Seniors and Dating: Benefits of Speed Dating over Online Dating

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Want a new way to meet someone? Try speed dating. It’s a great way to meet people and it has many benefits over online dating.

Sunrise Men’s Club: A night out with ‘the boys’!

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The Men’s Club is a social program just for men at Sunrise Senior Living in Oakville. Check out their adventures in the new column by Mark Giordani!

Giving to your community is good for your brain

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VIDEO: Volunteering your time not only gives you a social life, it develops new pathways in your brain, improving memory and helping you live longer.

The Fifth Stage of Dating: Commitment

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Many mid-life adults don’t want to get married. They’re divorced, widowed or they have always been single. Here’s the case for “getting hitched”.

Life in a retirement home: What’s it really like?

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VIDEO: Wondering what life in a retirement community is really like? Residents tell you all about it in Seniors on Screen!

Seniors and Dating: Best online dating advice

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Dating is big business for the 65+ age group. If you’re single and looking to find a mate, you should try online dating. Here are six tips for success.

Caring for elderly parents: How siblings can work as a team

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In our last blog we profiled the dilemma of the adult daughter who was expected to do everything for her aging Mom, while her brothers claimed mom seemed perfectly fine when they dropped in or phoned. Add mom’s own assertion that she’s ‘just fine,’ and our adult daughter begins to doubt her own sanity! We [...]

Caring for elderly parents: How to get your siblings to help

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Story of the month: “Caring for elderly parents: How to get your siblings to help.” Today is “Story of the month” day on the blog! This is when we look at the post that garnered the greatest response from you, our readers.   It’s a post that was so popular and useful, that it is [...]

Intimacy for Men: How to deal with a woman’s emotions

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In our last advice on relationships blog, we identified the four levels of intimacy as: Physical – creating desire and arousal Emotional – creating affection, caring and trust Mental – creating interest and receptivity Spiritual – opening our hearts, creating respect; overcoming judgements / doubts Intimacy: The fourth stage of dating Intimacy is the fourth stage of dating [...]

Caring for your elderly parents—and yourself too

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I want to talk today about an old child’s toy called the Weeble that some of you may be old enough to remember as I do. It was a roly-poly character that rocked when pushed but always came back up. The commercial message was: “Weebles wobble, but they don’t fall down.” I wonder if many [...]