Source link: http://bit.ly/1k5YKKs We know we are going to get in serious trouble for even suggesting that journals qualify as CRUD. If you have de-cluttered as many homes as we have then you would know why we include these iconic digests of personal misery in the category. When we were growing up the practice was … Continue reading
How Much Do Feelings Weigh?
A noted speaker walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged from 8 … Continue reading
Downsizing, Buying, and Financing your home – Professional advice
When downsizing, buying, or financing your home, consulting a trusted professional is essential for ensuring you and the seniors you love are able to achieve the end result desired while being treated fairly. A recent experience one family had – involving the downsizing of a grandparent’s home, and merging generations into one house – illustrates … Continue reading
Conversations We Need to Have With our Parents
If you are over forty and are fortunate enough to still have your parents around, there are conversations that you need to have with them… and the sooner, the better. Let’s hear from G.A. (Geoff) Cowman in our Monthly Guest Blog! Continue reading
Planned Giving… doing more and feeling better!
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss The good news is that 85% of Canadians give financially to charitable causes each year… so we do “care a whole awful lot”. If you personally care about your communities, your family, and your neighbours, … Continue reading
Fight Winter Bugs with a Healthy Immune System
The fall winter season has so many good features, but colds and flus are not among them. Are you one of those people who catches everything that goes around? Or maybe you can’t seem to shake a cold and it lingers for weeks. Well, these might be signs that your immune system is not as … Continue reading
Why Wait? Downsizing Minus Regrets
Susan Borax- Good Riddance Professional Organizing Solutions – Practically Daughters Senior Move Managers If you have been in your home for over 20 years, no doubt you have accumulated enough furniture, decorations, clothing, tools and paper to at least cause a shudder as you contemplate what to do with it all. Moving to a smaller … Continue reading
Tips for Spending Less in Retirement
If you’re like most of us, you looked forward to retirement. You have more free time to do the things you enjoy. But sometimes having more time means you spend more money. How do you rein in your spending if you’re spending more than you think you should? I suggest following a four-step process I … Continue reading
Claris Healthcare Announces Claris One™-an Affordable Solution to Connect Adults and Their Aging Parents
All-in-one device providing independence for older seniors and peace of mind for families SOURCE: MARKETWIRED VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – June 17, 2014) – Claris Healthcare today introduced Claris One™, an easy-to-use countertop device that offers family members the ability to connect with their aging parents and share the responsibility of caregiving. Claris One™ is an … Continue reading
World Elder Abuse Day
British Columbia recognizes June 15th as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Every year an estimated 5 million older people are victims of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. And that’s only part of the picture: Experts believe that for every case of elder abuse or neglect reported, as many as 23 cases go unreported. Elder abuse … Continue reading