Webinar for Faith Communities: Supporting Members with Dementia and their Families/Care Partners
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022 | 9:30 am – 11:30 am We are delighted to be hosting this webinar on April [...]
Hope and Resilience During the Pandemic
Purple leaf sand cherry- Prunus x cistena Written by: Stephanie Wickens Finding ways to [...]
Healthy Brains and Board Games
Healthy Brains and Board Games What comes to mind when you think of board games? Some of us might think back [...]
Creating a Fashion for Compassion
Creating a Fashion for Compassion by Teresa Hartnett, Director of Family Ministry, Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton Mahatma [...]
Death Cafe: Talking about End of Life
Blog by Pastor Loretta Jaunzarins We’ve changed. Our Canadian culture has changed a lot in the past few years. Canadians seem to [...]
What LGBTQ Elders Need to Thrive
My Lesbian and Gay friends and relatives have experienced a lot of struggles over the decades: discrimination and bullying during most of [...]
Stick-Handling through a Health Crisis – Two
In this, part 2 of Stick-Handling through a Health Crisis, I negotiate my way through the doctor’s orders, discover how best to [...]
Assertiveness: Advocacy for Self and Others
Ellen Ryan In my research career, I identified the use of baby-talk with frail older adults (Elder Speak), perhaps intended to be [...]
Aging in Canada vs India, Thailand or Ecuador
When I decided to train as a PSW, I experienced the average training offered, and the entry level jobs on offer. I [...]
Stick-Handling through a Health Crisis
Recently I have been negotiating my way through surgery, tests, diagnosis and misdiagnoses; experiencing good, timely, negligent and disrespectful care. I have felt [...]