Can creativity and art help our brains to be more resistant to damage and degeneration? Written by Dr. Luis Fornazzari, Consultant on Behavioural Neurology at the Memory Disorder Clinic and the Geriatric Mental Health Outpatient Program at St Michael’s Hospital. The answer will have profound
Stamps, fishing lures, silver spoons, teddy bears – it’s an interesting human trait, this desire to collect objects – and it seems there are as many kinds of collections as there are personalities to cherish them. Whether it’s a serious pursuit of a rare find
Discrimination is something many of us experience throughout our lifetime and it exists in many forms, with the most common examples often related to gender, race and religion. But another form of discrimination plagues our society, and it is one that, while not as outwardly
Drained, stressed, burnt-out: the unpaid, underappreciated caregivers that are propping up elder care in our communities.
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.
