30 - Sunday, Septernber 18, 1994 -

North Shore News

New Osteoporosis program
coming to British Columbia

THIS FALL, the Osteoporosis
Society of B.C, (OSTOP) launches
an innovative new program — the
Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-
Management Program (OPSMP) in
locations throughout British
Columbia.

This group educational program
aims to prevent the condition and,
through self-efficiency, improve the
Inanagement of existing osteoporo-
sis — a disorder in which a reduc-
tion in bone mass causes bones to
become thin, brittle and easily bro-
ken. Osteoporosis affects over one
million Canadians.

Currently, this condition costs
our health care system one billion
dollars per year. As the baby
boomers age, more and more of the

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population will be affected. The
tragedy of this situation is that 50%
of all cases are preventable: [ts inci-
denve can be reduced significantly
by education about lifestyle, exer-
cise, diet and medications,

The program is not meant to
take the place of services provided
by health care professionals:
instead it encourages individuals to
ask questions, to assume responsi-
bility for the daily management of
their health, and to take an active
role in planning their treatment pro-
gram.

Funded by a grant from Health
Canada - Seniors Independence
Program - and administered by
OSTOP, Ostenporosis Society of
B.C., the program is facilitated by

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trained community volunteers. It is
a four week program held once a
week for approximately two hours.

in a familiar
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someone else prepare some or all meals and do the
heavier housekeeping * knowing that health support
and services are close by should they be needed °
enjoying the pleasure of easy companionship.

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