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-    The Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) is delighted to share that a 40 minute DVD of key messages from the groundbreaking symposium titled Supportive Housing: The Winning Formula for Supportive People and Sustaining the Health Care System is now available!

-    The symposium, organized in partnership with the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA),brought together leading experts from around the world and across Canada who described their first-hand experiences with the varying shapes, sizes, and models of supportive housing and the range of supportive housing options for different needs groups (including people with mental disabilities).
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-    For easy access to the symposium highlights DVD it is posted on the CRNCC website:
-    http://www.crncc.ca/knowledge/events/SupportiveHousingSymposium.html

Unique Resource Now Available For Aging Canadians!

Those of you who have subscribed to The Caregiver since 1996 know the story about my 14-year caregiving journey with my father–and the impetus for starting Caregiver Network.
You may also know that for the past 12 years I have created web sites, resources and tools for both family and professional caregivers – for example, this newsletter, seminars and the Long Term Care Planner to name a few.
But I wanted to do on the subjects of aging and long term care planning. As caregivers and family members, parents and employers we cannot forget that we need to plan for our own aging and care needs, because we know that governments will not and cannot provide all the care we might need, want - or expect.
Well, the time has come, the work has been done and I am delighted to welcome you to the Long Term Care Planning Network’s new Online Storefront.
Click on our scrolling product lineup to view these unique tools and resources:

Long Term Care: A Practical Planning Guide For Canadians/Resource CD
The LTC Guidebook is a thorough, but easy to read education tool for families and professionals. In a concise and powerful way, it provides an overview of long term care and why it is essential for all Canadians to plan for their future care needs.

LTC Resource CD (Also sold separately)
A truly remarkable resource for Canadians not available anywhere else! The CD contains over 500 resources - including web sites, books, newsletters, magazines, articles, videos, software tools and health kits - that address the health care, personal, social, emotional, financial and legal aspects of long term care.

It’s never too early to start the care conversation…A Guide For Adult Children & Their Parents
It can be difficult for adult children to start asking questions about their parents’ financial situation, or to suggest a change in a parent’s lifestyle. This pamphlet creates a bridge between parents and children to enable a caring, non-confrontational conversation about the need for care planning.

LTC (Long Term Care) Readiness Questionnaire & User Guide
The Readiness Questionnaire is a guide to ensure that you have asked yourself the critical care questions, and have answered them to the best of your ability at a certain point in time. Planning ahead allows you to have more control over your family’s and your own future care requirements.

Critical Illness and Long Term Care Planner
Now in its fifth printing, we have added new sections on care planning and care financing solutions. The Planner remains the most comprehensive critical or long term care information management tool available anywhere.
As well as exploring all our new products, you can also download a comprehensive product and service catalogue.
Thank you for your continued support. It is because of the care that Canadians so unselfishly perform that I have created the Long Term Care Planning Network and all our new resources.
From the day I launched Caregiver Network in 1996, my goal was to make caregivers’ and seniors’ lives easier. I hope I have succeeded.
Please tell me what you think.

The Caregiver is published quarterly by the
LTC Planning Network Inc.

Founder/Publisher: Karen Henderson
LTC Planning Network Products/Services
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Individual/Family Consulting • Newsletters • Corporate Eldercare Programs
Long Term Care Planner • Content Creation/Licensing • Financial Services Education Programs
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For 35 years, the London & District Distress Centre (LDDC) has been providing confidential telephone support to members of our community in distress or crisis. Trained volunteers answer calls, 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days-a-year.

At LDDC:
• we accept that calls are made at the caller’s initiative.
• we respond to callers with non-judgmental, empathetic listening and understanding.
• we refer callers to other service providers, when appropriate.
- Funded by United Way and City of London
If you are in crisis and need to speak with someone, contact:
DISTRESS LINE  519 - 667- 6711

SENIORS HELPLINE  519 - 667- 6600
WHY SHOULD YOU CALL?
If you . . .
• feel alone and are in need of a friendly ear
• are in need help sorting out a problem
• require information on seniors’ services in the community
• are in need support in helping an elderly loved one
• or are experiencing any physical, emotional,
financial abuse or neglect
. . . please contact the Seniors Helpline immediately at 519-667-6600.

Founded in 2003, the Seniors Community Association consists of seniors and service providers who work collaboratively to address issues relevant to seniors in the City of London

78 Riverside Drive
(Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre)
London, Ontario N6H 1B4
Contact: Jean Knight
Tel.: 519-963-4567

We will be posting an interview of Michelle Gatt by Today’s Senior on May 30th, 2007 this week.