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Snow Removal for Seniors & Persons with Disabilities
The snow removal program is available to seniors (65 years of age or older) and persons with disabilities in Halifax Regional Municipality. The program is NOT available to landlords. You must reside in a single dwelling home that you own or rent.
NOTE: Registration for the program closes December 15th
In order to register, please call: 1.902.558.1049 (toll free) or 864.2165
For more information visit www.halifax.ca/services/seniorssnow.html
New Problem Gambling Website
The Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection has launched the new Problem Gambling website for Addiction Services. This website will provide you with the most recent information on causes and signs of problem gambling, as well as practical strategies for changing gambling behaviours.
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A research study of Activity Patterns of Older Adults with Chronic Health Conditions
- Do you live with a physical health condition that restricts you from participating in previously enjoyed leisure activities (e.g., arthritis, stroke, heart/lung disease, cancer)?
- In spite of these activity restrictions, have you been able to take up a new leisure activity?
- Are you 65 years old or older?
If you answered yes to the above questions, then we need you!
What if I decide to participate or want more information?
Please contact:
Dr. Susan HutchinsonSchool of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University
494-1163, Susan.Hutchinson@dal.ca
Lieutenant Governor’s Intergenerational Award:
Generations Growing Together
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The Department of Seniors is very pleased to work in partnership with the Halifax Rotary Club and the Youth Secretariat to recognize volunteers who bring generations together and promote a culture of caring and understanding via this new award, entitled the Lieutenant Governors’ Intergenerational Award: Generations Growing Together.
The awards recognize volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to seniors and youth in our communities and is designed to foster interaction and bonding between Nova Scotians of different ages by celebrating and promoting inspiring intergenerational programs which currently exist in communities across the province.
This year’s awards will be presented on October 17, 2007 at the Harbourside Terrace Room, Holiday Inn Harbourview, 101 Wyse Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Department of Health Next Set Of Care Bed Contracts Awarded December 17, 2007 11:47 Contracts have been awarded for another 75 of the more than 800 new long-term care beds being added to Nova Scotia's continuing-care system by 2010. «More» |
Department of Justice Crime Prevention Strategy Launched December 10, 2007 13:20 Communities across Nova Scotia are getting help to make their neighbourhoods safer places to live, work and raise their families. «More» |
Department of Health Long-Term Care Bed Contracts Awarded December 7, 2007 12:33 Contracts have been awarded to build and operate 552 of the more than 800 new long-term care beds being added to Nova Scotia's continuing-care system by 2010. «More» |
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