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Aging in Place 3: Innovative Approaches to Complex Cases

This article is the third in a series exploring the challenges people may face when they choose ‘aging in place’ at home. While health care and personal needs may be complex, the family members or attorneys may also have to manage the entire household. With the added complexities and potential…

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Aging in Place 2: Access to Online Health Information

Many older people are choosing the option of ‘aging in place’ at home, and as they age, some will have complex health care and personal care needs. To effectively plan for care and manage the care journey, the person responsible for managing their care will need easy access to secure…

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Aging in Place: Who Coordinates the Coordinators in Complex Care Situations?

As our population ages, more people are faced with caring for an elderly family member who wishes to remain at home despite their complex health and personal care needs. A few years ago, I wrote an article about the proliferation of healthcare coordinators, navigators, and community care coordinators trying to…

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September is a time of new beginnings and being grateful

It is Sunday evening and I am excited as I sit down to write tomorrow’s blog- having now written over 400 blog posts for you.  Thank you for reading and the theme of today’s blog is gratitude.  I hope you can join me in celebrating good things- birthdays, anniversary, recovery…

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Embracing Intimacy Across the Ages

By: Andrea Brodey, ECI social worker: As our population ages, the topic of aging and sexuality has become increasingly relevant. Society has long seen sexuality as a young persons’ domain. Both the public and medical professionals can be dismissive and uncomfortable with the idea that older people often still desire…

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Effective Communication Is the Bedrock For Optimal Eldercare

Effective communication is the bedrock for functional eldercare teams. In many disputes related to care of an elderly or disabled person, poor communication is at the core of a dysfunctional team that cannot work together to provide optimal care for the client. Caregiving is a team sport complicated by the…

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Staying Cool is Hard to Do…..

Wow it is hot out there! With temperatures in the 30’s, 40’s and in some places, the 60’s, it can be difficult to enjoy ourselves away from the air conditioning. And as we are well aware, not everyone has access to A/C.  Summer has hit us hard and although  all…

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June is Seniors’ Month

Congratulations Nick Taylor, our RBC Canadian champion! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The National Institute of Aging in 2020 indicated that 91% of older Canadians wanted to remain living in their own home. I frequently write and speak on this very important issue and today I will be participating in the National Seniors Council…

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May is National Caregiver Awareness Month

May is National Caregiver Awareness Month  and it is  celebrated across Canada to acknowledge the 8 million people providing (unpaid) care to a family member or  friend which is about 28% of the population. For employed Canadian’s, 35 % are working caregivers.   Studies tell us that on top  of a…

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Story of My Family

Story of My Family is a Japanese drama that I have started watching on Netflix and  so far, in episode one it has all the intrigue that we see in the world of estates, including challenging family dynamics, aging, incapacity and undue influence. We are introduced to an aging pro…

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