Island Voices – Island Talk

Are you laughing less than you used to? Are your days growing grey with the weight of responsibility for the person you are caring for? Does it feel like you’re growing disconnected from them?

It’s really exciting to see things picking up again. This year, we are getting so many reports about an upswing in the economy and everywhere we go “SOLD” signs are proving that the real estate market is booming.

This weekend we are supposed to contemplate how lucky we are to live in British Columbia. That’s the theory, anyway.

The Presidential election campaign that is currently underway in America is truly frightening.

BC’s Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, is expressing concerns about the declining income of seniors, which is particularly acute in BC relative to other parts of the country, according to Statistics Canada’s latest income survey released last week.

  The authority to do so renders the outcome suspect, self-serving and meaningless.

  The common pitfalls of family dynamics and conflicts end to revolve around the issue of caring for an aging loved on.

Isobel Mackenzie, Seniors Advocate for BC, released a report today in Victoria focused on the issue of resident to resident aggression in BC’s care homes.

Vancouver Island To Become a New Canadian Province

It’s hard to believe our family is a week away from a mini-holiday getaway. That’s right, it’s summertime in the Comox Valley.