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 Can I Help My Aging Parent Sleep Better At Night?

We all need to get adequate sleep at night. But it will probably come as no surprise to you that seniors need good sleep more than any of us. It’s harder to rest peacefully throughout each night when you’re in your later years. Consider the fact that frequent trips to...