Plan. To Make It Right.®


No one wants to think about their death any sooner than they must, but planning your funeral and cemetery services in advance, called “advanced planning” or “prearranging,” is a responsible, caring act that can reduce stress for your grieving loved ones. It’s easy to understand how making decisions now about your final arrangements can help assure those left behind that your wishes are being honoured.


Benefits of Preplanning


 Take responsibility for your arrangements to be sure your wishes are met.


 Eliminate guesswork for your family.


 Personalize your service.


 Avoid emotional overspending.


 Find the value and quality you want.


 Lock in today’s prices.


So don’t wait. Start planning now.


Contact a Dignity Memorial® provider near you and request a


complimentary Personal Planning Guide, a helpful tool to keep your personal affairs and wishes organized.


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world a century ago took the life of my grandmother in Ireland in 1918, al- most at the end of World War 1. Here am I, a little over a century later, an older adult, faced, like her, with being one of the most vulnerable people in the population in the face of the COV- ID-19 pandemic. The highest percent- age of deaths are in my age group. By following the rules set out for me, I am reasonably certain that, if I follow them as I have been doing, I will be safe from the virus. I am however, vulnerable in another sense and ask myself, as I am sure many other older adults are doing, how secure is my income? Will it be affected by COVID-19 to the extent that I will have a problem surviving? The world today, facing the same disaster as my grandmother did, is much different. As an older adult I receive OAS and, because I worked, CPP, both from the federal government. As a retired teacher I receive a provincially legislated pension. The pension fund has weathered the storms of the past forty years. That is not in my control. What is in my control I have learned from social isolation. I am saving money by living the simple life. Eating out consists of the odd trip to a drive through. The resource I have found that is saving me money is time. I have observed that my money has devalued because of inflation but my time has become more and more precious. I can fill it


We are in this together T


Peggy Prendergast


here is an old saying “There is nothing new under the


sun.” The Spanish flu pandemic that ravaged the


Retired Teachers Association of Manitoba


with what nourishes and excites me, volunteering and creative activities. Money is one of the tools to get what is wanted out of life. Having a philosophy about money because it is needed in our everyday life, and life- time, makes “Money and the Meaning of Life” by Jacob Needleman a useful resource re a personal perspective. It becomes part of a life plan and how much of it is necessary for personal sat- isfaction. Social isolation has taught me how to get more pleasure and satisfac- tion from everyday living needing less money.


The pandemic following the First


World War was devastating and was followed ten years later by the great depression of the 1930s. It was dur- ing that depression that the concept


of pensions became a reality. Many people today are now dependent, for a short time, on the government for money to pay their bills because of this pandemic. An experiment in universal income was conducted in Dauphin over fifty years ago. Maybe that will be ex- plored. Whatever happens, let us hope that the con- cept of “We are in this together,” and respect for all ages, holds true into the future. The Retired Teach- ers Association of Manitoba values belief in mutual respect, diversity of opinion, tolerance of different viewpoints, integrity and transparency while working collaboratively towards a common goal. Peggy Prendergast is the President of RTAM. Retired Teachers’ Association of Manitoba (RTAM)


is located at 206 – 1555 St. James St., Winnipeg. Call 1-204-889-3660, email info@rtam.mb.ca or go online to www.rtam.mb.ca.


Sri Lankan Seniors kept busy with yoga and monthly get together by using Zoom technology


Senaka Samarasinghe


meetings via Zoom. We finalized weekly yoga sessions conducted in collaboration with Trinity United Church (TUC). Yoga instructor Wynn Ferguson of TUC offers yoga classes from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., free-of-charge. He started Mon., April 6, with ten participants. There were two groups of participants: South Side Community Fitness and Fellow- ship and Sri Lankan 55+ Group. On April 13 there were 15 mem- bers, and this has increased up to 30 participants by its third week, on April 20. On Tues., April 21, Sri Lankan


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55+ Group arranged a “trial get together” via Zoom. It started at 9:30 a.m. and successfully carried- on till 12.00 noon. Two members were outside the City of Winnipeg, one in Sri Lanka and one in Medi- cine Hat, Alta.


Gillian Aldous Podiatry


Podiatry treatments available Monday to Friday in the office, home visits arranged: • Difficult to cut, thickened, ingrown, fungal nails • Callus, hard skin, corns • Warts • Diabetic advice and assessment • Biomechanical assessments and orthotics dispensing if needed • Advice on footwear


Blue Cross coverage accepted Suite 320, 1600 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg | Phone: 204-504-8986 | Email: Gillyp10@Hotmail.com 10 whatsupwinnipeg.ca May 2020


he committee members of Sri Lankan seniors called a number of committee


The community got together on Zoom with the help of some young volunteers.


With the above experience the committee of Sri Lankan seniors now planning this type of virtual gathering frequently to educate se- niors and provide medical instruc- tions on how to prevent Corona- virus infection. Happy to note Sri Lankan medical practitioners in Winnipeg conveyed their willing- ness to help. Seniors are the most


vulnerable group for this pandemic. It is therefore important to provide medical instructions via Zoom. Many of our seniors are not com- puter literate and are unable to at- tend zoom meetings. Luckily, a number of young volunteers have agreed to help seniors, and others who need help, participate in these virtual meetings.


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