Supporting all who care for elders
Libby had taught the junior grades for 30 years, and she’d loved it. Certainly, she saw problems today which had been unknown when her career began, but she’s done her research and had learned new approaches. Kids were kids, after all, and they needed encouragement and for someone to believe in them. And […]
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Walter looked out the window but he didn’t notice the lush green of the garden. It had rained for three days straight, sometimes with thunderstorms, and the grey skies suited his mood. The weather had kept him inside and he couldn’t think of a thing he wanted to do. The book he had started a
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Unlike most of the female population, I hate shopping. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I hate going into stores, because Amazon and I have an “up close and personal” relationship. But there is one store that will get me out of the house in a minute–my local garden centre. As
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Everything in me, body and soul, yearns for this time of year. The green grass, the budding trees, the garden. Maybe you don’t love spring with quite the same fervour, but most people look forward to the many celebrations and get-togethers of summer. It’s time to shed the layers and have some fun.
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Some days are life changing. I was scheduled for my first hip replacement, and would have six sessions of physio after to help with my recovery. But I suffered from bone spurs on that hip–nasty little gremlins which jabbed me with hot pokers when I moved–and my doctor had sent me for a
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Have you ever laid awake at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., willing yourself to go back to sleep? Trying to think of meadows of blowing grass or rolling waves–anything to induce slumber? This happens to me frequently. I fall asleep quickly, but during my first bathroom trip, a little switch in my brain trips, and I
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My dog had always had two dishes. One for food, and one for water. But after he battled pancreatitis, I began reading about the number of bacteria which lived in water dishes. Woah! My daughter had a water fountain for their cats, and I did some research. They looked like a much better
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“What are the best supplements for someone just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s?” Great question. As I began to research, several cautionary red flags rose in me. There are all kinds of products online making all kinds of claims. I don’t have medical training, so shouldn’t be giving medical advice. Many supplements
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When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her mid-fifties, the disease and all that went with it was a huge cloud of doubt to me. It was 1975, and not as much was known about the disease. There weren’t the supports for family, and we didn’t have the internet to do research.
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The event was definitely in the category of “I don’t know if this will work, but I’d like to try.” As a new and green Life Enrichment Coordinator with lots of energy, I often had “outside the box” ideas which left my co-workers shaking their heads. I purchased a kiddie
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