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Chapter 36 acknowledges Jeff Scott from Steckley-Gooderham Funeral Home for his generous support in the production of this newsletter.

next page previous page next page WHAT’S INSIDE Connecting With The Chair...... 3 MIDLAND BRUNCH Ontario Government Failing To & THEATRE TRIP Provide Adequate Home Care MAY 3, 2020 Supports, Says Study...... 4 Enjoy brunch at the Brooklea Golf Bee City...... 5 & Country Club before proceeding to the Midland Cultural Centre All Is Well, Even When We Are where the Huronia Players In The Messiness Of Grief...... 6 Presents: The 5 Stages Of Care...... 8 The Old Man and the Old Moon (a Folk Musical) General Spring Property and named a “Critic’s Pick”. Maintenance...... 10 COST: $60/PERSON Bliss Beneath...... 12 and Deadline for signup is April 15th. includes Bus, Brunch, Theatre & all taxes Reducing Stress While Selling Bus leaves from parking lot behind the Your Home...... 13 Canadian Tire Store on Bayfield Street at Barrie HomeShare...... 14 10:30 SHARP If you have any Be Green Show ...... 16 questions, don’t hesitate Snow Angels...... to contact Sharon at 17 705.252.9221, CARP 705.252.4756 or email [email protected] CHAPTER 36 MEETING SCHEDULE Member meetings now being held at Sheba Shrine Hall 142 John Street, just off Anne St. (doors open at 6:00pm)

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 - 6:30 p.m. • JOCELYN LALONDE, SR. Program Advisory Specialist, ON Ministry of Finance “Get Tax Season Ready”. Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 - 6:30 p.m. • GREG TAYLOR M.ED.RP “Self-Care for Caregivers”.

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 - 6:30 p.m. • MAYOR JEFF LEHMAN “2020 and the Next 20 Years”. • Guests are welcome • Light refreshments are provided • Bring a loonie or toonie for the 50/50 draw • Meetings are free of charge

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ow! So much to talk about and hopefully and where to start? would do well W here. Basically This year we have completely changed our approach to our Be Green Show on volunteers May 9th in that we will be focusing on the will help clear students of Simcoe County from public, windrows (the to secondary, to college, in showcasing huge piles of snow their projects for the environment. Young deposited at the end of your driveway people are and should be leading the by the plows) for the disabled, the sick charge as they will inherit all the fallout and for seniors no longer up to the from previous generation’s mistakes, even task. I know I usually have no problem though we did not realize how damaging shovelling my driveway but this often some of those mistakes would be. Check does not compare to the heavy snow and out page 16 for more information on sometimes chunks of ice deposited at the this event. It will also feature the Change end by snow plows. Agents Program which commenced at In other news, you will be happy to know the Shanty Bay Public School four years that CARP Head Office has taken back ago and which I strongly feel should be control of Membership (previously had implemented across the County. farmed it out to a second party) and I We had another huge win in that the think most of us are going to appreciate Province of Ontario finally officially how improved responses to our questions recognized Co-housing in November will be, among other things. and you can find it on their site under Further, CARPs President, Moses Znaimer Innovative Housing. We all know there will be launching a huge Campaign on is a dearth of affordable housing in Feb. 27th about our Healthcare System or this Province, and not just for seniors. the lack thereof, in many cases. We spend Another huge social problem is isolation vast sums of money and our outcomes and the UK even went so far as to appoint do not fare well in comparison to other a Minister of Isolation. This is only one Countries with Universal Health Care. of the many problems Co-housing helps Make sure to watch for Ads and mentions to solve and suddenly there is a huge on Social Media. If you have stories spike of interest in this possible solution you wish heard then please contact us. for some of our citizens. There are many I want to make it clear that we are not meetings going on with the Province, the denigrating our doctors, nurses and other County and charities to come up with dedicated health care workers, it is the some answers. whole system that has to be changed. Also, check out the article on Home Share, When something is no longer working, a pilot project the City is creating to match that thing needs to change and we no students and seniors. This has worked longer have the luxury of being patient. successfully in Toronto so why not here? Wishing you all a wonderful Spring! Secondly, there is also a new Volunteer Your Chair Organization called Snow Angels which Gwen Kavanagh has worked well in London, Ontario CARP Chapter 36 The Barrie CARP Connector - 3 - www.barriecarp.org SPRING EDITION 2020 [email protected] previous page next page ADVOCACY Ontario Government Failing To Provide Adequate Home Care Supports, Says Study

recent study published in a prestigious international medical journal drives homeA just how broken the experience of transitioning from hospital to home care is for patients in Ontario. Following over 700 patients through the health care system over the past 3 years, the study discovered that the three biggest problems they faced all concern publicly funded home care. People who qualify for home care are not Among 52 factors, the single greatest able to access it, and those who do receive concern across geography, age, gender and visits from care providers find there is not ethnic groups was “not enough publicly enough time allowed for appropriate care.” funded home care services to meet the The study was led by Dr. Tara Kiran, a need.” The second and third highest family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital rated problems were home care supports in conjunction with Health Quality not being in place when returning from Ontario. The team of researchers hope the hospital, and “having to advocate to get findings will encourage improvements enough home care.” in the hospital-to-home transition—a “It is no surprise that home care is a difficult journey undertaken by 1 million top concern for patients,” says Marissa patients each year in Ontario. Kiran is Lennox, CARP’s Chief Policy Officer, “A hopeful that Ontario’s new Health Teams majority of our members want to continue will provide an opportunity to improve on to live at home, but need support to do these findings. so. Unfortunately, the needs of patients – Posted in Health, Homecare, In The News who require home care are not being met.

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hen Barrie residents the easiest way to nest, so often they will learned that pollinators choose an existing hole. Ware struggling globally to In the spring, bees enter the cavity and survive, they turned to Bee City Canada divide the tunnel into sections for the for solutions. In 2019, Barrie was named as larvae. Each section has eggs and pollen, the 30th Bee City in Canada. which is then sealed with a mud. Eggs Bee City is a designation that connects hatch into larvae during the summer, people, places and pollinators. Our pupate, and then overwinter before commitment is to develop, restore and starting the process again in the spring. preserve pollinator friendly habitat, This year, along with additional bee hotels provide community education and to and pollinator patches, residents can look celebrate our pollinators. for more exciting opportunities and new The Bee City Barrie initiative is led by the resource materials on www.barrie.ca. City’s Parks and Forestry section. Barrie’s Bee City Barrie will be at the Barrie Public first project was to install a Bee Hotel in Library’s Seedy Saturday on March 14th Sunnidale Park. and Celebrate Barrie on June 6th. Look A Bee Hotel caters to bees that build to the next issue for more details about nests as opposed to hives. The structure our Pollinator Week Kick Off event at is filled with materials such as sticks with Sunnidale Park on June 20th. drilled holes or hollow grasses. Bees seek

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recently read in Psychology Today, that grief can feel all-encompassing Iand is not limited to the loss of people; it can follow the loss of an animal companion, the loss of a job or other important things in our and companions whom they had said lives. That was a relief for me, because goodbye to in the past. We talked about recently I said goodbye to my favorite the fact that as a society we leave very furry companion, Bubbles. I fell apart little room to grieve and especially for and felt the unfairness of life washing our furry companions or things that, to over me. Initially I felt silly about the others may not seem significant. Our overwhelming feelings I had to retreat conversations reminded me that it was from the world, sell my house because ok to cry wherever and whenever the that is where she lived with me, escape need arose. the very world I lived in and speak to Psychology Today noted that grief no one. I even reminded my husband is a very complex emotion and has in deep sadness one night that I felt no formula or expiration date. The more joy coming home to Bubbles article noted that grief is sometimes when she was alive than I did him. compounded by feelings of guilt and My husband, one must know, is a very confusion over a loss especially if the loving and beautiful soul and I love relationship was difficult. Grief can him deeply, however my connection last months or years and without help to him was different to my connection or support grief can lead to isolation to Bubbles and thankfully in his own and chronic loneliness, which I would magnificence he was not offended by suggest then leads to illness, both mental my comments, recognizing that it was and physical. I can certainly attest to this coming from a place of great loss and because for a while all I wanted to do grief. My feelings of silliness for how I was to talk about Bubbles, because not to was feeling dissipated when I had some talk about her meant that she would be beautiful people respond to my pain by forgotten and the last thing I wanted the having coffee with me and sharing their world to do was to forget her. It made me stories about their favorite furry friends continued on next page The Barrie CARP Connector - 6 - www.barriecarp.org SPRING EDITION 2020 [email protected] previous page next page continued from previous page feel guilty to feel good and not talk about wise, so I began seeking out others who her. If my friends and other grieving could listen and share my story. I came to supports did not allow me to share my learn that we are never alone in our grief stories about her, I too would want to or ever. In fact, we are a social species isolate myself so that I could be allowed and it is rare for us not to experience to grieve in private. Or worse, I would hardships of any kind. I have learned that have buried it and have it come out in grief has value and one of those values is a inopportune moments in fits of anger very clear reminder that I cared and loved and frustration toward others. deeply. We sometimes forget our capacity Psychology Today noted the fact that to care and love when we are caught up many symptoms of grief overlap with in our day to day grind of life. We forget those of depression. There is sadness and what we truly mean to each other and oftentimes the loss of the capacity for how valuable we truly are, grief is a great pleasure. Insomnia, and loss of interest reminder of that. Bubbles taught me a lot, in eating and taking care of oneself also but I did not quite formulate those lessons arise. These symptoms do tend to lessen as teachings until her death. In other over time. words her death solidified all of the things she had been teaching me all of her What to do when we feel grief was life with me, which I ignored or missed certainly a quest of mine. I learned that while she was teaching me. Her life had suppressing and isolating myself is not continued on page 8

The Barrie CARP Connector - 7 - www.barriecarp.org SPRING EDITION 2020 [email protected] previous page next page continued from page 7 meaning and when I focused on that, my knowing that joy was just one of those sadness lessened. lessons she had been trying to teach There are many cultures that embrace me in her living. As a yogi I knew that grief and in fact, make it a part of life and Bubbles was only gone in physical form allow it to take its course in whatever way and that I could reach her in meditation it needs to. They see no need to suppress if I could get myself into the right state, or to deny it. So I cried wherever and so I meditated, I got even more physical, whenever I felt the need to. I cried in I brought myself into yoga as often as the grocery store, the coffee shop, my I could and spoke to her as often as I office or wherever Bubbles came to mind could. It has been just over one month and the lump formed in my throat and now since her passing on Christmas the tears welled in my eyes. I figured Eve 2019, I have come a long way in my my expression of tears gave others the grief and can honestly say that I have permission to cry for their own losses, allowed joy to return to my mind and whatever they might be. I searched my body, while at the same time feeling for the things that would allow me to deep sadness and the missing of her. I am feel closer to my loss and my joy. For sitting with all of those feelings knowing example, in addition to my tears I have that all is well. danced and sang more since her death – Joanna M. Shaw BA (Hons.), LLB, than I have done in quite some time LLM (ADR), MES

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pring cleaning is a common thing signs of mold and water damage. When in that many people do as spring doubt call a reputable home inspector who Sapproaches. The warmer weather will give your home a good once over and gives us a boost of energy to clean out the report back to you with recommendations. clutter and get our home in order before 4) Inspect The Basement the nice weather hits. We all know that the basement is prone to 1) Spring Cleaning issues, especially after the seasons change. Spring is a good time to clean areas of the Check for cracks in the cement walls and house that often go neglected. Dust or look for signs of leaks. While you are down vacuum chair rails, window casings, tops there, it’s also a good idea to check your of wall-mounted cabinets and ceiling fans. sump pump, check the washing machine Launder or dry-clean fabric draperies and hoses, inspect the basement windows for use a damp cloth to clean wood and vinyl mold and leaks, and look for signs of pests. blinds. Vacuum upholstered furniture and 5) Look For Leaks And Signs mattresses and consider renting a carpet Of Mold cleaner – anything you can do to remove settled dust, mites, and allergens will make Building on the previous point, looking for a cleaner, and healthier, home. There for leaks and mold is important in all areas are many service providers available who of your home. Take the time to inspect all can help you should you not be able to windows, doors, bathrooms, and other some of these chores on your own. areas where water damage could occur. 2) Check The AC And Furnace Address mold issues immediately. If you have a large amount of mold, contact a Spring is the perfect time to make sure mold remediation company to dispose of your air conditioner or central air unit the mold properly. is working efficiently and ready for the 6) Work Safely summer. Check all the connections and if necessary have it serviced. Replace Don’t forget safety first when attempting that dusty air filter in your furnace. to get your house in order. Call on a I recommend a professional HVAC professional if the job is a bit out of your technician inspect all of the operating comfort level. I always leave the difficult controls and safeties to ensure trouble or technically challenging items to the free operation. I do this annually. I call it professionals who know what they are “peace of mind” maintenance. doing. It is something I definitely need to 3) Head Up To The Attic budget for but the benefit is it frees up my time for the things I can do and like to do. After a cold winter, it’s important to check the attic to make sure no leaks have Roger L’Ecuyer, Mortgage Broker developed. You will also want to make Silverline For Seniors sure no mice, insects or other critters have [email protected] nested over the winter. Check to make sure the insulation is intact and look for The Barrie CARP Connector - 10 - www.barriecarp.org SPRING EDITION 2020 [email protected] previous page next page previous page next page Bliss Beneath

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utting your home on the market can be one of the most stressful Pventures of your life. It makes perfect sense, when you consider that your home is probably the biggest investment you’ve made. A lot of money is on the line, and you know it’s possible your home may sit on the market for a while — or it may not sell for as much as it should. To make your home more attractive and add perceived value for potential buyers it’s important to show your home at its clean slate helps buyers to visualize their best by reducing clutter, putting away furnishing in the rooms. personal photographs, and keeping it Consider using a painting company who tidy while it’s on the market. Homes that can help you to choose the perfect colour, look worn and tattered tend to stay on repair defects on the walls and caulk the the market longer. If a house shows well, trim before applying top quality paint you most likely will get a higher offer in a that’s appropriate for each surface (matte shorter time frame. for living areas, satin or semi-gloss for The most cost-effective update you can trims and doors and proper ceiling paint.) do is to paint – there is no question that it They can have it done much quicker than gives you the highest return on investment most homeowners after all they do it all than any other home improvement. A day every day. professional paint job in a light neutral Once your home is renewed relax – as best instills freshness, hides visual defects you can – while the offers come in. and tells buyers the home has been well Bev Morgan maintained. Light colours open the space Fresh Look Painting Services and make rooms appear larger, plus a

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ffordable housing and social isolation are two complex issues in support of the community and our AGeorgian College and the City students,” said MaryLynn West-Moynes, of Barrie hope to address with a new social Georgian President and CEO. “It’s truly impact program called Barrie HomeShare. a win-win partnership. Together, we can Through The Shift Government Project, address some very complex social issues, Georgian’s Centre for Changemaking providing our students with a rich learning and Social Innovation has entered into experience and a home.” a partnership with Barrie’s Office of the There is also great potential for the Mayor to tackle these issues together program to provide opportunities for field under the leadership of Martin Rochon, placements, co-ops, and other learning Social Impact Projects Coordinator. experiences for students down the road. The HomeShare program, which is “This is about helping seniors age well at currently operated out of the City of home, helping students find housing, and Toronto by the National Institute for Care helping residents get affordable, nutritious of the Elderly, in partnership with the food through innovative partnerships City of Toronto and University of Toronto that tackle root causes,” said Mayor Jeff matches 55+ adults wishing to share their Lehman, City of Barrie. home with local university or college To learn more about Barrie students seeking affordable housing. HomeShare, contact Martin Rochon at In exchange for reduced rent, the student [email protected]. provides companionship and/or assistance with completing light household tasks, such as preparing and sharing meals, tidying up, carrying groceries, or walking a pet. The HomeShare program in Toronto has a fully developed framework, and employs a social worker as a “helpline” for each match in case they need any assistance. Georgian and the City of Barrie are scaling this program and will aim at making 10 Ontario Electricity matches for September 2020. The program Support Program will be open to all students, both domestic There’s assistance for and international. low-income households “Georgian and the City of Barrie are 1-855-831-8151 already great partners and this is another (toll-free within ON) example of how we can work together The Barrie CARP Connector - 14 - www.barriecarp.org SPRING EDITION 2020 [email protected] previous page next page

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new online tool has arrived in with Snow Angels Canada to customize Barrie that will help connect it for Barrie residents. As the platform volunteers with those needing has just launched in Barrie, the City is snowA removal assistance. Snow Angels currently encouraging residents to sign up Canada (https://snowangelscanada.ca/) is as volunteers at snowangelscanada.ca to an online platform where residents who grow the program. require assistance with snow shovelling can To register your snow clearing post a request for service and volunteers in request or as a volunteer to help their area can reach out to help. your neighbours in need, please visit Although the City does not own or operate https://snowangelscanada.ca/ the online platform, City staff have worked By: BarrieToday Staff Moving? Moved? Need To Update Your Membership Information? To manage your CARP membership: Go to www.carp.ca & click on MyCarp OR Write to: CARP, PO Box 940 Stn Main, Markham, ON L3P 9Z9 OR Telephone Member Support: 1.833.211.2277 Toll Free: 1.888.363.2279 Local: 416.363.8748 OR e-mail to: [email protected]

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