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How to include loved ones in holiday festivities
The joy that accompanies the holidays can often feel absent from the halls of a residential care facility or in a widowed grandparent’s home. Our aging loved...
Coping Tools for the Holiday Season
I’ve developed a new philosophy… I only dread one day at a time.” — Charlie Brown For caregivers, the holidays are often a particularly stressful time of...
Tips for Frustrated Dementia Caregivers
When I was 34 years old, my Nana Cumming died after very slow death from Alzheimer’s disease. I was 36 weeks pregnant at the time and was unable to travel back... Learn more in "Tips for Frustrated Dementia Caregivers".
Seniors' housing options in the Comox Valley
It's time to finish up the “Seniors Housing” series by reviewing options in the Comox Valley. The Comox Valley has a variety of housing choices...
A good role model can last for life
It’s always hard for me to recover from Thanksgiving — the roast turkey, our special sourdough stuffing, the ooey-gooey sweet yam dish, and the calorie-laden...
Seniors housing options can be complicated
Understanding seniors' housing options is pretty complicated stuff. From all the clients I work with, it is by far the most complex issue we deal with. Last...
If you need solutions, you'd better get to work
“Are you part of the solution or just ALL of the problem?” My mother’s spin on an African proverb packed the same punch around our household and quickly shut...
Aging parents mean balancing act
Two weeks ago, we spoke about accepting a right to live at risk as it relates to our aging loved ones while continuing to give support and care for them. Many...
Risk Assessment Not Simple
“I’ll do it, thank you very much. Just sit down and worry about that precious cargo of yours.” Gulp. What could I, a 36-week pregnant woman say to my...
How to Recognize and Avoid Caregiver Burnout
What is Caregier Burnout? At first most caregivers accept their new role as caregiver with a sense of idealism, hope and eagerness to do well. As time goes on...
Which Seniors' Housing Option is Right For You?
There may come a time when your aging loved one or as an older adult, the decision to move or downsize is the right one. Most families think the hardest part is...
Helping your senior get the most from visits to the doctor
Raise your hand if taking your aging loved one to his or her physician causes a great deal of stress? Raise your other hand if your frustration levels skyrocket...
Everyone copes with grief in their own way
Thank you to Steve Hill, Pastoral Care Chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital, for bringing his expertise and knowledge on coping with grief. My fingerprint is...
Living proof that stroke recovery is possible
I was going to write about stroke prevention for today's column. Then I met Ben. Ben is a 44-year-old father, self-made cook and a community support worker. Ben...
Get organized with Eldercare Planning Workbook
Before I became a geriatric case manager and gerontologist, I can honestly say I didn’t understand the value of good personal organization and record keeping. I...
Coping with the transition to long term care
One of greatest challenges of my work is servicing clients who reside in a Residential Care facility, or commonly referred to long term care or a nursing home...
Resources for unpaid caregivers in BC
Unpaid caregivers, which are typically family but also include friends and neighbours remain an invisible pillar in B.C. health care system and yet make up over...
Denial Is Not A Strategy – Planning for Unexpected Eldercare Challenges
There are days where being in denial is better than coming face to face with reality. Like when your child is so misbehaved in the grocery store, you actually...
Celebrating One Million Family Caregivers in BC
Are you among the one million family caregivers in B.C.? May 8 to May 14 is Family Caregiver Week this year. Raising awareness of this societal phenomenon is...
How to Negotiate With Your Elders
One of my favourite cartoons shows a man lying down on a couch in a therapist’s office. The therapist is taking notes. The man says to the therapist, “I love my...
Watch for Signs, Don't Await Crisis
When I was about 25 years old, my grandmother stopped allowing her family and friends to step over the door sill into her apartment. Like the Queen’s Guard...
Aging Parents, Adult Children – Learn to Make Life Decisions Together
It’s hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.” - George Burns A grandson is excitedly showing...
Role Reversal Awkward for Aging Parents, Offspring
“I feel like I’m the parent now and my mother is the child” is a statement I hear by many a worried and stressed out caregiver caring for an ailing parent. When...
Long-Distance Caregiving
It’s 5:30 pm on a Monday and I’m interrupted from a Board Meeting by a colleague. She says, “It’s your brother from Toronto calling.” The conversation is...
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