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Cut hotel costs: Stay at a Holiday retirement residence!
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Inge Chiruck loves to travel. She was born in Germany and frequently goes back to her native land but she also enjoys visiting other parts of the United States and Canada. Fortunately as a resident of a Holiday Retirement community she can take advantage of the community’s travel programme. “I think it’s just wonderful that [...]
Blazing a trail for seniors’ fashion!
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of the best ways to speak out and get noticed—even if you’re in your 80s or 90s—is with your fashion choices. If you had style when you were younger, you still do; being older doesn’t change anything. No one knows that better than the women of Ari Seth Cohen’s upcoming documentary, “Advanced Style”. [...]
Seniors and Driving: 101-year-old woman drives 81-year-old car
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Margaret Dunning of Plymouth, Michigan is this month’s “Seniors Speak Out” personality and our choice for poster girl of seniors’ driving. At 101-years-old she is twenty years older than her car—an 81-year-old Packard from 1930! Margaret changes the oil and the spark plugs and likes to get her friends involved when it’s polishing day. Watch [...]
3 Ways to Stay Active and Warm This Winter
December 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
After one of the warmest summers in recent memory, the focus now shifts on ways for seniors to remain active throughout the winter months. It is important that seniors remain active throughout the entire year and not just when the weather outside is pleasant. Here are three ways that seniors across Ontario are braving the cold winter and staying active within their local communities.
The Wisdom of Waiting
December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
n this blog, my advice on relationships is about to make me extremely unpopular by making the case for postponing physical intimacy. When desire is the expression of love is the best time to experience increasing degrees of intimacy. And love needs time and care in order to grow. Who here has had the experience of having an explosive first few weeks of a romance only to watch it flame out? Can we talk?
Palisades on the Glen: Origami ‘Peace Tree’
December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
O-ri-ga-mi: the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes, derived from the word ori, meaning ‘folding’; and kami, meaning ‘paper’. 1,000 Cranes “You are never too old to adopt new traditions,” says Nicki Truman, resident at Palisades on the Glen Retirement Community in Mississauga. Nicki, along with a crafty group at the Palisades helped [...]
LifeTimes, The Game of Reminiscence
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
During the summer of 2010, we noticed a decline in our 86 year-old mother’s ability to process and retrieve current information. This also came with a noticeable change in her emotional state as she frequently appeared frustrated and agitated. Visits with our mom in her seniors care residence, became challenging. Until we made a discovery. [...]
Tips On How To Prepare For Holiday Gift Expenses
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s time to pull back the spending reigns and prepare for holiday gift expenses. During a time when most shoppers are reducing their spending altogether, it’s especially important to make a realistic budget for your gift list.
Expert Gardener Barb Hegman Offers Fall Gardening Tips
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just because summer is over doesn’t mean it is time to let your garden go. There are still many great things you can do in your garden throughout Fall. Expert gardener and founder of PlantJotter.com Barb Hegman offers some tips and tricks for keeping your garden beautiful and thriving when the weather starts to cool.
