“If you loved our Messer A TRUE CANADIANJubilee, then you must see this SMASH HIT! outstanding tribute show!” says Don Tremaine, VOLUME 105 OCTOBER 2003 Scott Woods TV Host, Don Messer Jubilee Canadian Fiddle Champion Welcome New Minister! Staff of the Senior Citizens’ Secretariat welcomes the Honourable Angus MacIsaac as Chair of the Senior Citizens’ Secretariat. Mr. MacIsaac has served as a member of the Secretariat during Memories of a the past four years and is already familiar with DONMESSER seniors issues. Mr. MacIsaac was born June 4, 1943 in London, Marie Gogo Juno winner JUBILEE Tom Leadbeater England. He is a graduate of the Nova Scotia A 2-HOUR CELEBRATION OF CANADA’S Teachers College, Truro and has his Bachelor FAVOURITE TOE-TAPPING MUSICAL TV SHOW of Arts degree from St. Francis Xavier featuring the 6-Man Heritage All-Star Band University, Antigonish. ★ The unforgettable Messer Sound ★ "Marg & Charlie" His employment history includes teaching ★ ★ Colourful Buchta-style Dancers Sensational Stepdancing high school in Calgary, Canso, Guysborough AND MUCH MORE!! and Antigonish. As well as, a woodlot owner, Cornwallis Christmas tree farmer, blueberry grower and Friday, Nov. 14@7pm Peace Centre Theatre 532-7704 maple syrup producer. Liverpool Mr. MacIsaac was first elected to the Legislative Saturday, Nov. 15@7pm Astor Theatre 354-5250 Assembly in 1969, at the age of 25; re-elected in Halifax 1970. Returned to Nova Scotia legislature with Sunday, Nov. 16@2pm Rebecca Cohn Theatre 494-3820 election in July 1999; re-elected in 2003. We look forward to working with Mr. MacIsaac Cabinet duties have included Minister of: “Since 1995, Canada’s most as we continue to meet the challenges of an aging authentic Don Messer tribute show!” Education; Housing and Municipal Affairs. population and develop new initiatives as outlined He has been Minister responsible for the in the Blueprint document. administration of the Youth Secretariat Act. He is a past president of the Nova Scotia We also welcome a new member, Honourable Progressive Conservative Association. Barry Barnet, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, to the Secretariat who will Community involvement includes: past chairman join the other members who are: Honourable of the Strait of Canso Industrial Development David Morse, Minister of Community Services; Tickets now Authority, volunteer with Antigonish Minor Honourable Jamie Muir, Minister of Education; Hockey Association, Nova Scotia Minor Hockey and Honourable Rodney MacDonald, Minister of Association, Canadian Association for Community Tourism and Culture, Minister of the Office of on sale! Living and St. Ninian's Roman Catholic Church. Health Promotion. He is married to Mary Ann MacIsaac and they have two children. 36 1 TelNova Scotia to Develop Urinary Incontinence Thank You Lord Injury Prevention Strategy The International Continence Society defines For Giving Us The Ability To Laugh at Ourselves urinary incontinence as “the complaint of any Office of Health Promotion The following are actual announcements taken involuntary leakage of urine”. Rather than being May 30, 2003 from church bulletins: simply an inconvenience, incontinence causes The Office of Health Promotion will work with misery to many people, young and old. The 1. This afternoon there will be a meeting in its many partners in communities, the health- Secretariat Newsletter leakage of even tiny amounts of urine (or just the south and north end of the church. care sector and government to develop a the fear of having an accident) can ruin Children will be baptized at both ends. provincial injury prevention strategy. The Secretariat Newsletter is published someone’s life. The effect on quality of life is 2. Tuesday at 4 p.m. there will be an considerable, and may result in people avoiding Injury is the leading cause of death for four times a year by the Senior Citizens’ ice cream social. All ladies giving milk, activities such as leaving their home, using Nova Scotians during the first 45 years of please come early. Secretariat and distributed free of charge. public transport, and having sex. life, according to The Economic Burden of We welcome letters, articles, and items of 3. Wednesday the Ladies Liturgy Society will Unintentional Injury in Atlantic Canada, It can lead to depression and social isolation. meet. Mrs. Johnson will sing “Put Me In a report released, May 30, by the Atlantic interest from you. Please include your The effect on frail older people can be My Little Bed” accompanied by the pastor. disastrous and can mean the difference between Network for Injury Prevention (ANIP). name, address, and telephone number on 4. Thursday at 5 p.m., there will be a independence at home and moving to live in The report calls for a co-ordinated strategy, meeting of the Little Mothers Club. all correspondence. a care home. Exactly how many people have guided by strong leadership and collaborative All those wishing to become Little Mothers continence problems is not known, but may be efforts across injury prevention groups. Work on The Senior Citizens’ Secretariat was please meet the minister in his study. as high as 50 per cent of the very oldest section the provincial strategy began at the first meeting established in 1980 to facilitate the of the population and those living in care settings. 5. This being Easter Sunday, we will ask of the Nova Scotia Chapter of ANIP on June 20. Mrs. Johnson to come forward and lay planning and development of services Many people don’t report problems to their “We can do something about this,” said Rodney an egg on the altar. health care workers or carers, for a variety of MacDonald, Minister of Health Promotion. and programs for seniors by coordinating reasons. People are often embarrassed to discuss 6. Services will close with “Little Drops of “The cost of unintentional injuries is enormous, plans, policies, and programs presented such an intimate subject and may believe that Water.” One of the ladies will start quietly both financially and, more importantly, in there isn’t really any effective treatment. Many and then the rest will join in. terms of human suffering and loss. To make a by the departments of the provincial older people, doctors, nurses and carers consider significant impact on injury, we need to first government. The Secretariat serves as a 7. On Sunday, a special collection will be continence problems to be a part of “normal recognize that most injuries are not accidents.” taken to defray the expenses of the new one-door entry to government for seniors, ageing”. Fortunately, both of these perceptions carpet. All those wishing to do something The report says that in 1999, unintended injuries seniors’ groups, and other provincial are incorrect. Though continence problems on the new carpet, please come forward cost Nova Scotians $372 million, or $396 for increase with age, there are highly effective and get a piece of paper. every citizen. Falls, especially falls by seniors, bodies concerned with ageing issues. treatments. Where a cure is not possible, symptom 8. The ladies of the church have cast-off accounted for $160 million while motor vehicle The Secretariat develops plans, policies, control can provide huge benefits to the person. crashes cost $74 million. clothing of every kind and they may be and programs in partnership with other Further information seen in the church basement on Friday It is widely recognized that 90 to 95 per cent of The Continence Foundation afternoon. injuries are both predictable and preventable. Mr. levels of government and agencies 2 Doughty Street, London, England MacDonald said there are many excellent injury responsible for seniors. 9. A bean supper will be held on Saturday WC1N 2PH prevention initiatives in Nova Scotia and that the evening in the church basement. Music Tel: 0845 3450165 Office of Health Promotion will work with all its The Secretariat’s office is located at will follow. Website: http://www.continencefoundation.org.uk partners to lead and co-ordinate the development 10. The rosebud on the altar this morning is to 1740 Granville Street, 4th floor, E-mail: [email protected] of a provincial injury prevention strategy. announce the birth of David Allen Belser, P. O. Box 2065, Halifax, NS B3J 2Z1. Association For Continence Advice At the June 20 meeting, members such as the the sin of the Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belser. 102a Astra House, Arklow Road, Road Safety Advisory Committee, Networking to Tel (902) 424-0065; fax (902) 424-0561; New Cross, London SE14 6EB Submitted by Barb Woolley Prevent Falls in Nova Scotia, the Advisory Group toll-free 1-800-670-0065. Tel: 020 8692 4680 to the Nova Scotia Trauma Program, IWK Child E-mail [email protected] Website http://www.aca.uk.com Source: ACA News Safety Link, community health boards, district E-mail: [email protected] May/June 2002, Vol. XXXV, No. 3 health authorities and many more, reviewed Website www.gov.ns.ca/scs recent injury reports and discussed current initiatives and gaps in injury prevention. Source: Working with Older People Vol. 7, Issue 1 - March 2003 2 31 The Romanow Commission: • Particularly in the case of mental health, “Injury prevention is a priority for us,” said Scott Recommendations for home care trained professionals will be available to Logan, executive director for the Office of Health Lunenburg Four Heading intervene with temporary behaviour or Promotion. “We’re in a perfect position to help The long-awaited Commission on the Future on to Flanders, Belgium other problems and help people with lead and co-ordinate provincial efforts and to help Health Care in Canada proposes many sweeping mental health problems cope with their raise public awareness around this important issue. Relay team runs marathon in support of changes designed to “ensure the long-term illnesses on an ongoing basis; We have a very solid foundation to build upon people with arthritis.