


Long-Distance Caregiver Tips in the Time of COVID
Long-Distance Caregiver Tips in the Time of COVID As the senior population continues to increase, and the cost of assisted living also rises, families are seeking ways to allow their older members to live at home longer. Although there is a financial benefit for...
How to Be of Service for Older Adults in Your Community
How to Be of Service for Older Adults in Your Community It’s unfortunate that many seniors in our communities don’t get the assistance they need. In order to ensure we stay up-to-date on the challenges seniors deal with in their everyday lives, especially the ones...
Help I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
Help I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up “Help I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up.” This is still the catch cry used for the Medical Alert industry. You will remember the Push Button device worn around the neck of your Mum or Grand Mum who was living at home...
15 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress Right Now
15 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress Right Now When stress pops up in everyday life, it can seem challenging to find ways to relax and get through the day. Whether the problem arises at work, at home, or somewhere in between, it’s important to have some tactics in mind to...
I Don’t Want To Be “Put” In A Home
I Don’t Want To Be “Put” In A Home Posted in Caregiving, Retirement, Retirement Living By Susan Williams Thinking about being “put” in a home when I get older sends a chill down my spine. Granted, my personal experience so far with these types of “homes” hasn’t been...Sixties pop star Lynne Barnett dead for month before police make grisly find
Sixties pop star Lynne Barnett dead for month before police make grisly find SARAH CRAWFORD and JACK HOUGHTON, EXCLUSIVE, The Daily Telegraph July, 2017 Elderly couple found dead as police investigate Claire Harvey: The older neighbours I looked up to SHE was a...
‘Left behind: Dog survives alone for two months after owner dies’
OPINION: ‘Left behind: Dog survives alone for two months after owner dies’ This little creature could not be found and interest in finding her waned and eventually stopped, leaving her alone in the only home she ever knew. Article from southcoastherald.co.za The dog...
Always impeccably put together in public, she died alone in a foot of garbage, surrounded by filth
Always impeccably put together in public, she died alone in a foot of garbage, surrounded by filth By Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press DETROIT — At first glance, she thought it was a Halloween prank. The puffy corpse slumped over the chair had no eyes, nose or...
Tips to Remove the Busy in Business Owner to Find Work-Life Balance
Tips to Remove the Busy in Business Owner to Find Work-Life Balance Running a business comes with its fair share of stressors, but running yourself ragged isn’t a good work ethic – it’s self-sabotage, and you’re putting yourself at a real risk of burning out. You may...
Aging in Place: How Seniors Can Make Safe Changes
Aging in Place: How Seniors Can Make Safe Changes Aging in place is something that over 90 percent of adults aged 65 and older want for themselves in retirement, since it involves staying in their own homes for as long as possible — including after an injury or...