20 - Sunday. December 20, 1998 ~ North Shore News

OSTEOPOROSIS is a
potenually crippling
disease characterized
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of dracture.

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Developed an consulta
tien with the osteoporosis
program at BoC os Women’s
Hospital and Health Centre.
Osteotit hetps strengthen
muscles and improve balance

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SS :
Sharing a Vision
of Health

LIONS GATE
HOSPITAL'S
Caring Community
Calendar

Caregiver Support
Group
Tues. Dec. 22 at 12:30 PM
in Seminar B

For those caring for some-
one with cancer A place of
information-sharing and a
chance to talk about the
impact of your loved one’s
cancer experience. For
info. call Joyce Auld, 5.W.
at 984-3709.

Coping with Cancer
upport Grou

Wed. Dec. 30 at 10 A.M.

in the Chemotherapy Unit
For patients and their

families. For information
call Joyce Auld S.W. at 984-
3709.

Asthma Education
Mondays at 5 P.M
in the Chemotherapy Unit
Designed for all ages, the
program is limited to four
peopie per session. To pre-
register call 984-3722,

Bereavement Group
1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 PM.
in Seminar A
For info. call Geoff Straw,
Coordinator at 984-5873.

Breast Cancer
Visitor Program
Offered by the Canadian
Cancer Society to help
women with breast cancer.
If you wish a visit, please
call 253-8470.

Pre-Natal Tours
Tuesdays at 6PM
meet in the Main Lobby
NO TOURS DEC. 22 & 29
A tour of the maternity unit
for women expecting to
have their baby at LGH.
Partners welcome also. For
information call 984-5864.

24-hour Materni
Hot-Line 984-381)

The staff of Lions Gate
Hospital wishes you
a happy and healthy

Holiday Season.

north shore

AEeEWS

£: SENIORS
Program meets fitness needs

Sposa teamed: mates
give persenalized
dtraetion to cach member
orthe class to ensure chat
cach person's spect aceds
are inet.

Light) weights. stretch
bands and bean bags help
participants improve thesr
physical condition

Approximately 130) pea
ple in the Lower Mainland
are registered for Osteotit
classes.

Classes break for the holt
day season and resume Jan.

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

4 FITNESS instructor Maureen Sherman leads an Osteofit class at the West

For more information,
call 925-7270.

eel Depress

The Feeling

“Lately | have no energy or enthusiasm for anything.

NoartTH
-SHORE

Health

Family and friends ery ta cheer me up, but | jrust
can't snap out of it. | don't feel like going out.
Everything seems so meaningless to me.

I don’t know what to do.”

Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre. Classes run Mondays, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45
p.m. and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to noon, starting Jan. 4.

Preeon

The Solution

if you're feeling depressed, you're not alone.
North Shore physicians report many of
their older patients are diagnosed

with depression each year.

Get the support and help you need.
Remember, you are not alone.

It’s OK to ask for help.

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Program
takes buffs
backstage

ELDERHOSTET.
Canada wilt offer a the-
ature program for seniors
this January.

TODS

a bob the sey
Vancouver's vibrant
theatre scene

Vheatre umpresanc Hugh
Peket and Arts Ciub Theatre
artistic director Bill Mifierd will
be among the guest speakers.

The prograny takes place
Sunday, Jan. 17 to Friday Jan.
22. Tt will be operated: trom
the Quality Inn, 1335 Howe
St. Vancouver, where out-of:
town participants will stay.

Already, theaire-lovers from
Florida, New York and Ontario
have signed up tor the pro-
gram, said planning coordina-
tor Orv Jantzen. Participants
range in ave trom 49 to 87, he
added.

Registration is limited to
30. The tee for the weck is
$467, which does nor include
accommadations in
Vancouver.

Those interested in partici-
pating in this theatre experi-
ene should contact the plan-
ning coordinator Orv Jantzen
at 939-1594,

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