Welcome to PAL Canada®!
PAL Canada® is the national umbrella organization, linking the seven (at present) PAL Chapters in Halifax, Toronto, Stratford, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Membership in PAL implies a commitment to PAL’s mandate, which is to provide assistance to older, disabled or needy members and associates of Canada’s Performing Arts Community, in the areas of health, well-being and affordable accommodation.
Each Chapter is autonomous and is represented on the Board of PAL Canada®. Membership in a Chapter automatically includes membership in PAL Canada. ...READ MORE
RECENT ARTICLES OF INTEREST
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Some see merit in reverse mortgages
Vikram Barhat, Advisor.ca
A record number of reverse mortgages in Canada has sparked concern, with some in the financial industry expressing fears of homelessness. However, the more pragmatic in the industry are quick to offer reassurance that it’s not all gloom and doom.
“When you first ...READ MORE
Reverse Mortgages Soar
Vikram Barhat, Advisor.ca
The need for an improved cash flow in retirement is leading to record number of reverse mortgages in Canada, according to a HomEquity Bank study.
The report released by the only national provider of reverse mortgages in Canada notes its reverse mortgage originations ...READ MORE
Funding Our Golden Years
Harvey Enchin, Vancouver Sun
First in a series.
Canadians are worried about their future. A majority say they live paycheque to paycheque and have no financial plan. In a poll by the Canadian Payroll Association, 57 per cent said they’d face financial difficulty if their pay was delayed by ...READ MORE
Aging in place is simple at Hesperus Village
David Hayes, Toronto Star
Getting to Hesperus Village, an affordable housing complex for seniors in Vaughan, feels like a drive into the country.
Just north of Highway 7, I turn off Bathurst St. and drive along a two-lane road winding down into a valley, over a small bridge and up again past ...READ MORE
Bitter About Your Life? Blame Facebook
Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune
New research suggests heavy Facebook users are more likely to believe other people have happier lives.
Has life treated you unfairly? Do you have a nagging suspicion that other people, are, on balance, happier than you are?
You might want to get off of Facebook.
A newly ...READ MORE
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23 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?
if you haven't yet seen this, it's definitely worth watching...and be sure to watch right to the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epaDHi3w0U&feature=fvst
Paying pensions to an aging nat
National Post Editorial Board, The National Post
When Old Age Security (OAS) was introduced in the early 1950s, no Canadian was guaranteed a pension until age 70. At the time, the life expectancy of the average Canadian man was 66; for women, it was 71. (Some seniors qualified for a pension at ...READ MORE
Pension troubles in store for retired workers as plans across Canada face deficits
Kenyon Wallace, Toronto Star
When Ellen Sargent took a job as a purchaser with the City of Saint John in New Brunswick 26 years ago, she didn’t expect that living below the poverty line when she retired would become a possibility.
Like most municipal employees across Canada, Sargent was promised ...READ MORE
Is it old age or Alzheimer's? Study alarms health-care experts
Paul Dalby, Toronto Star
“I’m just having a senior moment.” It’s a phrase uttered so often in our aging population to explain away lapses in memory that it has become part of the everyday lexicon of language.
But for the Alzheimer Society of Canada, it’s a throwaway phrase that goes to the very ...READ MORE
New study shows architecture, arts degrees yield highest unemployment
Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post
College kids may choose to spend their campus days studying the glories of Plato, Shakespeare and Le Corbusier.
But, as a new study points out, there may be a steep price to pay.
Recent college graduates with bachelor’s degrees in the arts, humanities and ...READ MORE
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Palingenesis Winter 2011 Edition
