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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!
  1. 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.

  2. The listserve manager system will automatically send you back a reply, asking you to confirm joining. It gives instructions on how to do that.

  3. 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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