L'info AQL - September 2023

Community Life

Haven’t donated to the Grand défoulement yet?

Donate to Lymphedema here.

HURRY, THE WALK TAKES PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 9!

It’s finally HERE !

The LAQ’s brand new French website is here to simplify your life with lymphedema. From November onwards, the Englishspeaking community will be entitled to its own English version of the new site. Whether you’re a person at risk or affected by lymphedema, a healthcare professional expert or a lymphedema novice, the LAQ website is your reference. Encyclopedic in scope, our site boasts over 75 pages of practical information, plus a video library and all, all, all our tools to help you keep lymphedema under control.

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Have you spotted an anomaly on our site, a link that doesn’t work, an unreadable video? Please let us know so that we can successfully complete our trial period. Write to us at : anne-marie.joncas@infolympho.ca

WHERE IS IT? IT’S HERE!

A MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: our new website features a map locator.

Find the nearest compression garment retailer or certified therapist in the blink of an eye. It’s even easier than searching on Google Maps! All the professionals and businesses listed in our Lymphedema Guide can be found on this interactive map covering the whole province of Québec! Even hospitals treating lymphedema can be found here

Have you spotted a problem with our map locator?

Let us know and we’ll fix it right away!

Write to us at : anne-marie.joncas@infolympho.ca

The Lymphedema Guide

ACCESSIBLE by QR code

This year, our Lymphedema Guide is published online only. But don’t worry, as of January 2024, we’ll be back in force with a 5000-copy printed Guide and a downloadable edition.

To help you access the LAQ 2023 Lymphedema Guide simply scan the QR code shown here. Do you work with the public? The LAQ makes it easy for you. You’ll soon receive a laminated card with this QR code and all the new features offered by our new website. Your patients and customers will just have to scan the QR code with their phone to take advantage of a host of resources!

THE LYMPHEDEMA ASSOCIATION OF QUÉBEC WELCOMES GINETTE BARDOU, NEW INTERIM EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Ginette Bardou as Interim Executive Director of the LAQ. This decision was taken to ensure the resumption of our services and to reconnect with the general public, our members and our valued partners.

As part of her appointment, Ginette Bardou will work closely with our Board of Directors to ensure uncompromising operational continuity. Her extensive experience in nonprofit management gives her a solid understanding of current issues.

Among the priority projects Ms. Ginette will be overseeing are the launch of the new website, the 2023 virtual Lymphedema Guide, the 2024 printed and virtual Lymphedema Guide, and soliciting our partners to raise lymphedema profile in the medical community and among the general public.

We firmly believe that this decision will mark the beginning of a promising new chapter for the LAQ. Our Interim Executive Director is supported by a Board of Directors whose leadership, dedication and commitment remain of paramount importance to the LAQ.

We would like to thank all our members and partners for their support and confidence.

Stay tuned for future updates. We look forward to a close and rewarding collaboration with all of you.

LAQ Board of Directors

EDUCATION AND SUPPORT GROUP Come and learn!

The LAQ’s education and support groups are back! And to mark the occasion, we invite you to a presentation by Dr. Anna Towers on September 26 at 7 p.m. venue to be confirmed and possible Zoom broadcast. Register at aql@infolympho.ca

You will also soon receive the full calendar of education and support meetings from September 2023 to March 2024.

We look forward to seeing you!

THE STORE OF HOPE

Come see our tape measures with self-measurement guidelines exclusive to LAQ. Also check out our lymphedema alert bracelets. By purchasing any of these items, you are financially supporting the LAQ and its services to the public. SHOP

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The LAQ is always looking for volunteers to help advance the cause. Whether it is to support the organization of services to the population or to defend access to treatments covered by the RAMQ... we need you!

COMPRESS! AS PRESCRIBED!

We are looking for volunteers to help us with

• Translator from French to English

• Computer support

• Data entry

• Member Services

• Event planning

• Preparation of mailings

• Calls to members

If you have a million reasons for not wearing compression, there’s got to be a problem! Can’t stand multi-layer bandages? Ask for a Velcro garment instead. Does your compression garment feel painful, itchy or too tight? Change model, material or fitter! Through trial and error, you’ll find the ideal solution.