New Horizons Seniors Program

Deshantari’s NHSP project started on 14 March, 2016 and will continue until 13 March, 2017 and the following members will be organizing the various senior activities during this time complementing Deshantari’s other regular activities:
  1. Prabir Neogi (Chair and Core-Member)
  2. Atulesh Nandi (Core-Member) 
  3. Arun Roy (Core-Member)
  4. Angsuman Rudra
  5. Manas Dan
  6. Anindo Maiti
The NHSP team welcomes feedback from the community on the type of senior activities they would like us to organize that relate to enhancing the seniors’ social well-being and community vitality. These senior activities are open to all Deshantari members and will be held in strong collaboration with organizations like Indo-Canada Community Centre (ICCC), India-Canada Association (ICA), and Nepalese Canadian Association of Ottawa (NCAO). At the moment the NHSP team plans to use these funds primarily to organize 10 Workshops (usually one per month) that will address various senior well-being issues.

Event Calendar Agenda View

Apr
4
Mon
2016
NHSP – Workshop: Financial and Legal Aspects of Estate Planning @ Hintonburg Community Centre
Apr 4 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Financial and Legal Aspects of Estate Planning

Jun
5
Sun
2016
NHSP – Workshop: How and what can you do to help surviving spouse and children? @ Hintonburg Community Centre
Jun 5 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

How and what can you do to help surviving spouse and children?

Speaker: By Dr Indu Gambhir

About the Speaker: Dr Indu Gambhir is a medical practitioner. In her practice through many years of Emergency medicine and family practice and counselling, she has seen that many patients do not make essential preparations for long-term illness or death. She will talk about how all family members should prepare their surviving spouses and grown up children about vital treatment decisions and documentation for handling the family affairs by the surviving spouse and children.

Refreshments: The workshop will be followed by refreshments.

Who is this for? The audience for this workshop is primarily for seniors. It should also be relevant, and of equal interest, to non-seniors and even younger people. All spouses and young adults are urged to attend.

R.S.V.P. by Email: Arun Roy

Jul
24
Sun
2016
NHSP – Workshop: Is There Any Risk in the Combined Use of Prescription Drugs and Herbal Medicine and Products? @ Hintonburg Community Centre
Jul 24 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Is There Any Risk in the Combined Use of Prescription Drugs and Herbal Medicine and Products?

In collaboration with ICCC Seniors

Dr H S ButtarSpeaker: Dr H.S. Buttar, a retired research scientist from Health Canada

About the Talk: Many of us often tend to combine the use of prescription drugs and herbal medicine. Are there any risks in this? Health Canada has conducted some scientific research studies on this. Dr H.S. Buttar will make a presentation on the available research evidence.

Who is this for? For all seniors.

Refreshments: The workshop will be followed by refreshments.

For further information: Please contact

  • Atulesh Nandi (613-820-7214)
  • Prabir Neogi (613-746-2329)
  • Arun Roy (613-837-1936)

R.S.V.P. by Email: Arun Roy

Sep
23
Fri
2016
NHSP – Workshop: Resources available for Seniors @ Tanglewood Park Community Centre
Sep 23 @ 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
ICCC Seniors and Deshantari of Ottawa present:

Seminar: Resources Available To Seniors

Speaker: Mr George Wong, City of Ottawa

About the Seminar: Not available

Who is this for? Seniors and their care providers should consider attending this workshops.

For information, please contact (by email): Prabir Neogi

Oct
25
Tue
2016
NHSP – Workshop: Vedanta and Wellness @ John G Mlacak Community Centre
Oct 25 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Vedanta and Wellness

Speaker: An eminent speaker from Vedanta Society of Toronto (Ram Krishna Mission)

R.S.V.P. Prabir Neogi

Nov
17
Thu
2016
NHSP – Workshop: Travel Medicine & Passport of Health @ East India Company Bells Corner [613-721-3777]
Nov 17 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
ICCC Seniors and Deshantari of Ottawa present:

Workshop: Passport of Health And Travel Medicine

Speakers:

Dr Jason Brophy, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist, CHEO
Ms Aajab Abdulhusein, Student at University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine

About the workshop: In this seminar, the presenters will provide useful tips for travelling abroad, and tell us about essentials medicines and preventive inoculations recommended for different countries. They will also advise on what medical records we should have in our possession. Each attendee will be given a personal health record booklet entitled “My Passport of Health.”

Who is this for? Seniors and their care providers should consider attending this workshops.

For information, please contact:

Indu Gambhir (613-565-1653)
Anil Sukhija (613-791-7593)
Prabir Neogi (613-746-2329)