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You’ll find these articles helpful whether you’re a senior needing help or someone caring for a senior.

How to Get Up From a Fall

Falls become a risk as we age due to loose carpet, clutter or balance issues. The fact that you may have fallen once means you have a high risk of falling again. If you fall – don’t panic. All your energy and adrenaline…

Aging, Arthritis, Exercise, Seniors

Arthritis: Tips for Dealing With the Pain

Many seniors coping with the pain and discomfort of Arthritis find the pain to be overwhelming. One way to reduce your pain is to build your life around wellness, not pain or sickness such as: Thinking positive thoughts Maintaining…

Aging, Seniors, Uncategorized

Activities of Daily Living

Did you know that there are many extra benefits when a senior involves in an exercise? As a person ages, the ability to perform 'instrumental activities of daily living' (ADLs) diminish. These activities are important for independent living.…

Aging, Dementia, Seniors

7 Keys to Identifying Dementia

Sometimes family members or those very close to a senior may not recognize mental decline as it's often very gradual. In identifying areas of concern, it's important to recognize signs of Alzheimers or dementia so that you can help your senior…

Dementia, Exercise, Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease and Medical Exercise

Parkinson’s Disease is a slowly progressive neurological disorder that effects voluntary movement. Degeneration in the brain leads to tremor, muscle rigidity, difficulty moving and postural instability. Normally, you'll see Parkinson's…

Communication, Dementia, Seniors

6 Tips for Effective Visitation with Seniors

Visiting parents or family members with advanced cognitive decline may be somewhat disconcerting at best and requires some advance planning. Often family members leave a visit feeling lost and confused because they weren’t able to…

Aging, Seniors

On Death and Dying

Leave it to a three year old to put perspective into 'why people die'. On a spring morning when my grandson, Luke, was visiting, we walked through Ross Bay Cemetery. Tears came to my eyes reading the epitaphs of one loved one after another... …

Blog Posts

How to Get Up From a Fall

Arthritis: Tips for Dealing With the Pain

Activities of Daily Living

7 Keys to Identifying Dementia

Parkinson's Disease and Medical Exercise

6 Tips for Effective Visitation with Seniors

On Death and Dying

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