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Man Asks An Old Lady Why She’s Alone On A Cruise Ship. Her Response Shocks Him
About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western
Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly
lady sitting alone waiting for her food in the main dining room.
I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady.
I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady.
I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told she owned the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last four cruises, back to back.
As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to say hello. We chatted and I said, “I understand you’ve been on this ship for the last four cruises.” She replied, “Yes, that’s true.” I stated, “I don’t understand” and she replied, without a pause, “It’s cheaper than a nursing home.
So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day.” And THEN she said this:
“I have checked on reservations at Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day for:
1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.
2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day (of fantastic food, not institutional food) if I can waddle to the restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week).
3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every night.
4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.
5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.
6. I finally get to learn how to salsa!
7. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days!
8. TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress replaced? No problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience.
9. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don’t even have to ask for them.
10. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on Medicare; if you fall and break a hip on the Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.
11. There is always a doctor on board.
Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go? Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don’t look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship.
PS: And don’t forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no charge.”
http://www.upmoments.com/man-asks-an-old-lady-why-shes-alone-on-cruise/
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Disabilities
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Links to
Kings County, Annapolis Valley, and NS resources
Health
(Mental)
·
1-888-429-8167 staffed
24/7 – Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line Number
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Get Help Now,
Mental Health and Addiction Services of Annapolis Valley Health.
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Helping Tree for services
in Kings and Annapolis Counties
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Addiction Services, Nova Scotia
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Beacon Programs,
Waterville
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Canadian Mental
Health Association, N.S. Division
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Eating Disorders
Action Group, Dartmouth
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Gambling Help
Line, Nova Scotia
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Annapolis Valley Bereavement & Loss Support Groups – AVH
2006 listing
First
Voices – Lived Experience with Mental Health Issues
Housing
Support
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Salvation Army’s Good Neighbour Energy
Fund
application – helps low-income seniors and families pay home heating
bills. Application forms available in January of each year.
·
Housing Helping Tree for Kings County
Legislation
Health (General)
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50+ Expo
Associations
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Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University
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Emergency
Measures Organization, N.S.
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Health Centre
Online, Pharmasave Atlantic
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Health Promotion Clearinghouse, Western Region
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IWK Foundation, Halifax
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IWK Grace Health Centre, How To Get Here And Around
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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Atlantic Division
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Physician Search College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova
Scotia
·
Teen Health
Project, Metro Halifax
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VON Branch Locations, Nova Scotia, Annapolis Valley
Alzheimers
·
Alzheimer
Society of Nova Scotia, Provincial
Diabetes
Medical
·
Faculty of
Medicine, Dalhousie University
·
Family Medicine, Halifax
Health
Boards
Department
of Health (provincial)
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Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre, Wolfville
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Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Middleton
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Western Kings Memorial Health Centre, Berwick
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- Adult Addiction
- Adult Mental Health
- Child & Youth Mental Health & Addiction
- Beacon Program
- Residential
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- Psychiatry
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Schizophrenia
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VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH AND SERVICES- they’re
here for all of us.... kicking ‘stigma’s arse Canada style...
Facts, Symptoms & Definitions
Here are some of
the mental health and addiction issues we’re asked about most. There are many
wonderful information sources online; We have provided links to top mental
health and addiction sites.
Mental Health
We used to say that
a person had good mental health simply if they showed no signs or symptoms of a
mental illness. But in recent years, there has been a shift towards a more
holistic approach to mental health.
Today, we recognize
that good mental health is not just the absence of mental illness. Nor is it
absolute – our mental health and wellness can and does change. These
realizations are prompting a new kind of focus on mental health that helps us
to achieve and maintain good mental health.
For more information on Positive Mental Health and Mental Health Promotion visit
http://www.cmha.ca
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/mh-sm/mhp-psm/index-eng.php
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs220/en/
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/mh-sm/mhp-psm/index-eng.php
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs220/en/
Mental Illness
There are different
kinds of mental disorders each characterized by different sets of symptoms that
affect how we think, feel and behave. Symptoms can include depressed mood,
extreme mood swings, disturbances in thought or perception, obsessions or
fears, or other overwhelming feelings of anxiety. Most mental disorders cannot
be definitively diagnosed with an objective medical test. Diagnosis is usually
based on self-report (what you say you are experiencing), observations by
family and friends, disturbances in your behaviour, psychological tests and the
judgment and experience of a health professional (your family doctor and/or a
specialized mental health professional such as a psychiatrist or psychologist).
Substance Use and Gambling
Substance use,
including smoking, drinking alcohol, using prescription drugs for
non-prescribed reasons, other illegal drug use and gambling problems impact
individuals, families and communities. Problems are defined by the experience
of harm and the risk of harm.
What do substance-related harms look like
Harms can be simple
or complex. They tend to pile up on one another and can quickly become
overwhelming. Below are just some of the harms that are experienced.
·
complaints from
family or friends about your smoking, drinking, drug use and/or gambling
·
driving under the
influence of alcohol, drugs or gambling
·
getting into legal
troubles caused by drinking, drug use or gambling
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missing work
(losing your job)
·
mixing alcohol with
other drugs (particularly opiates or other central nervous system depressants)
·
continuing to use
regardless of negative consequences
·
fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders
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homelessness
·
injury
·
assault
·
sexual assault
·
anxiety
·
depression
·
chronic disease
(cancer, heart disease, lung disease, organ failure)
·
death
Harms are not
limited to people who use substances. It is not just an individual problem.
Societal harms include increased crime, violence, high cost of hospitalization
and health care, police and other social services, social isolation and
community disintegration.
Harm Reduction
Nova Scotia Health
Authority embraces a harm reduction approach to substance use and gambling
problems. This involves working with each individual or family to improve
health wherever possible. Abstinence can be part of a harm reduction program.
How do I know if I have a substance use or gambling
problem?
The best way to
figure out if you have an addiction problem is to ask yourself this:
Is my drinking, smoking, substance use or gambling
creating problems in my life? Is anyone I care about worried about my substance
use or gambling?
Here is are some recommended links to find out more:
Aging and Mental Health
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-74&lang=1
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-74&lang=1
Alzheimer’s
http://www.alzheimer.ca/
http://www.alzheimer.ca/
Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
www.caddra.ca
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-99&lang=1
www.caddra.ca
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-99&lang=1
Alcohol Use and Abuse
http://www.camh.ca/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/top_searched_alcohol.html
http://www.camh.ca/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/top_searched_alcohol.html
Anxiety Disorders
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-94&lang=1
http://www.anxietybc.com/
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-94&lang=1
http://www.anxietybc.com/
Autism Spectrum Disorder
http://www.provincialautismcentre.ca/
http://www.provincialautismcentre.ca/
Bullying/Cyberbullying
<coming soon>
<coming soon>
Chronic Pain
<coming soon>
<coming soon>
Concurrent Disorders
<coming soon>
<coming soon>
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
http://www.hcip-bc.org
http://www.ccsa.ca
http://www.hcip-bc.org
http://www.ccsa.ca
Gambling
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/top_searched_prob_gambling.html
http://www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/addictions/gambling
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/top_searched_prob_gambling.html
http://www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/addictions/gambling
Gender Identity
http://www.youthproject.ns.ca/
http://www.youthproject.ns.ca/
Men and Mental Illness
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-726&lang=1
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-726&lang=1
Mood Disorders
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=284-908-1103-1830-1831&lang=1
http://www.ok2bblue.com/
http://www.depressionhurts.ca
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=284-908-1103-1830-1831&lang=1
http://www.ok2bblue.com/
http://www.depressionhurts.ca
Nicotine Use and Abuse
http://www.camh.ca/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/top_searched_tobacco.html
http://www.camh.ca/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/top_searched_tobacco.html
Post Partum Depression
http://postpartum.net
http://www.thesmilingmask.com
http://postpartum.net
http://www.thesmilingmask.com
Pregnancy and Substance Use
Women and Alcohol
Women and Alcohol
Pregnancy and Tobacco Use
Pregnets.org
Pregnets.org
Prescription Drug Abuse
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/info_pr_opioids.html
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/AMH101/info_pr_opioids.html
Psychosis
www.psychosissucks.ca
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/Mental_Health_Information/psychosis_mhfs.html http://earlypsychosis.medicine.dal.ca
www.psychosissucks.ca
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/Mental_Health_Information/psychosis_mhfs.html http://earlypsychosis.medicine.dal.ca
Recovery
http://www.psrnovascotia.ca
http://www.psrnovascotia.ca
Schizophrenia
http://www.schizophrenia.ca
http://www.schizophrenia.ca
Separation and Divorce
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-29-67&lang=1
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-29-67&lang=1
Stress and Coping
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-28-30&lang=1
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-28-30&lang=1
Suicide
www.suicidefindinghope.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRY_4yYimk
http://www.ourkids.net/blog/the-jack-project-from-silent-pain-to-national-lifeline-10277/
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-101
http://www.suicideprevention.ca
http://www.youthsuicide.ca
http://www.youthsuicide.ca/friends/friends.htm
www.suicidefindinghope.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRY_4yYimk
http://www.ourkids.net/blog/the-jack-project-from-silent-pain-to-national-lifeline-10277/
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-101
http://www.suicideprevention.ca
http://www.youthsuicide.ca
http://www.youthsuicide.ca/friends/friends.htm
Trauma
Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health-Women, Trauma & Abuse
Male Survivor.org
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health-Women, Trauma & Abuse
Male Survivor.org
Women and substance use
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
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Youth of Teamsters Canada Launch Mental Health Campaign
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Mandatory Episode 1: Role of the Government
The numbers don’t lie – Canada is facing a mental health crisis and it is affecting every aspect our society, including our workplaces and our youth. This is troubling, as young people represent our future professionals, health care providers and leaders in Canada who will be dealing with the mental...
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The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia works to improve the quality of
life for those affected by schizophrenia and psychosis through education,
support programs, influencing public policy, and encouraging research.
To quickly educate yourself about schizophrenia and
psychosis, please click here. Also, feel free to call us.
We encourage you to
visit our blog
and Facebook page to view our most up-to-date news, links and
information.
Friday,
November 13th, 2015
9:00 am to 3:45 pm
McInnes Room
Student Union Building
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The conference logo is an original graphic
design donated by Terri Vernon, faculty member, Nova Scotia Community College,
Annapolis Valley Campus, Middleton
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Michelangelo – Many historians say that
Michelangelo had significant difficulties forming social relationships and his
behavior was erratic. He was considered one of the most brilliant men to have
ever lived. He is known for being an Italian painter, architect, engineer, and
poet in the Renaissance era. Several historians hypothesize that he may have
suffered from schizophrenia
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murka 2015-10-02 00:48:38 UTC #1
How people with schizophrenia
feel on daily basis, when they on medication and everything seems fine on outside.
What do they feel inside?
odiledecaray 2015-10-02 00:53:55 UTC #2
I feel alays feel alone.
FranzKafka
2015-10-02 01:02:04 UTC #3
I feel horrible. There's no day
where I don't experience some turmoil: suicidal thoughts, disorganized
thoughts, hallucinations, delusions, emotional flatness, sadness, fear,
anxiety, apathy.
And yes this is on medication.
And I do well at playing fine.
cj9556 2015-10-02 01:19:27 UTC #4
I am very responsive to my meds.
When I am medicated, I feel just like any other person, probably. When
stressful things happen, I feel a little overwhelmed, but I can still function.
I cry a lot at things that upset me. I get excited about happy things.
When I was over-medicated, I felt
nothing. Ever.
When I am under-medicated, I tend
to have episodes of intense fear and panic, that can drive me right to the ER.
I get worried that every man I see is a rapist, and I can't stand having people
standing out of my field of vision. Then, other days. I feel totally reckless
and just want life to be a nonstop party. Every stranger is my new best friend,
and the world is made of rainbows.
LED 2015-10-02 01:24:09 UTC #5
Depends on the day and my mood.
Though usually I feel lonely and disconnected plus whatever mood I'm in. Even
when things are as well as can be expected, it's still not easy. It's hard to
relate to other people and most days I don't leave the house, so social
interaction is minimal at best. Even when I do get out I don't interact with
people. So the loneliness and disconnected feeling persists.
astefano
2015-10-02 01:30:07 UTC #6
I feel weak. I feel incomplete.
Kazuma 2015-10-02 05:31:49 UTC #7
Cold, empty. Like I could just
use a hug, but even if one came I'd still feel like I'm in a dark corner. But I
fight, every second I fight internally to find some light.
rollies
2015-10-02 05:41:50 UTC #8
alone, isolated, disconnected,
distorted, contorted, misplaced, lost, wild, unguided, bored, crazy, depressed
& addicted to smokes.
Gtx1990
2015-10-02 05:57:14 UTC #9
I have schizophrenia.I used to
feel awful everyday even when I am on antipsychotic.I believe I have grown out
of that phase,now j feel much more closer to normal but I would say it takes
hard work and support for me to reach where I am now,I am confident I wouldn't
drop back if I continue to put in work and move forward
way12go
2015-10-02 05:59:31 UTC #10
way12go:
My
life is like in automatic mode and I keep thinking fewer times that I need to
get into manual mode and want to be a winner and live for eternity... fewer
times because most of the time this is what happens...
way12go:
I
keep getting Science Fiction + Super Heroes + Super Villians + Cold War + World
Wars + Pulling my leg + Torture - Drilling into the body + Enemies + Lost the True
Mother + Lost the true Father as if current parents are unreal etc thoughts
Edit: RAPE toooooo
This is how I feel...
Minnii 2015-10-02 08:04:49 UTC #11
I swing between depression,
feelings of happiness because I know I can live with this and anxiety. Very
moody...
crimby 2015-10-02 09:09:00 UTC #12
I feel demoralized at times. I do
have some hope, but it is a hope on something way off in the future. Really, in
the final analysis, my illness is just a great big bore - to be so overwhelmed
by things that are really nothing. I know it's a bore, and that the things that
bother me are basically meaningless, but I can't stop being bothered by them.
mjseu 2015-10-02 09:12:01 UTC #13
Depends on a day, but sometimes I
feel loneliness.
murka 2015-10-02 14:14:37 UTC #14
Thank you a lot, I try my best to
entertain him, funny stories, pictures, I have a website, all to make him
happy, does it make difference
turningthepage 2015-10-02 14:22:05 UTC #15
I feel I feel with a sense of
resilience. My whole life I have been miserable, but I have just accepted that
as the way it is. Now my medication is finally at the right dose and I feel
like I never realized how miserable I was. I just accepted that's the way it's
supposed to be my whole life.
If I had cancer it wouldn't
compare to SZ or SZA. I told my mom that psychotic disorders are the worst
thing and she said "What about cancer? Would you like to have
cancer?" And i said "Maybe I wish I did have cancer, that way I would
be dying."
I don't feel that way anymore.
But I've felt that way many a times in the past.
To answer your question, it makes
a slight difference but don't expect them to jump for joy at your kind attempts
at entertaining him. You are a kind person for doing all that, but at certain
stages in this illness, we may be very tough to please. I'm still pretty flat
effect when I'm presented with a gift or something like that.
everhopeful
2015-10-02 15:01:06 UTC #16
Anxious and now paranoia has made
a return after being absent for a while. Incapable of doing anything
complicated, that others might take for granted.
Vallpen
2015-10-02 16:13:52 UTC #17
Thanks to all of you who are
sharing their experience.
Leo333 2015-10-02 16:18:41 UTC #18
I feel like I'm in limbo a lot.
Like I'm a ghost or something
mistercollie 2015-10-02 18:29:30 UTC #19
I'm actually fine, mentally, just
not where I want to be physically. I have hyper-manic dreams that shock me back
into reality & when I go for walks I am hyper-sensitive to the visual
aesthetics of nature (light, colors, details, sound) that I am sometimes
overwhelmed by the beauty of it all and will start weeping.
This is med-free, by the way.
While medicated I noticed no difference with symptoms & was overburdened by
painful side effects.
Kenforce
2015-10-02 18:32:23 UTC #20
When I was on zyprexa, I felt sad
and to debilitaded and tranquilized to do anything about it. Lots of melancholy
aswell.
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Famous
People and Schizophrenia
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relatively few famous people with schizophrenia because schizophrenia is a
brain disorder that typically strikes people when they are quite young - age
17 to 28. People this age typically are too young to be famous, they are just
starting out their professional lives after completing high school or
college. A recent Nobel Laureate in Economics, John Forbes Nash Jr., has a lifetime history of Schizophrenia but is now doing very well, as has been well documented in the book "A Beautiful Mind" and the academy award-winning movie of the same name. Many "historical diagnoses" are frequently not entirely certain -- a "good guess" for schizophrenia includes Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln. Following is a list of famous people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, or are highly suspected of suffering (or who had suffered) from schizophrenia.
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1-855-273-7110
Hours of Operation8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (excluding holidays)
For Emergency Services
Call 9-1-1, call the Mental Health Crisis Line (24/7) at 1-888-429-8167 or go to the nearest Emergency Department.Emergency Crisis Help
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Mental Health and Addiction Services, Annapolis Valley
1-855-273-7110
Hours of Operation8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (excluding holidays)
For Emergency Services
Call 9-1-1, call the Mental Health Crisis Line (24/7) at 1-888-429-8167 or go to the nearest Emergency Department.Locations
Chipman
5 Chipman Drive
Kentville, NS B4N 3V7
5 Chipman Drive
Kentville, NS B4N 3V7
Satellite Services
EKM Community Health Centre
23 Earnscliffe Avenue, Wolfville
EKM Community Health Centre
23 Earnscliffe Avenue, Wolfville
Valley Regional Hospital
150 Exhibition Street, Kentville
150 Exhibition Street, Kentville
WKM Health Centre
121 Orchard Street, Berwick
121 Orchard Street, Berwick
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
462 Main Street, P. O. Box 728/730,
Middleton, NS B0S 1P0
462 Main Street, P. O. Box 728/730,
Middleton, NS B0S 1P0
Satellite Service
Annapolis Royal Community Health Centre
821 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal
Annapolis Royal Community Health Centre
821 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal
Provincial Contact Numbers
EASTERN ZONE (Cape Breton, Guysborough, Antigonish and Strait area)Addiction Services Central Intake: 902-563-2583
Addiction Programs-Adult: 902-567-2590
Addiction Services Toll free (Cape Breton): 1-877-567-0632
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Inpatient Withdrawal Management (Detox Unit)
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Community Based Services
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Health Promotion, Prevention & Education
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Addiction Services Toll free (Antigonish-Guysborough-Strait): 1-888-291-3535
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Mental Health Services toll free:
1-877-567-7730Emergency Crisis Service: 902-567-7767
Caperbase/Access 808: 902-539-7233
Child & Adolescent Services: 902-567-7731
Mental Health Central Intake: 902-567-7736
Crossroads-Clubhouse: 902-567-7961
Health Promotion and Prevention: 902-563-8646
Mental Health (Adult): 902-567-7730
Rural Mental Health & Addiction Services (Inverness): 902-258-1911
Intensive Community Based Treatment Team: 902-563-8502
Mental Health Glace Bay Clinic: 902-849-4413
Mental Health New Waterford Clinic: 902-862-7195
Mental Health North Sydney Clinic: 902-794-8551
Adult Mental Health (Antigonish, Guysborough, Strait): 902-867-4500 ext.4345
NORTHERN ZONE(Cumberland, Pictou and Colchester)
Cumberland:
- Mental Health: 902-667-3879
- Addictions Services: 902-667-7094
- Withdrawal Management: 902-597-8647
- Mental Health Services: 902-755-1137
- Community Based (Outpatient) Offices:902-893-5526 or 1-800-460-2110, ext. 45526
- Provide a range of services to individuals and families. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm with some evening hours.
- Emergency - Crisis Service: (902) 896-2606 or 1-800-460-2110 ext. 42606
- 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Monday to Thursday (subject to change)
- 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, Friday (subject to change)
Addictions Services Central Intake: 902-424-8866 or toll free 1-866-340-6700
Mental Health and Addictions Navigator – Brad Rowe, Healthy Minds Cooperative, 902-404-3504, ext 201
Community Mental Health Services (5 locations):
- Bayers Road Community Mental Health: 902-454-1400
- Bedford/Sackville Community Mental Health: 902-865-3663
- Cole Harbour/Eastern HRM Community Mental Health: 902-434-3263
- Dartmouth Community Mental Health: 902-466-1830
- West Hants Community Mental Health: 902-792-2042
IWK Central Referral: 902-464-4110
Feedback/Concerns: 1-855-495-2273 or feedback@iwk.nshealth.ca
Other Contacts
Nova Scotia Website- Provincial Mental Health Clinics (all ages)
NSHA Feedback/Concerns: 1-855-799-0990 or healthcareexperience@cdha.nshealth.ca
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Understanding
Mental Illness
Mental illnesses can take many
forms, just as physical illnesses do. Mental illnesses are still feared and
misunderstood by many people, but the fear will disappear as people learn more
about them. If you, or someone you know, has a mental illness, there is good
news: all mental illnesses can be treated.
In this section, you will learn
about mental illnesses — which can also be called psychiatric disorders — and
their treatment. You will also find helpful resources that provide more
information to further your understanding of mental illness at the CMHA national website.
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A story of determination: Horton grad Kevin Penny guest speaker at Tools for Life conference
Published on October 23, 2015
GREENWICH - It's been 20 years since Kevin Penny graduated from the old
Horton High School. On Oct. 23, he came full circle when he returned as the
keynote speaker for the 10th annual Tools for Life Conference and
Exhibit.“It's funny to come back and share my story,” he said from the stage.
Penny had been a typical 15-year-old, very active with sports and always looking for a new challenge. One October evening, while out for a ride with his sister, the brakes of their tandem bicycle failed. Penny swerved to avoid traffic, but went head first into a ditch, suffering a severe spinal injury.
He speaks candidly about the accident as old photos appear on a screen behind him, flashing from a young child to a youth in a hospital bed.
“I grew up very quickly,” Penny says of life after his accident, crediting his determination as his key to success.
He graduated from Horton in 1995 and went on to Saint Mary's University to earn a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
“I wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I couldn't get any money to become an entrepreneur,” he jokes.
After graduation, Penny found that many doors had closed for him in the world of employment. He now faced the challenge of not only demonstrating what skills and knowledge he could offer an employer, but he found himself also having to prove that he was able to do so, despite his mobility challenges.
In 2002, he obtained a summer position with the Department of Education, as a wage subsidy program manager, and was hired on in 2005 as a full-time co-ordinator of disability services. He now assists students with disabilities to access the supports and services they need while they work towards a post-secondary education.
Penny speaks of the changes over the past 25 years in accessibility with admiration across multiple fields. He credits the work done by universities throughout the province, saying that students with any disability imaginable can be accommodated on campuses and in programs. Accessible transportation, he says, is an immense benefit in the form of buses and accessible taxis.
“Lack of transportation can close what opportunities are available,” he says.
Even recreation has opened up, thanks to technological advances. Penny is now a competitive sailboat racer.
Penny stresses that improvements to accessibility aren't just good for people with disabilities, but that they are good for a community as a whole. While noting that costs can be high in the short term, he says the benefits are significant in the long term by opening up a business.
“My family goes to those businesses that we can go to,” he says.
“What we need is a change of attitude on disability. Disability affects us all in one way or another,” he adds, indicating that many seniors face increasing challenges as they age.
To all of the students that he works with, Penny has this to say: “Tragic things can happen, but there are opportunities. Even though you can have a severe disability, there are programs and resources to help you live a fulfilled life.”
Penny is living proof of this, a testament to what can be accomplished with determination, an open mind and a good sense of humour.
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Lonely without pets
There are many older people living alone in assisted
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checkAbout 11 per cent of Canadians will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. As a precaution, thousands of women go for regular mammograms. Almost double the number of Canadians (20 per cent) will be personally affected by a mental illness, yet the stigma around such a topic leaves these one in five Canadians silenced.
We all have mental and physical health, but what are we more likely to speak out about? When you go for a checkup, does your doctor ask how you have been feeling emotionally lately? Almost half of Canadians who feel they may suffer from depression or anxiety have never spoken to a doctor about it. We need to first realize that something needs to be done.
I have gathered the following statistics from www.cmha.ca:
• Mental illness indirectly affects 100 per cent of Canadians at some time, through a family member, friend or colleague.
•Approximately eight per cent of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives.
• Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women from adolescence to middle age.
• In Canada, only one out of five children who need mental health services receives them.
So where have we gone wrong? Do we need to further encourage Canadians to speak up about their mental health? Is the answer to implement a policy where doctors should have to speak to patients about their mental well-being and ensure that their patients are receiving treatment as needed? I’d like to think that these things would make a difference, and that it is up to us to make such changes possible.
Hannah Smith, age 14, Port Hawkesbury
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represented in the province. I also had to use the services of a home care
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received in hospital.
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Seniors Guides and Publications
The Seniors and Healthy Aging produces a number of publications on a wide range of topics of interest to seniors, their family members and caregivers. Please review the list of publications and note which are available on-line only and which are available in print as well. Click here to order publications online.- Manitoba Seniors Guide 2014/15 (172 pages)
Note: this pdf can be listened to using the Adobe Read Out Loud option. To do so, 1) download the document and save it to your computer, 2) open the document using the latest version of Adobe Reader (if you do not have the latest version of Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you can download it here), 3) activate the Read Out Loud option in Adobe Reader by clicking on View > Read Out Loud > Activate Read Out Loud. - Caregiver Recognition Act Report 2013/14
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Moral
imperative: Romeo Dallaire addresses sold-out Annapolis Valley crowd
GREENWICH - Romeo Dallaire wants us to consider the meaning of humanity.Citing an example from his time in Rwanda as Head of United Nations troops in during the 1994 genocide, the former senator shared his belief humans from all continents are equal when speaking Oct. 21 at Horton High School.
Dallaire described stopping a convoy to pick up a little boy, about seven years old, standing not far from a pile of massacred bodies. His stomach was bloated, he was dressed in tatters and filthy dirty, but, looking into the boys' eyes, Dallaire found they were identical to the eyes of his own seven-year-old son back home.
In Greenwich, he began his speech to more than 500 people by talking about rape. Dallaire said not every child soldier carries a gun.
“It’s from porters to carrying ammunition, to carrying water to ultimately being sex slaves and bush wives,” he said.
Dallaire’s consuming passion these days is fighting the use of children as weapons of war.
These are not the patriotic 16-year-olds who lied about their age to join the army in World War II, he pointed out. These are children, often in refugee camps without schooling, who find themselves recruited by adults into cheap, plentiful soldiers.
Why do we respond to amber alerts for missing children when the world is full of amber alert? he asked.
Warfare today, he said, cannot be sustained if a conflict employs only adult soldiers. Some 50 groups in seven countries are employing child soldiers," Dallaire said.
“We are stumbling into a new era,” he said. The Geneva Convention world of the Cold War has turned into an era of internal wars and terrorist actions perpetrated by individuals who have no humanitarian considerations, he said.
Is it any wonder, he said, that post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is on the rise among military personnel who have endured such conditions ?
Dallaire saw this for himself in Rwanda, where Hutu plans to eradicate the Tutsis were drawn up by soldiers but executed by youth. They killed more than 800,000 in the 100 days of the genocide, he said.
Another powerful story Dallaire recalled, concerned a Canadian unit in Rwanda of men no more than 18 to 20 years of age. They came upon a pile of the bodies of women and girls who had been raped, mutilated and massacred. The soldiers realized that a few remained alive.
They probably would have died anyway, Dallaire said, and - with a 30 per cent risk of contracting the HIV virus - even attempting to ease their pain was dangerous. Nevertheless, while their leaders debated, the soldiers instinctively reached out to offer what comfort they could to the dying women.
Taking action
Prevention seems the wisest course to solve the problem of child soldiers, Dallarie said.
Supporting education is imperative, Dallaire added, and all actions must be undertaken with an attitude of respect.
“When I look at the younger generation in across our country, I see they’re already global. They have already mastered that technology,” he said.
Go start a non-governmental organization, Dallaire told his youthful audience, then describing a visit he had from three members of Clowns Without Borders, an NGO that works in refugee camps to teach children to laugh and have hope.
Dallaire put PTSD on the map. During the genocide, he refused to flee, placing the lives of 32,000 people foremost. He acknowledged his many years of psychiatric treatment, attempted suicide and said what nurtures him is reaching out to a “generation without borders, the under 25-year-olds who are engaged in in the world.
"I want to nurture the belief in human rights. We’re all equal.”
The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldier Initiative, which will receive the proceeds from Dallaire’s talk, works with Dalhousie University to battle the abuse of human beings.
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CANADIAN SENIORS ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF-12 Monthly 4wk cheat 2 full weeks- same 4 poverty systems- O Canada- Nova Scotia?? This is soooo 60s and this is 2014!!1 Fix it or lose our votes in 2015/Sept 25- Holy Sheeeeet Sherlock -Linda McQuaing's IPOLITICS article- real war over inequality isn't between old and young- awesome/Sep. 25- OLD AGE... POPULATIONS GLOBALLY- AND YOUTH - GLOBAL MAPS OF AGES 2014... O Canada, Africa has all the young ones and a bit Middle East - world is changing
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imho-
PM Harper has served Canada honourably and well... and yes voted for change and
time the youngbloods step up and take the reins of our Canada and imho Trudeau
fits.....
but
this old lady is well aware that in 2008 PM Harper saved us from the USA/EU/IMF
greed of banks and wallstreet who stole our pocketbooks around the world... and
Peter Mackay who walked the talk for our troops when u could NOT find another
politician who gave a sheeeeet.....
PM
Harper will do well..... and is truly loved and respected by millions and
millions of Canadians and was feared and respected by China and Russia .... and
we all know it. PM Trudeau will do well.... God loves Canada and Canadians...
this is a wonderful surprise from the beautiful loved Bah'ai nation.....
USA
and the 5 ruling nations kiss Iran's Ass.... and then have the audacity to put
down Russia and China's human rights? Canadian Journalist who happened to b
Iranian as well.... came home with the most vicious rape, tortured and beaten
remains ever seen from another country. Let's not get started on Nedas (2009)
and the absolute hatred by the Persian snake of any OTHER Muslim belief ... and
determination to harness women and abuse gays, unions and on and on.... Well
good luck with that.
PM
Harper u did us well in hard, hard years .... and PM Trudeau will do us well in
the future.... because -like u... he loves his children ... and always...
CANADA AND CANADIANS FIRST... that's my story and i'm sticking to it. God bless
our troops.... Old momma Nova.
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