From: cblais1@shaw.ca   
      
   Thanks Rasta! I'll send to them for the information and let you know the   
   outcome.   
      
   You are so right about not going to see the doctor or reporting   
   injuries/illness that happen on the job - a lesson we could all learn from -   
   Dad had impaired use of his hands in the last years of his life due to Carpo   
   Tunnel syndrome - which would have been directly related to his work as a   
   technition but I'm sure never saw anyone for this during his working career   
   and never would have thought of applying for a pension for it either.   
      
   Those friends that you were talking about who got the pensions - were even   
   luckier than you probably realized at the time - not only were their hearing   
   aids paid for etc. - but being in receipt of even the smallest of pensions -   
   would automatically qualify them for any medical equipment they need to   
   maintain their independance as they get older - even if it is not related to   
   their hearing loss - for example if Dad had managed to get his hearing test   
   and qualify - and if he had returned home - they would have paid for the   
   installation of grab bars etc in his bathroom and a wheel chair and   
   prosthetics etc. (he had first one leg and then the other removed one below   
   the knee and one above in the last 5 months of his life) and would have paid   
   the cost of transportation to medical appointments dialysis etc. home   
   nursing assistance with bathing etc.  Plus anyone in receipt of a pension   
   has their full funeral costs covered including a marker if they are buried -   
   not just the $3,600. max allowed by Last Post (if you qualify). Many people   
   don't know this and are shorting themselves of benefits that could really   
   assist their families and themselves and make life a lot easier and increase   
   the quality of their lives - so encourage them to educate themselves - hind   
   sight is no benefit to anyone in these kinds of situaitons.   
      
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