Staying safe in your home is very important. It is easy to become complacent in an environment that you are used to and familiar with, but the reality is around one in three adults over 65 who live at...
New Survey From The Hartford And MIT AgeLab Finds Homeowners Age 50+ Delay Home Maintenance
The Hartford commits $1 million to AARP Foundation to develop tools to help homeowners prioritize and plan for home maintenance needs.
Survey results can be found...
Change can be scary but you know what is scarier? Allowing FEAR to stop you from growing, evolving and progressing.
One of my grandmothers spent over a year in a long term care facility. She was confined to bed or...
For seniors who are thinking of downsizing or relocating in retirement, the question always comes down to rent or buy. Some seniors may be selling their family home and others may have rented for years but still the question...
Look at any large city in Canada and you will notice the number of condos being built. Condo living has become a way to use less space to house more people. Many seniors purchase or rent condos after selling...
Moving into a new residence quite often means downsizing. For many seniors who owned a family home, a smaller home, apartment or senior residence fits their time of life much better. Getting rid of many used up and old...
The number of homeless seniors in Canada and other “wealthy” countries is rising. As of 2016 those over 50 accounted for more than 41 percent of the homeless in Canada. Many see this as a trend since the overall...
Even in some of the best and most expensive senior living communities, the meals are mediocre at best. High prices can far outweigh the nutritional value of the meals. Quite often meals are small, tasteless and unappetizing. Seniors who...
Among the pantheon of not-completely-happy alternatives to living out your life in your own home (which most of us really wish to do) are Assisted Living Facilities (ALF’s). In some ways I think this approach of ALF’s is definitely old...
Where do I begin with moving my parents into a senior residence?
Make a list of questions. Consider the pros and cons of the options:
Can we keep them at home and get assisted help?
For what do they need assisted...
