My mom was assessed last week by le Centre Local de Santé Communautaire - the gate keepers for admission to Québec's assisted living facilities. It was a very friendly process - too many questions perhaps but providing a pretty honest picture to all concerned. Well I did have to go home and find my mother's Social Insurance Number to complete the paperwork.
The Canadian health system - its personnel and institutions - have served my family well in the recent years that we have felt the impact of Alzheimer's. Will I have the same luxury to look forward to in my aging?
1. having an open mind touched with a hint of cynicism
2. being of Kabul Afghanistan - native ... or resident ... or veteran
3. surrounded ......................................
In and out of Kabul Afghanistan 2005-2012
About Me - Isn't it?
- Peter Gillies
- Project manager ... education and evaluation consultant ... amateur musician ... theatre promoter .. concerned world citizen.
It's spring and I am at home in LaPêche Québec starting another theatre festival and basking in the glow of finishing my first novella - "Jesus of Kabul".
All pictures copyright Peter Gillies unless indicated.
My Blogs
Now
Kabul-e
In and out of Kabul Afghanistan - 2005 to 2011
We Are the Body ... of Christ Reflections on the church as the body of Christ – provoked Spring 2010 by discussions of reform at the United Church of Canada in LaPêche Québec
Then
Poems from Restless Hearts
Poetry Archive 1995-2007
Alice’s Last Lost Sister
... a play about memory and loss written for and performed by the Wakefield Players for the 2010 Piggy Back Fringe Festival
Zee Woolies
Theatre that warms your feet and energizes your livingroom. Spring 2010 Toulouse et Montréal
Iamthe WallahRUs
Winter 2009-2010 Sabbatical - India, Southern France.
PiggyFest09LIVE!
Facilitating Scott Hébert-Daly's live feed from the Piggyback International Fringe Festival Wakefield Québec June 28-30 2009
FunkEWakefield
Provoking discussion to ensure maximum community reflection on and input to the PPU planning process for Wakefield Québec - Summer 2009.
Eathquaking
Pakistan Earthquake relief - October 2005
Elvis was a Truckdriver
Vancouver Canada garage band 2002 Archives
Kabul-e
In and out of Kabul Afghanistan - 2005 to 2011
We Are the Body ... of Christ Reflections on the church as the body of Christ – provoked Spring 2010 by discussions of reform at the United Church of Canada in LaPêche Québec
Then
Poems from Restless Hearts
Poetry Archive 1995-2007
Alice’s Last Lost Sister
... a play about memory and loss written for and performed by the Wakefield Players for the 2010 Piggy Back Fringe Festival
Zee Woolies
Theatre that warms your feet and energizes your livingroom. Spring 2010 Toulouse et Montréal
Iamthe WallahRUs
Winter 2009-2010 Sabbatical - India, Southern France.
PiggyFest09LIVE!
Facilitating Scott Hébert-Daly's live feed from the Piggyback International Fringe Festival Wakefield Québec June 28-30 2009
FunkEWakefield
Provoking discussion to ensure maximum community reflection on and input to the PPU planning process for Wakefield Québec - Summer 2009.
Eathquaking
Pakistan Earthquake relief - October 2005
Elvis was a Truckdriver
Vancouver Canada garage band 2002 Archives
Their Blogs
MegZenRoute
Margaret Barker's sabbatical blog
Open Asia
Boutique Photography and Custom Tours of India by David ONeil
Foodarazzi
Curious questioning and fearless exploration in the kitchen by Cassandra Kobayashi
Margaret Barker's sabbatical blog
Open Asia
Boutique Photography and Custom Tours of India by David ONeil
Foodarazzi
Curious questioning and fearless exploration in the kitchen by Cassandra Kobayashi
Twitterittering
Twittering eloquent media from LeMonde (Paris), LeDevoir (Montreal), El Pais (Madrid) et NewYorkTimes: