Story of My Family is a Japanese drama that I have started watching on Netflix and so far, in episode one it has all the intrigue that we see in the world of estates, including challenging family dynamics, aging, incapacity and undue influence. We are introduced to an aging pro wrestler who returns to his family after 20 years to fight for his inheritance when his father — a respected….
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Caregiving
“Ontario will be short 33,000 nurses and PSWs by 2028”, financial watchdog projects. Folks, please pay attention, we are already feeling the shortage of medical care in our hospitals, long term care settings and of course, at home as well. My own family doctor is retiring and I suppose I am lucky in so far as there is a doctor who is going to take over her practice. He has….
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Elder Care
While we all may be aware of the dementia crisis that is increasingly heading our way, it often takes a celebrity to truly raise the issue and increase our general awareness levels. I am referring to FTD or frontotemporal dementia and Bruce Willis’ recent diagnosis. Dementia is a syndrome describing a series of symptoms including memory loss, loss of judgement and language, problem-solving and other processing abilities that are severe….
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Disability, In the NewsBell Let’s Talk. Not sure what I was doing on January 25, 2023 but I missed this important day so am providing a shout out now to talk about ‘good’ mental health. For many of us, obtaining and maintaining a good mental equilibrium is no easy feat. Let’s face it, Covid didn’t help. As a friend of mine shared last week, many are still dealing with ‘Covid Interruptis’. Life in….
It is still Alzheimers Awareness Month and for those of you who have been following my blogs for the last many years, dementia awareness is very important to me. On October 31 2022, my colleague Sasha Adler blogged about the Canadian Dementia Strategy and shared CanAge’s report card. Today I would like to expand on this topic and share an important podcast that was recently released (January 18, 2023) on….
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CaregivingHappy New Year. It was a busy start of the new year as families were eager to connect, speak with an expert, learn and gather information. As January is also Alzheimers Awareness Month, I thought I would share how my first week in January 2023 was spent with several new families- all adult children worried about their parent (s) with dementia. Two scenarios are briefly outlined: Meet John: John is….
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Elder Care, Geriatric Care Management, Power of Attorney