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We offer the latest in advanced physiotherapy techniques, manual & advanced manipulative therapy to ensure the best possible rehabilitation for injuries. Everything from whiplash, sports injuries, painful feet and arthritis. If it hurts we fix it! We are an accredited teaching facility for UBC and our physiotherapists are affiliated with world class athletes and Olympic teams. We have a fully equipped rehabilitation gym and offer Worksafe BC OR1 & OR2 programs, worksite analysis, ergonomics, occupational therapy, kinesiology, IMS & acupuncture. We provide custom braces, splints & orthotics.
Additional Services:
Electrotherapy, manual/manipulative therapy, muscle energy, postural & biomedical assessments, IMS, bracing, orthotics, splints, vestibular rehabilitation, pre & post natal care.
Hours of Operation:
Monday: 8am - 7pm
Tuesday: 8am - 7pm
Wednesday: 8am - 7pm
Thursday: 8am - 7pm
Friday: 8am - 7pm
Saturday: Sometimes Open
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Kindergarten Readiness- Setting kids up for Success An Occupational Therapy Perspective
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Kindergarten Ready? Setting Kids up for Success
Chandra Kipfer & Helen Tilley, Occupational Therapists
Mantra Living Inc.
Your child has grown so fast! They will be starting school before you know it!
But is he or she ready for Kindergarten? Do they have the functional physical skills necessary to learn to print, learn to use scissors proficiently, sit still long enough for listening & learning, or dress for the outside independently?
We are two Occupational Therapists who have worked extensively with children in preschool, home and school settings. As occupational therapists; caregivers and teachers frequently come to us when a child is not meeting developmental expectations. It may be a child already identified to be facing unexpected challenges, or they may have difficulty in just one particular area. We use developmentally appropriate, evidence based strategies for all kids - not just those with identified delays.
Come & learn about the physical skills your child will need and how you can facilitate the development of these skills for ALL ability levels. Help them get ready to meet the challenges of an exciting year ahead in kindergarten.
LOCATION: 37907 2nd Ave, Squamish
Or check the library website!
FREE!
Kindergarten Ready? Setting Kids up for Success
Chandra Kipfer & Helen Tilley, Occupational Therapists
Mantra Living Inc.
Your child has grown so fast! They will be starting school before you know it!
But is he or she ready for Kindergarten? Do they have the functional physical skills necessary to learn to print, learn to use scissors proficiently, sit still long enough for listening & learning, or dress for the outside independently?
We are two Occupational Therapists who have worked extensively with children in preschool, home and school settings. As occupational therapists; caregivers and teachers frequently come to us when a child is not meeting developmental expectations. It may be a child already identified to be facing unexpected challenges, or they may have difficulty in just one particular area. We use developmentally appropriate, evidence based strategies for all kids - not just those with identified delays.
Come & learn about the physical skills your child will need and how you can facilitate the development of these skills for ALL ability levels. Help them get ready to meet the challenges of an exciting year ahead in kindergarten.
LOCATION: 37907 2nd Ave, Squamish
Or check the library website!
FREE!
Skilled Kids Occupational Therapy
Skilled Kids Occupational Therapy
For a free phone consultation, questions or interest in therapy, call
Mahshid Hosseini, MScOT
(P) 778-322 1242
(F) 604-921 4883
ot@skilledkids.com
Office and clinic in West Vancouver.
Can provide consultation / intervention at your home or at my clinic
A private practice serving Burnaby, North Shore (West Vancouver, North Vancouver), Squamish, Whistler
For a free phone consultation, questions or interest in therapy, call
Mahshid Hosseini, MScOT
(P) 778-322 1242
(F) 604-921 4883
ot@skilledkids.com
Office and clinic in West Vancouver.
Can provide consultation / intervention at your home or at my clinic
A private practice serving Burnaby, North Shore (West Vancouver, North Vancouver), Squamish, Whistler
Maxx RT (FM3DRT)
Next Generations Middle Drive-Wheel Power Chair with numerous outstanding technical specifications, such as 5 mph, 25 miles of battery range, and 12”x4” solid tire driver wheel. Freedom Mobility Maxx RT has an outstanding full suspension system that offers an unprecedented stability. Its state of the art controller VR2 60 AMP with swing away feature allows better sitting control. Maxx RT also offers flat plate or swing away foot rest options, adjustable arm rest, and recline back. Maxx RT offers an outstanding 70 <!--[endif]--> degrees of tilt.
Standard with no extra charge options:
Weight Capacity: 350 lbs
Rehab Seat
Seat Width: 14” up to 24”
Depth: 16” UP to 20”
Multi function adj head rest
Adjustable left/right arm rest
Detachable left/right arm rest
Personal Contoured back
Adjustable recline back
High/Low back options
2” foam cushion
Optional other brands sittings
State-of-the-art suspension system:
Each wheel has individual suspension with climb up to 3.0”
Flat plate or swing away foot rest
Wheels :
2x 6” front solid wheels
2x 6” rear solid wheels
2x 12"x4“ mid-wheel drive
Solid Tires
Max Speed: 5 mph
Battery Range: 25 mi
Turning Radius : 21.5“
Adjustable swing-away arm control unit
Tilted back up to 70 degrees
Aging and the Canadian Population
Aging and the Canadian Population
here is a great deal of talk these days about the aging of the Canadian population. Government policy makers worry about pensions and health care, television advertisements often feature older actors, and business people search for new products that will appeal to seniors. People are living longer, not only in Canada but around the world. Never before in history have people lived so long.
A Canadian born in 1960, for example, can expect to live 20 years longer than a Canadian who was born in 1900. Meanwhile birth rates have declined, so that a growing proportion of the population is over 65. By the year 2031, approximately 20% of Canada's population - one in five - will be seniors. This fact has important consequences for Canadian society. Who are these older Canadians? What are their roles in society? What are their needs? How will they be taken care of?
here is a great deal of talk these days about the aging of the Canadian population. Government policy makers worry about pensions and health care, television advertisements often feature older actors, and business people search for new products that will appeal to seniors. People are living longer, not only in Canada but around the world. Never before in history have people lived so long.
A Canadian born in 1960, for example, can expect to live 20 years longer than a Canadian who was born in 1900. Meanwhile birth rates have declined, so that a growing proportion of the population is over 65. By the year 2031, approximately 20% of Canada's population - one in five - will be seniors. This fact has important consequences for Canadian society. Who are these older Canadians? What are their roles in society? What are their needs? How will they be taken care of?
Aging population issue must be addressed:watchdod
CBC News Report
Canada's federal budget watchdog says the government's current fiscal structure is not sustainable if the demographic issue of the country's increasingly aging population is not addressed.
In a report released Thursday, the Parliamentary Budget Office said long-term projections suggest that an aging population means that growth in Canada's real gross domestic product per capita will fall by a little more than half over the next 50 years.
"After growing by 2.1 per cent, on average, since 1961, real GDP per capita growth is projected to average only 0.9 per cent from 2009 to 2059," the budget office said.
The PBO said permanent fiscal actions — either through higher taxes or program spending cuts, or both — are necessary to address a looming gap in government debt relative to GDP.
The budget office suggested that those actions — which would amount to one and 1.9 per cent of GDP under two alternative scenarios it laid out — are required.
A spokesman for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty took issue with some parts of the report.
"While we disagree with the implication that taxes need to be raised, we all appreciate the need for sound, long-term fiscal management," said Chisholm Pothier.
"We've been clear that once the economic recovery has taken hold, extraordinary stimulus spending will end, the economy will grow and we will undertake the necessary restraint in spending growth to reduce deficits."
The budget office noted that while many parts of its long-term projection are uncertain, it stressed that the demographic shift is not.
The watchdog said its report "should not be interpreted as predictions of the most likely future outcomes. Rather, they are simply a set of ‘what if’ scenarios that attempt to illustrate and quantify the implications of leaving the government’s current fiscal structure unchanged over time."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/18/government-parliamentary-budget-office-aging.html#ixzz0z5jfkgp5
Canada's federal budget watchdog says the government's current fiscal structure is not sustainable if the demographic issue of the country's increasingly aging population is not addressed.
In a report released Thursday, the Parliamentary Budget Office said long-term projections suggest that an aging population means that growth in Canada's real gross domestic product per capita will fall by a little more than half over the next 50 years.
"After growing by 2.1 per cent, on average, since 1961, real GDP per capita growth is projected to average only 0.9 per cent from 2009 to 2059," the budget office said.
The PBO said permanent fiscal actions — either through higher taxes or program spending cuts, or both — are necessary to address a looming gap in government debt relative to GDP.
The budget office suggested that those actions — which would amount to one and 1.9 per cent of GDP under two alternative scenarios it laid out — are required.
A spokesman for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty took issue with some parts of the report.
"While we disagree with the implication that taxes need to be raised, we all appreciate the need for sound, long-term fiscal management," said Chisholm Pothier.
"We've been clear that once the economic recovery has taken hold, extraordinary stimulus spending will end, the economy will grow and we will undertake the necessary restraint in spending growth to reduce deficits."
The budget office noted that while many parts of its long-term projection are uncertain, it stressed that the demographic shift is not.
The watchdog said its report "should not be interpreted as predictions of the most likely future outcomes. Rather, they are simply a set of ‘what if’ scenarios that attempt to illustrate and quantify the implications of leaving the government’s current fiscal structure unchanged over time."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/18/government-parliamentary-budget-office-aging.html#ixzz0z5jfkgp5
Monday, August 23, 2010
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