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Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2014 Do you know what advance care planning is? You should. Advance care planning is when you or a loved one writes down your wishes and instructions for future health care. Basically, it’s a living will built around one’s beliefs, values and wishes. Advance care planning allows someone to express…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014 Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward Perhaps you saw in one of my previous articles about how Nurse Next Door’s Dream On Seniors Wish Foundation aims to make the dreams of elder seniors come true. We even had the opportunity to…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices February 2014 Family Caregiving is a part of daily life for many. It’s been said that over three-quarters of all Caregiving is done by family members. Caregiving is a demanding, sometimes very difficult job and no one is equipped to do it alone. If you are doing it alone, consider some…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices November 2013 Making Dreams Come True Back in summer we wrote about ‘Celebrating Aging’. In that column I wrote about the Dream On Seniors Wish Foundation and how the mission of this foundation is to make the dreams of seniors come true; to celebrate aging. Well, that isn’t the end of…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices December 2013 Top 10 Greatest Things About Aging “Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn the way from them.” – Joseph Joubert Aging is great! We all do it, albeit at seemingly different rates,…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices September 2013 Loss and Grieving Three of our longer term clients passed away recently. They were wonderful people and will always be in our memory and a special part of our company’s history. They also made me think of the loss and grieving process in more depth. Grieving has five stages. …
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices May 2013 The Changing Landscape of Home Care Last month, the Canadian Home Care Association, which is considered the voice for Home Care in Canada, released the 2013 ‘Portraits of Home Care in Canada’ report. Released every five years, this extensive report is a reflection of how critical home care is…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2013 When Only You Will Do Last article we looked at some best practices for family dynamics and planning for care of aging parents. And typically what can happen during that planning process is the parent declines outside help in favour of your help! Declining assistance outside of the family…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2013 Are You New to Aging Parents? Many of us are now starting to encounter the demands of ‘Aging Parents’. We love our parents of course, but we are busy at work, busy at home, busy with kids, busy, busy, busy. And when aging parents need help, they…