Words similar to this were shared during the press conferences with our Premier Legault in Québec these past couple weeks, due to devasting events caused by COVID-19 regarding our seniors: We need to do better, and we owe it to our elderly population. Together we must take better care of…
What Can Be Done to Protect a Vulnerable Senior
A beautiful gift to offer oneself is to have the proper legal documents in place long before we need them so that our wishes are respected. This month we invited Marion Dana, a lawyer, to contribute to our blog posts to share the difference in the documents. *** As they…
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25 Word Wish: Inviting Seniors to Remain Engaged and Involved in the Community
What a good time to share this wish with you while we enter a new decade. “You work with seniors? Wow! I do not know how you do it. I find it so depressing.”, words said by so many people with me. I love it. As a kid, looking up,…
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Dear Caregiver, You Are Not Alone!
Caregiving. Being a caregiver. What does that mean exactly? For each of us, it could mean something different. Many people do not recognize the role they are in until they are short of breath. In so many situations caregiving can be called to the table: when a child is born…
Heading home for the holidays: Things to consider when you have an aging parent
Has it been a while since you went home to see your folks? A funny thing happens when we age. Ask any elder and they will tell you that as we age time seems to go faster and faster. As a professional, in a field of aging, we have noticed…
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5 tips when selling a seniors’ home
Selling real estate is a very stressful and emotional time. When helping an elderly person sell their home, this generation has traditionally lived at the same address for a long time, has accumulated years of memories in ‘stuff’, knows the ins and out of this piece of property that they…
Abandoned Seniors: Engaging in relationships is everyone’s business
“I feel so bad cause seniors are abandoned”; “Isn’t it awful when the kids are not there to help their parents?” Hearing those words makes me want to go around the bend, and the other day I received an enlightened moment that helped me understand why. Someone said these exact words…
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“How do I talk to my father about his incontinence?”
“Yeah so my Dad, he is getting older and I see it but no one wants to discuss that he is having ‘accidents’. [Eye contact being avoided and embarrassed while we spoke] How do I bring this up with him? Is so embarrassing.”–I was asked this by an acquaintance when…
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Ingenerational Homes
A real estate friend reached out as she is writing an article on intergenerational homes. Seeing I specialize in working with seniors and touch upon their housing needs she asked me these following questions, here are my answers: —Do you find there is a lack of available housing for…
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