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Is Alcohol Good For You?
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ASA Connection
OPAAL
(Older Persons And Alcohol List)
OPAAL is a free email service for people who provide services of
any kind to older people experiencing problems with alcohol. It
was created to facilitate discussion and communication across Canada.
OPAAL was set up by Professor Bill McKim at Memorial University
in St. John's Newfoundland.
OPAAL lets you
- connect with others nationally about a wide range of alcohol
related issues affecting seniors including mental health issues,
housing,
- find Canadian and American online resources on alcohol and related
issues affecting seniors, links to professional associations,
- receive current information on key types of alcohol and health
matters, and much more.
It's a good resource of free information, backed by references throughout.
In addition to receiving up to date information on reaching and assisting
seniors, people can talk about some of the pressing problems that
they are experiencing in their communities in aiding older adults
who have alcohol problems. You can learn about the approaches they
are taking to reach older adults and share your experiences.
People currently receive about one or two messages weekly depending
on the topic.
HOW TO JOIN OPAAL
It is easy!
- To subscribe
to OPAAL, send a subscribe message by email to: [email protected]
This needs only a simple one line email message in the body of
your email that says:
SUBSCRIBE
OPAAL My Name
using your own name. Please use your name rather than your e-mail
address (e.g.
"SUBSCRIBE OPAAL Josephine H. Smith").
OR, if you want to subscribe anonymously, you can send the command:
"SUBSCRIBE
OPAAL Anonymous."
Your subscription
will then be hidden automatically.
- The listserve manager system will automatically send you back
a reply, asking you to confirm joining. It gives instructions
on how to do that.
- To post a message to the mailing list, please address your email
to: [email protected].
Any messages
that you post will go to all the subscribers on the list, with a copy
to yourself.
Please feel free to check out the searchable archives at:
http://lists.mun.ca/archives/opaal.html
We look forward to hearing from you.
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