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When is a Handrail a Handrail?

The following are excerpts from Promenaid, a handrail system designed to be easy to install and that answers the concerns of fall prevention around a home. “There’s an old riddle that asks, “What has four legs in the spring, two in the summer, and three in the fall?” The answer is “a human”. We start […]

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CANADA # 4 Mondialement / Worldwide in 2014 * French / English article *

Le Canada se classe au rang #4 sur l’indice et se classe dans le top 10 pour les quatre domaines.Il se classe au rang #4 dans le domaine de la santé, au-dessus de la moyenne régionale sur tous les indicateurs de santé. Il se classe au rang #7 sur le domaine de la sécurité du

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Will Canada Be Able to Care for Its Aging Population?

Canada now has more people aged 65 and older than it does people aged 15 and younger. By 2050, it’s expected that one in four Canadians will be senior citizens. There’s obviously a demographic shift underway in the country and many are concerned that it will threaten the sustainability of Canada’s healthcare systems. Do those

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Will Brain Games Make You Smarter?

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Robyn Tellefsen There’s no shortage of brain games for seniors, particularly online. Reputable organizations like AARP offer free online brain games so you can have fun testing your memory, attention, and language skills. Word games are designed to help you improve your vocabulary, crossword puzzles are geared toward enhancing

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5 Myths About Retirement Homes

There is often a misconception about retirement homes that discourages retirees from leaving their current homes and settling into residences catered to making their lives simpler. Many times, the concern with living in a retirement home is caused by the fear of being abandoned, feeling restricted and on someone else’s schedule, or it simply not

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Launch of First Butterfly Care Homes in Canada

From Jennifer Mabugat-Chan: Person-Centered Care and Dementia Guru Dr. David Sheard , founder of U.K’s renowned Butterfly homes came to Alberta a few years ago introducing Dementia Care Matters, the national movement in dementia Care in U.K. In October 2014, Dr. Sheard came back and the community, leaders in Health, and the public media listened

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Caregivers’ Circle – How to Lower Health Care Costs and to Become Your Own Health Care Advocate – Part 2

  Special  Thank’s  to :   Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group , https://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2015/07/06/caregivers-circle-how-to-lower-health-care-costs-and-to-become-your-own-health-care-advocate-part-2/ Download Episode   Health care costs, co-payments, deductibles, denied insurance claims, HMO, PPO, Affordable Care Act – AHHH!  How can anyone know what is best for themselves and their families when it is all so confusing?  In Part 1 of

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Housing – Will They Stay or Go?

For decades, Canadians have been fed a steady diet of predictions, speculations and warnings about the baby boom effect—the ways in which the nation’s largest demographic cohort would shape our society in years to come. That future is now. With the first wave of boomers now classified as seniors, we are witnessing a dramatic shift

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Protect me but don’t take advantage of me! Guardianship Fraud – Who is at risk and what to do about it.

Special  Thank’s  to :   Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group , https://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2015/06/01/caregivers-circle-protect-me-but-dont-take-advantage-of-me-guardianship-fraud-who-is-at-risk-and-what-to-do-about-it/   Download Episode There are millions of vulnerable individuals who are unable to care for themselves due to advance memory losses, severe mental illness, intellectual disabilities and even as the result of an accident. There are legal processes that can be

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Getting from here to there can be challenging for seniors

KATHRYN GREENAWAY, MONTREAL GAZETTEMore from Kathryn Greenaway, Montreal Gazette Published on: September 24, 2013 Last Updated: September 24, 2013 4:59 PM EDT This is the fourth in a series of articles about services for seniors in the West Island. Giving up the driver’s license because of health or mobility issues brought on by age or

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