Thought I would share with you that a letter I sent to the Gazette was published today. If you did not get a chance to read the paper (page A16) here is the link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Letter+should+stop+talking+about+placing+seniors/8815021/story.html
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My parent with Alzheimer’s is moving tomorrow. What should I say?
Recently I received this request, first the client’s question which is followed by my response. This was client’s message: “We have been informed today by a residence in the public sector that there is presently an opening. Should we accept, the move must occur tomorrow. We have accepted. All that…
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Finding the ‘best place’
So your thought process is at a stage where you think relocating would be the better option at this point. Then all these questions come to mind….Where? What price? What does it look like? What will the care be like? What about aging in place at that new address? Are…
The aging process!
It is very much a work in progress for me to try and understand the ageing process, on a personal and on a professional level. Many thoughts bounce around in my head to better understand why some family members (including myself) face such a difficult time (at times) with their…
The non stick pan theory
Being a very visual person it helps me when I associate an image to a situation in life. Having worked with seniors for nearly twenty years, being dedicated to what I do I give a lot of myself to the people around me. If you work in a care field…
Vulnerability….ask how you can help
What an awful feeling it is when we feel vulnerable. I am sure you remember a time where you felt this. I do. Oddly enough I bare stronger feelings and recollections of when I saw people around me in a vulnerable situation and me being at the right place at…
ARGH! I hate the term ‘to place a senior’
I hate the word “place”, or the verb “to place”. I know that is a strong word but that is how I feel when it comes time to helping a senior relocate to a retirement residence. I hear the word “place” or “to place a senior” everywhere: in residences, from…
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Oh I was a teenager then…!
I have lived so many great moments with seniors. Years after the event, conversation, or joke shared, the memory always puts a bounce in my step. One event that I would like to share with you is one time when I was working as a director of activities in a residence…
Suicide at any age…an onion approach!
Every day brings on a different phone call and a different situation. Todays’ call was from a sister who is also a daughter dealing with the grief of a suicide in the family and wanting to help her parents from a distance seeing that the person who took his life,…
Building a new retirement residence
Having been in the business for so many years, and having personally visited hundreds of facilities, mostly in the greater Montreal area, some in the United States, Brussels and Paris. I have seen many different layouts, set-ups and a wide variety of retirement residences. Many people think of jumping into…