Are You Overwhelmed by Your Elderly Parent’s Sudden Health Crisis?
7 Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease: When to Make the Call to Get Help?
Osteoporosis: A Major Concern for Both Elderly Women and Men
How to Tackle Guilt and Obligation over the Holidays Head On
For many busy adults, the holidays can become an overwhelming time – we finish the decorating, navigate through crowded malls to complete our shopping, host a big family dinner, attend Christmas parties, and somehow still manage the day-to-day stuff we always do! Visiting our elderly
Osteoporosis: Impacts on Individuals Living with the Disease and on the Canadian Healthcare System
In the first part of this series on osteoporosis, we defined the disease and discussed its high occurrence in both women and men (1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men!). Unfortunately, fewer than 20% of fracture patients are diagnosed and properly treated for
Snowbirds: What Happens if You Die Outside of Canada?
It’s not pleasant to think about, but it could happen: while travelling, you could pass away unexpectedly. How would this affect your family?
Tried and True Tips for Caring for Elderly Parents over Long Distances
We want to be there for our elderly parents when they need us, but sometimes we just can’t be. Whether we live in another province, a day’s drive away, or we are unavoidably busy with work responsibilities, it isn’t always possible for us to be
Unpaid Caregivers Are Distressed and Exhausted with Elder Care
Drained, stressed, burnt-out: the unpaid, underappreciated caregivers that are propping up elder care in our communities.
Spring Cleaning: 5 Important Ways to Help Your Elderly Parents
Many of us in the “sandwich generation” not only organize our own homes, but we help our elderly parents out with the big cleaning and decluttering tasks of spring.