Feb 25, 2021 | Uncategorised
The question is right in front of us every day. Are we done yet? Are we done with the masks, are we done with lock downs, and are we done with social distancing? We all feel the frustration. We are all missing our loved ones that do not live with us. It is very...
Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The retirement community sector is working hard to keep seniors safe. However, retirement communities did not experience the same outcomes as Ontario’s long-term care homes. The number of retirement communities that went into outbreak, the number of residents infected...
Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
Part One After months of restrictions and isolation, most of us are excited that Ontario hasrecently begun its reopening plan. While it’s exciting that things are starting to reopen,it can evoke fear and anxiety in many who want to ensure a safe transition back to...
Jul 22, 2017 | Uncategorised
WARNING SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S The following list has been developed by The Alzheimer’s Association to help families who are unsure what to look for in an elderly parent. 1. Short Term Memory Loss – forgetting new information and asking for the same...
Mar 25, 2017 | Uncategorised
The long barren hallways of a nursing home, ten or twenty wheelchair bound frail seniors, heads slumped down, never looking up at the scurrying nurses rushing by to handle one emergency after another – the picture is indeliby written on our minds. This is not...
Jan 15, 2016 | Uncategorised
TALKING TO YOUR PARENTS ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING Often the time comes when an adult child needs to consider having his or her parents move to an assisted living facility. This may be because of a chronic health condition that is currently in decline, repeated falls, a...