹s leading
designers free with your ticket.
See, hear and meet cast members from The Sound Of Music,
Dirty Dancing, A Chorus Line and We Will Rock You free
with your ticket.
Kick back in the Zoomer Lounge; and just in time for the
cold season, Flu Shots for Zoomers courtesy of Toronto
Public Health.
Hear special Musical Performances from the American
Songbook and Quartetto Gelato
If you¹re 45plus, or love or are responsible for someone
who is - plan to attend and take them to the ASPIRIN® 81mg
ZoomerShow!
Admission is FREE for CARP members: All you have to do is
show us your CARP Card or number at the door, or print
this email, or better yet,
click here and print your ticket passes. CARP members
are invited to bring a guest.
CARP is also proud to present the First Annual CARP
Conference‹A New Vision of Aging, hosted by Moses Znaimer,
October 30, 2008. For conference information visit
www.zoomershow.com
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING
GENERAL MEETING OF THE GREATER SUDBURY CHAPTER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
BEGINNING AT 2.00 P.M
The meeting will take place at the Parkside Centre OACS (Former Older
Adult Centre)
140 Durham Street, Sudbury, Ontario
TOPICS FOR THE SEPTEMBER GENERAL MEETING INCLUDE:
“HEALTH CARE SERVICES” – Presented by Frankie Vitone, Senior Director,
Client Services, North East Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)
The presentation will have particular emphasis on Home Care & Placement
Services, relating to Seniors.
“VOLUNTEERING AT SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL” Presented by Natalie
Hortness, Mental Health & Addictions Volunteer Advisor.
“CARP UPDATES” - BY DARWIN BRUNNE,CHAIRMAN - SUDBURY
PLAN TO ATTEND – EVERYONE WELCOME
“Seniors Helping Seniors – You’ve Got The Power”
For Carp information on membership, benefits, contact Darwin Brunne @
866-2145
Welcome to our new issue
of CARPAction Online! With so much going on now in the
public policy arena, and with so many exciting new
developments at CARP, we're increasing our
e-newsletters to two issues each month to help us keep
you fully informed and up to date. Stay tuned – and if
you like what you see, tell a friend!
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CARP
Copyright © 2008 CARP, A New Vision of Aging for
Canada. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to our new issue
of CARPAction Online! With so much going on now in the
public policy arena, and with so many exciting new
developments at CARP, we're increasing our
e-newsletters to two issues each month to help us keep
you fully informed and up to date. Stay tuned – and if
you like what you see, tell a friend!
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Copyright © 2008 CARP, A New Vision of Aging for
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Memorandum
To: CARP Sudbury Chapter Members
From: CARP Sudbury Board
Date: 5/20/2008
Re: Annual General Meeting, Luncheon & Entertainment
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CARP CHAPTER
CARP Sudbury AGM will be held on Wednesday, June 04 2008 @ 12 Noon at
the Howard Johnson Hotel, 50 Brady Street, Sudbury.
Guest Speaker will be His Worship Mayor John Rodriguez.
Topic: Seniors’ Issues, i.e. Seniors’ Housing, Tax Relief.
Election of Board Directors.
Entertainment by: Sudbury’s Rising Stars
Tickets are $13.00 each. Seating is limited so order A.S.A.P.
For tickets: Call Millie Facca 522-1947 OR Irene White 566-5686
OR
Email Irene White:
igwhite@sympatico.ca
Memorandum
To: CARP Sudbury Chapter Members
From: CARP Sudbury Board
Date: 5/9/2008
Re: P.E.T. Scan Lobby
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL CHAPTER IN ITS LOBBYING EFFORTS TO MAKE
P.E.T. SCANS AVAILABLE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF ONTARIO.
THE ONTARIO OMBUDSMAN OFFICE IS NOW LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE, AND IS
REQUESTING PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT A PERSON, OR PERSONS, WHO ARE
SERIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FREE P.E.T. SCANS
IN OUR PROVINCE.
IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE IN THIS POSITION, PLEASE CONTACT:
JOANE DE VARENNES
OFFICE OF ONTARIO OMBUDSMAN
BELL TRINITY SQUARE
483 BAY ST. 10th FLOOR
SOUTH TOWER
TORONTO, ON M5G 2C9
PHONE: 1-800-263-1830
FAX: 1-866-863-2560 (toll free)
Email: info@ombudsman.on.ca
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CARP CHAPTER
May 9, 2008
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: CARP Sudbury Chapter Members
From: CARP Sudbury Board
Date: 5/12/2008
Re: Annual General Meeting & Luncheon
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CARP CHAPTER
CARP Sudbury AGM will be held on Wednesday, June 04 2008 @ 12 Noon at
the Howard Johnson Hotel, 50 Brady Street, Sudbury.
Guest Speaker will be His Worship Mayor John Rodriguez.
Topic: Seniors’ Issues, i.e. Seniors’ Housing, Tax Relief.
Election of Board Directors.
Tickets are $13.00 each.
Seating is limited so order A.S.A.P.
For tickets:
Call Millie Facca 522-1947 OR
Email Irene White
igwhite@sympatico.ca
THE VOICE FOR SENIORS - WE’VE GOT
THE POWER
Carp’s Mandate/Mission:
To promote/protect the rights & quality of life of Canadian Seniors. To
provide practical recommendations for issues it raises – through
advocacy, benefits, community & the dissemination of information, money
saving services & programs for the 50 plus.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING GENERAL MEETING OF THE GREATER
SUDBURY CHAPTER
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 BEGINNING AT 2.00 P.M.
The meeting will take place at the Parkside Centre OACS (Former Older
Adult Centre)
140 Durham Street, Sudbury, Ontario
TOPICS FOR THE APRIL GENERAL MEETING INCLUDE:
“ONTARIO SENIORS SECRETARIAT” – Presented by Mr. Geoff Quirt, Assistant
Deputy Minister, Ministry Of Culture, Ontario
The presentation will center on the Ontario Seniors Secretariat & the
work they do advocating for seniors in Ontario. Reference will be made
to the latest budget proposals & what they did/didn’t contain as well as
questions & answers from the attendees.
“CARP UPDATES” - BY DARWIN BRUNNE,CHAIRMAN - SUDBURY
PLAN TO ATTEND – EVERYONE WELCOME
“Seniors Helping Seniors – You’ve Got The Power”
For Carp information on membership, benefits, contact
Darwin Brunne @ 866-2145
CARP
THE
VOICE FOR SENIORS - WE’VE GOT THE POWER
Carp’s Mandate/Mission:
To promote/protect the rights & quality of life of Canadian Seniors. To
provide practical recommendations for issues it raises – through
advocacy, education, dissemination of information, money saving services
& programs for the 50 plus.
Carp Action Online Latest Issue
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING GENERAL MEETING OF THE GREATER SUDBURY
CHAPTER
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008
BEGINNING AT 2.00 P.M.
The meeting will take place at the Parkside Centre OACS (Former Older
Adult Centre)
140 Durham Street, Sudbury, Ontario
TOPICS FOR THE MARCH GENERAL MEETING INCLUDE:
“SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” – Presented by
Dr. Amanda Hey, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Clinical Lead, Preventative Oncology &
Screening, Sudbury Regional Hospital, Regional Cancer Program. In 2007,
an estimated 7,800 Ontarians were diagnosed with colorectal cancer &
3,250 will die from the disease. Ontario is one of the highest & is the
second leading cause of death. Early detection, colorectal can be cured.
Colon Cancer Check is a new province wide screening program – learn
about the early detection methods.
“GIVE UP PAIN – LEARN HOW TO CONTROL YOUR PAIN WITH OUT DRUGS”
- Presentation/video by Dan Brooks pertaining to healing oneself without
drugs.
“CARP UPDATES” - BY DARWIN BRUNNE,CHAIRMAN - SUDBURY
PLAN TO ATTEND – EVERYONE WELCOME
“Seniors Helping Seniors – You’ve Got The Power”
For Carp information on membership, benefits, contact Darwin Brunne @
866-2145
2/1/2008
WHAT IS POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (P.E.T.) ?
- Positron Emission Tomagraphy is an advanced technology that is safer
and more powerful in diagnosing cancerous cells in the body, than any
other known diagnostic test.
- PET is a test that uses a special camera and special test medicine
(radioactive tracer) to look at all organs of the body. PET is an
advanced cancer scanner that images the metabolic function of your body
and the cancer. This is extremely valuable information that can
potentially save your life!
- All other cancer scanners such as CT. MRI, Mammogram, X-Ray, and
Ultrasound only take a picture of the structure (anatomical) locations
of your cancer. Unlike PET Scan, these cancer scanners cannot determine
if a suspicious tumor is cancer or not.
- A PET Scan will scan your whole body for cancer, show if you have a
suspicious tumor, whether it is cancer or not, show if your cancer has
spread anywhere else in your body, and provides proof that your cancer
treatment has been effective, and monitors your body for cancer
recurrence.
- PET is done to study the brain's blood flow and metabolic activity. It
will help a doctor find nervous system problems, such as Alzheimers
disease, Parkinson's disease, mutiple sclerosis, transient ischematic
attack, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease,
stroke, schizophrenia and elipesy of the brain.
- PET will find some cancers, especially of the breast, brain, lung,
colon, prostate or lymphoma.In its early stages, cancer may show up more
clearly on a Pet Scan than on a CT scan or an MRI. It helps a doctor to
chose the best treatment for cancer, and determine whether surgery can
be done to remove the tumor.
- PET can find blood flow to the heart, which may be able to determine
cornary artery disease. It can find damaged heart tissue, especially
after a heart attack. It will help choose the best treatment for a
person with heart disease, such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Pet Scan will eventually replace many of existing diagnostics such as
CT and MRI once doctors are familiar with the use and positive results
from this diagnostic.
- Over 90% of the world wide use for PET is now used in the
investigation and management of cancer and is the accepted world wide
standard diagnostic for cancer patients.
- The Province of Ontario believes that the diagnostic is still
experimental, and does not fund PET Scans for it's citizens. The
Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine has determined that the current
tests of the Ministry Of Health are unethical, and the MOH is fully
aware of their concern. Quebec, on the other hand has an average of 209
scans per 100,000 population and are expanding the use of PET. All other
provinces are in the process of funding PET Scans. It is unacceptable
that this technology is not funded and available to all Ontario
citizens.
- It is now generally accepted that 60-80% of residents have some form
of cognitive impairment. In 2005, 140,000 Ontarians had Alzheimers
disease or related dimentia.The number is expected to double to 307,000,
in next 25 years. ( Alzheimer Society of Ontario, Position Paper on Casa
Verde Recommendations, Sept.2005).In an earlier study conducted by Price
Waterhouse Coopers in 2001, 53% of Ontario's LTC residents were
diagnosed with Alzheimer/dimentia. Implementation of PET scans will
enable early detection of the disease and outcomes will be better,
thereby reducing number of patients in LTC.
- The people of Ontario have for many years donated funds for the
purpose of eliminating the significant loss of life related to cancer!
When a technology has proven to better effect the outcome of the
diagnose of this scourge, and other diseases, citizens expect that the
government will implement the use of equipment or drugs, that will
alleviate the problem. The current government's failure to act in the
face of irrefutable evidence is unprecedented, and will surely affect
the future donations to cancer research and others, as well as undermine
the confidence of the Liberals to act in our best interests.
- The Province of Ontario must immediately make the PET Scan available
to all citizens and provide the neccessary funding to hospitals for
equipment and cost of the scans. Last year the Province had a surplus of
$2.3 billion, and we urge the government to immediately fund PET Scans
and to finance the purchase of PET Scan equipment and strategically
placed Cyclotrons at all major hospitals. In particular, NorthEastern
Ontario with it's unusually high incidents of cancer, require this
diagnostic in the Sudbury Regional Hospital in conjunction with the
current construction phase.
Information and Resources:
- Letter from Dr. David Webster,MD, FRCPC, Medical Director, Nuclear
Medicine, Sudbury Regional Hospital
- WEB MD http://www.webmd.com
- Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com
- TRIUMF Positron Emission Emission Tomography
http://www.triumf.ca/welcome/petscan.html
- Medisys Health Group Private CT Scan in Montreal
http://www.medisys.ca/medical-imaging/ct-scan.html
- Nuclear Medicine www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=Pet&bhcp=1
- CareImaging PET Scan Clinic
www.careimaging.com/adwords-cancer.html?gelid=CNi9rJrRo
- YOU STAYING YOUNG: The Owner's Manual For Extending Your Warranty
Authors - Dr. Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
#1 on New York Times Bestsellers List
Quote from "You Staying Young", page 27
- "While many diseases and conditions have genetic elements to them,
memory conditions have some of the strongest genetic indicators. For
example, a PET (positron-emission tomography) scan, which records images
of the brain as it functions, reveals evidence of early Alzheimer's when
it identifies that the brain is misusing energy. This abnormality is
caused by illness of the mitochondria which is genetically determined.
But the truth is that even if your genes have decided to give you a life
of serious forgetfulness, you do have the ability to control these genes
so your mind is strong, your brain functions at full power, and you
remember everything from the crucial details of your life to whether or
not you turned off the oven -- even when your birthday candles reach
triple digits."
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CARP SUDBURY CHAPTER – FOR THE FIFTY- PLUS
The Board Needs Your Help
To Help Stuff Next Newsletter
For all 4000+ Members
IMPORTANT NEWSLETTER
CONTAINS INFO ON THE START OF OUR LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR
P.E.T. SCAN AT SUDBURY LAURENTIAN HOSPITAL
DATE: WED. MARCH 12/08
LOCATION: MARGUERITE LOUGHEED CENTRE
ADDRESS: ALBERT ST.
TIME: 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
R.S.V.P.
IRENE WHITE 566-5686
(even1-2 hours would be helpful!)
Many Hands Make light Work!
CARP SUDBURY CHAPTER –
FOR THE FIFTY- PLUS
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008
2:00 P.M.
PARKSIDE OLDER ADULT CENTRE
(in YMCA Building , Durham St.)
PROGRAM: “DRIVEWISE”
(Driver Safety Program for seniors presented by Sudbury Police. An
excellent video followed by Question Period)
DOOR PRIZES & 50/50 DRAW
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A SOUP AND SANDWICH
IN THE CAFETERIA (COST: $3.50)
ENTERTAINMENT
12 NOON – 1:30 P.M.
SEE YOU THERE NEXT THURSDAY!
THE VOICE FOR SENIORS - WE’VE GOT THE POWER
Carp’s Mandate/Mission:
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