How To Keep Older Adults From Suffering Through Cold Temperatures

November has only just started. According to the calendar, we still have until nearly the end of December for the winter season to officially get underway. Mother Nature, however, has other ideas. Here in Calgary, subzero temperatures and snowfall is already the norm....

Keeping Seniors Safe On Halloween

Are you all set for Halloween this coming Monday? If you live in a neighbourhood that inhabits a lot of youngsters, you’re bound to welcome numerous trick-or-treaters on the 31st. But does your home inhabit a senior citizen? If so, it will be important to take some...

Are You Prepared To Age In Place? A Short Checklist

The Government of Canada has published a checklist entitled Thinking About Your Future? Plan Now to Age in Place. It is a digital booklet that helps to prepare elderly individuals to age in place by looking at nine areas of their lives. They are as follows: health,...

Aging In Place Is The Ideal Way To Spend Your Senior Years

“There’s no place like home.” This age-old idiom was popularized by the iconic 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. The phrase, which was famously uttered by the movie’s protagonist, Dorothy, was actually first coined in the 1823 song “Home, Sweet Home”. The lyrics were...

How Older Adults Can Achieve More Restful Sleeps At Night

Older adults are advised to get at least 7 to 8 hours of good-quality sleep each night. By regularly doing so, seniors can enjoy a number of health benefits. The problem, of course, is that getting a good night’s sleep is often difficult for the elderly. A combination...

Making Your Household’s Stairwells Safe For Everyone

With age, we tend to lose strength and balance. As a result, falls can occur more easily for older adults. Statistically, this has been proven. Falls have been determined as the number one cause of injury-related deaths and hospitalizations of Canadian seniors....