Where Housing Meets Health: Seniors’ Social Isolation
Written by Justine Levesque What is Social isolation? There are varying definitions of social isolation in the literature, but the World [...]
Resilient Aging and Innovative Housing Solutions
Written By Judy Shepalo In October 2020, through the Hamilton Public Library, Ellen Ryan and I conducted a 4-week course on [...]
Hope and Resilience During the Pandemic
Purple leaf sand cherry- Prunus x cistena Written by: Stephanie Wickens Finding ways to [...]
Muslim Seniors: Challenges and Positive Aging Experiences
Muslim Seniors: Challenges and Positive Aging Experiences by Dr. Abdelfettah Elkchirid and Jahan Zeb As published in the Hamilton Spectator [...]
How to Cultivate Well-being in Your Life: 5 Components to Thriving
How to Cultivate Well-being in Your Life: 5 Components to Thriving Positive psychology investigates the science of what [...]
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 [...]
Mindful Walking Among Trees
I am a walker, walking has trained me to notice. Noticing has connected me with nature. Paying attention has inspired creative writing [...]
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 [...]
What Not to Say
After we lose a loved one, some of us withdraw because we’re “not very good company”. We are depressed and lonely ..and [...]