Posts by Julia McCaig
Caring Circle and Mainland Hearing Offer Hearing Tests on Island
Spring has Sprung! You can hear the ferry toot, but can you hear the birds sing? Spring on down to the Caring Circle in Snug Cove, for a free Hearing Screening Test or a free Clean and Check of your Hearing Aids. Due to popular demand, the Caring Circle and Mainland Hearing, West Vancouver, will…
Read MorePre-diabetes Testing
Are you at risk for developing diabetes? Join us on Wednesday, April 14th @ 1:00pm to find out more. Caring Circle Health Resource Centre Join our diabetes nurse clinician and registered dietician to find out more about how to live a healthy life! For more information contact ellen.mackay@vch.ca
Read MoreLearn How to Reverse Your Biological Clock Over Age 60
Lose or increase weight by toning the body muscle Keep your heart strong Build lung capacity Improve your balance and agility Develop Mobility Decrease risk of chronic diseases All of this while having fun! $12 per class or $20 per couple Come on out and give it a try! Collins Hall – Tuesdays – 9:15…
Read MoreJordan Sturdy, MLA, West Vancouver – Sea to Sky, Visits Caring Circle
On March 19, 2015 Jordan Sturdy and his constituency assistant Sharon Thompson visited Caring Circle and chatted with Colleen O’Neil, Julia McCaig and Rebecca van der Giessen. They left with a better knowledge of what Caring Circle provides to its community and will be investigating how they could possibly assist us. …
Read MoreAccess is Everything
A long time ago, Izaak Walton said that health is “a blessing that money cannot buy.” We have, however, spent a great deal of money and come a very long way in health care since the seventeenth century, with incredible advances in medicine and greatly improved delivery and access to services. But not everyone in…
Read MoreLet’s Take the Next Steps Toward a Medical Clinic
The Caring Circle has had some major successes- from providing a health care services portal, health programming, a driver program and advocacy work to improve health services on Bowen. Another related initiative has been the nascent offshoot Community Medical Clinic Society, dedicated to the establishment and maintenance of a primary health care facility. Sounds simple,…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions from the Couch
Here we are, New Year’s Eve, and many of us find ourselves contemplating our New Year’s resolutions. It’s a good time to take stock of where we have been and where we want to go. Tonight we indulge in the last sugar/alcohol/cigarettes of 2014 while making plans to head out to the gym tomorrow after…
Read MoreFree On-island Hearing Tests
Happy New Hear! Free On-Island Hearing Screening Tests at the Bowen Island Caring Circle Friday, January 16th, 2015 Mainland Hearing will be on-island on Friday, January 16th, 2015 to offer free Hearing Screening tests at the Caring Circle. The test will take about 20 minutes.
Read MoreSecrets to Aging Well
Secrets to Aging Well Bowen Island Studio By donation 2- 5 PM January 10 www.bowenislandyoga.com Are you in your 50s, 60s or 70s? Do you wish you had more energy, physical endurance and emotional stamina? Do you sometimes worry about your physical and mental health and your future? Do you find yourself eating or drinking…
Read MoreBlue Skies Turning Grey
Caring Circle has a solution… Early this morning, the trees on Dorman Point were hidden by a thick fog. The chill crept over the deck from the grey-green water, the clouds rolled in and the rains came down. Now what we hear is the constant droning pitter-patter on the roof. We are settling in for…
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