Welcome to Community Living Alternatives SocietyMISSION STATEMENTCLAS provides quality community living opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. CLAS promotes and facilitates their exercise of individual rights, fulfillment of responsibilities, and participation within their communities.March 2009AIMS OF CLAS To promote dignity, respect and individual worth. To facilitate the emotional, social physical and economic support necessary for personal growth and community involvement. To facilitate the development of individual support networks. To facilitate opportunities for individuals to exercise the fullest control over their environment.
Vocational training will provide these individuals with the opportunity to develop work, social, interpersonal and daily living skills, that will enable them to reach their highest potential through a continuum of progress.
Are you at risk for a fall? Physiotherapists identify key factors for tumbles in older adultsThu, March 15, 2012With icy streets and sidewalks lingering in Nova Scotia well into March, Nova Scotias physiotherapists remind those at risk of a fall to take care! Often, awareness that you are at risk for a fall is the first step for prevention.Falling is a potential hazard for anyone, regardless of age, fitness level or environmental conditions. But there are certain factors that can increase the likelihood an older adult may fall.Out-Patient Physiotherapy: What Does It Mean To You?Wed, February 22, 2012Across Nova Scotia, citizens can access physiotherapy services through publicly funded out-patient clinics located in hospitals. These services provide a hugely valuable contribution to the effectiveness - and cost-effectiveness - of health care in Nova Scotia, and help to ensure that all Nova Scotians can access physiotherapy care regardless of their age, income, or geographic location. .