Equinoxe Life Care Solutions is hosting a free six week program, My Tool Box, the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) self management course for people living with chronic illness and their loved ones. Through fun, practical exercises participants build strategies for living well with chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc. Emphasis is on coping strategies and skills such as establishing realistic, good exercise and nutrition routines, relaxation techniques and communicating effectively with their health care teams.

My Tool Box, the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) was first developed at Stanford University and is now offered in more than nine languages throughout the world. Trained and certified volunteers who have chronic diseases themselves facilitate the workshops. More than two decades of research shows that CDSMP can make a real difference; participants’ who complete the workshop often feel less fatigue and pain, have fewer emergency room visits and hospital stays. Many people find they have higher energy levels, use better coping strategies, and feel greater confidence when communicating with health care professionals.

The session runs May 2^nd to June 6^th – Mondays from 1:30-4:00 at 4823 Sherbrooke St. West, suite 110.  It will be offered in English only. For more information call Patricia at 514-619-5074

Did you know..:

• Elderly women are more often victims of their children than elderly men?
• Close to 60% of reported abuse cases are financial?
• In Quebec, 80% of fraud cases committed by telephone are of persons aged 60 and over?

The Crime Prevention  Association of Toronto has created a multidimensional quiz that can help highlight some key points and misunderstandings when it comes to fraud.  Take the quiz online or download the PDF to find out if you can identify, prevent and stop fraud if faced with it.

Online quiz: http://abcfraud.ca/

PDF version: http://abcfraud.ca/English_1.pdf

Did you know that close to 1/4 of all nursing home admissions are related to improper self-administration of medications?  Stay at home with Equinoxe’s MedSmart medication dispenser.  MedSmart helps ensure that you get the right medication at the right dose at the right time.  Call 514-935-2600 or email info@equinoxe.ca for more information.