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Celebrating Carefor’s cream of the crop
May 15, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OTTAWA – For over 115 years, Carefor Health & Community Services has provided excellent home health care and community suppor ...
Caregivers taking on more complex medical tasks
May 09, 2013
BY KAY LAZAR, BOSTON GLOBE
BOSTON — Just listening to Irene Ingemi describe the patchwork system of friends, family, and part-time day-care service ...
New Assisted-Living Program for Pembroke Seniors
May 09, 2013
By Carole Ouellette, Champlain LHIN
Seniors in Pembroke will soon benefit from a new program that will help them stay in their own homes longer. The ...
Discuss your intentions with your favourite organization
May 09, 2013
BY KYLE TINEY, VANCOUVER SUN
VANCOUVER — Bequests are the most common legacy left to Canadian non-profit organizations. However, a vast majority ...
Help falls far short for ‘living widows’ of dementia patients
Apr 29, 2013
BY DAVE BROWN, OTTAWA CITIZEN
OTTAWA — They are prisoners of love who work 24 hours a day without pay or benefits, and thousands live among us unab ...
Carefor auction raises $12,000
Apr 14, 2013
By Stephen Uhler, The Daily Observer
A change in venue seems to have suited the Carefor Health and Community Services fundraising auction, as it mark ...
Cost of caring: is compassion burnout hurting, even killing us?
Apr 08, 2013
BY KELLY EGAN, OTTAWA CITIZEN
Friday, invisibly, was National Caregiver Day.
It has another name in millions of households. It’s called every day. ...
Provinces need to follow through on home care funding commitments: report
Apr 04, 2013
Michelle McQuigge, Times ColumistCanada's provinces and territories talk a good game when it comes to funding in-home health care, but a new report is ...
Carefor auction promises excitement
Apr 04, 2013
Myriam Lublink, The Daily Observer
Volunteers at the Carefor Complex in Pembroke are buzzing with excitement as they prepare items for the 15th annua ...
Canadian Tire owners get behind Hike for Hospice
Apr 04, 2013
Cornwall Seaway News
The emotion of the moment is still painted in stark detail on Angie Lavigne's face.
She recently lost her mother Anna Nicolier ...
I didn’t eat 11 chocolate desserts two weekends ago: Carefor Chocolate Competition
Mar 13, 2013
By Don Chow, FoodiePrints.com
For full post and photos, click here
Our wine blogger, Claire, spending a tortuous morning judging eleven confections ...
I ate 11 chocolate desserts two weekends ago: Carefor Chocolate Competition
Mar 11, 2013
By Claire, Foodieprints.com
For full post and photos, click here.
When the foodiePrints team was asked, once again, to be a judge at the Carefor Hea ...
Support volunteers honoured
Mar 07, 2013
By Eddie Rwema, EMC Ottawa-West
EMC news - About 200 dedicated volunteers from Ottawa Community Support Coalition agencies across Ottawa were recogni ...
Carefor Chocolate Competition - Behind The Scenes
Mar 06, 2013
By Food Gypsy
The scent of chocolate was overwhelming as they threw open the doors to the ticket buying public at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Co ...
Carefor Chocolate Competition - Behind The Scenes
Mar 06, 2013
By Food Gypsy
The scent of chocolate was overwhelming as they threw open the doors to the ticket buying public at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Co ...
Carefor Chocolate Competition - Behind The Scenes
Mar 06, 2013
By Food Gypsy
The scent of chocolate was overwhelming as they threw open the doors to the ticket buying public at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Co ...
Carefor Chocolate Competition - Behind The Scenes
Mar 06, 2013
By Food Gypsy
The scent of chocolate was overwhelming as they threw open the doors to the ticket buying public at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Co ...
Essence Catering takes top prize in first showing at 9th annual Carefor Chocolate Competition
Mar 05, 2013
By Ron Eade, Ottawa Citizen/Blogs/Life/Omnivore's Ottawa
Top of the Hill Bakery retains People’s Choice award
Newcomer Essence Catering on Parkdal ...
Scientists Reveal Treatment for Forgotten Valentine-itus: Chocolate Brunch and Competition
Feb 28, 2013
By Don Chow, foodieprints.com
February 14th passed fourteen days ago, but a number of you are likely suffering from inflammation related to contracti ...
Canadians close their eyes to the staggering cost of elder care
Feb 27, 2013
By Carol Boar, The Toronto Star
No one has to clue how to pay for elder care as the population ages and families stagger under the load.
Every table ...
Four hundred eager chocolate lovers to descend on Ottawa’s best chocolate competition
Feb 27, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ottawa, February 27, 2013 – Carefor Health & Community Services announced today that the 9th annual Carefor Chocolate Competi ...
Four foodie events for your radar on the immediate horizon
Feb 26, 2013
Posted by Ron Eade, Omnivore's Ottawa Blog
In each case, tickets are still available
FEB 26 13 — From chocolate to barbecue, global cuisine to a ...
200 VOLUNTEERS EMPOWERED TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF LOCAL SENIORS
Feb 13, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OTTAWA – February 13, 2013 - Organizers expect 200 volunteers to attend a free one-day conference, scheduled for February 27 ...
R.I.P. Canadian penny: My two cents
Feb 04, 2013
By Paul Sullivan, Metro Canada
Today may seem like any other day, but it isn’t.
Today’s the day the Royal Canadian Mint stops distributing penni ...
Executive Chef Jonny Korecki (Food Network’s Top Chef Canada) joins panel of celebrity judges at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Competition
Feb 01, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ottawa, February 1, 2013 – Carefor Health & Community Services announced today that the 9th annual Carefor Chocolate Competit ...
This year, give the gift that keeps on giving
Jan 30, 2013
A cup filled with fine chocolate & 2 tickets to the Carefor Chocolate Competition where you will sample 12 of the best chocolate desserts in town!
...
Health leaders split on income-based home care fees for seniors
Jan 08, 2013
By Maria Cook, The Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Health-care leaders in Ottawa mostly praised a new report Tuesday on seniors care in Ontario, but one of ...
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