Island Voices

  If your senior loved one has received an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, there are a few things you can do to help preserve his or her cognitive health.

The health benefits of exercise are extraordinarily well documented. Regular exercise lowers your risk of a stroke by 27%, reduces instances of both high blood pressure and Alzheimer’s disease by 40%, cuts your chance of developing diabetes by 50%, and lowers your risk of developing colon cancer by a whopping 60%.

The Cowichan is one of its most productive rivers on the west coast. It is the heart and soul of the Cowichan Valley. Without it agriculture, the wine industry, tourism, hundreds of industrial jobs,  fishing and the traditional way of life of the first nations would cease to exist as we know it.

Overall, many older adults are capable of driving safely, even into their seventies and eighties. But people age differently. Several factors place seniors at much greater risk for road accidents.

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.