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What Does A Healthy Meal Cost?

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A complimentary copy of the Saturday Star was delivered to my door so I had the pleasure of holding a newspaper in my hand while enjoying my morning coffee (note: we have gone ‘paperless’ and I am not a happy convert). The headlines grabbed my attention: ‘Nursing homes feed seniors on $8.33 a day’. This is not very much money- especially as I calculated the cost of my Nespresso ($.75)….

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Costs, Elder Care, In the News

Dementia Solutions from DementiaHack

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[caption id="attachment_4170" align="alignnone" width="300"] Vintage incandescent Edison type bulbs[/caption] Who knew spending the weekend immersed in dementia concepts could be so stimulating!!! I spent the weekend meeting wonderful people, learning new definitions/concepts and a new language such as ‘repositories, source code/asset archives Full-Stack C# developer Java C#, C ++. Python, PHP, SQL’. In return, I shared the concerns and challenge that I see working with those with dementia and their….

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Disability, Elder Care, In the News

Medical Emergency Cards – A Logical Follow-up to POAPCs

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As regular readers know, we occasionally invite guest bloggers to contribute to All About Estates  Today’s blog was written by Norman Bowley, a partner and chair of the Estates and Succession Group at Low Murchison Radnoff LLP . In my wallet you will find a plastic card the size of a credit card or driver’s license. It’s all dressed up with our firm’s logo, but it’s what it contains that’s important. Across….

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Elder Care, Estate Planning, Geriatric Care Management, Interest, Power of Attorney

6 Big Ideas, “Better Now” by Dr. Danielle Martin

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I recently had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Danielle Martin address health care system challenges faced by Canadians daily.  In her book Better Now   Dr. Martin explores ways to make Canadian health care better. Dr. Martin is a family doctor and practices in the Family Practice Health Centre at Women’s College Hospital where she is also the Vice-President of Medical Affairs & Health System Solutions. Her 6 main ideas….

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Disability, Elder Care, Elder Law

Ontario’s Dementia Strategy and A DementiaHack!

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Tomorrow is the last day of Alzheimers Awareness Month in Canada. Over the last several years I have shared many blogs on the crisis of dementia. It is a disease that impacts everyone and with science helping us to live longer, we need to appreciate that for some, they may feel that they are not living at all. I have discussed both the economic and financial cost to providing care….

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Disability, Elder Care, Elder Law, Geriatric Care Management

Dementia in Canada: Developing A National Strategy for Dementia-friendly Communities

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“I can think of no other disease that places such a heavy burden on families, communities, and societies. I can think of no other disease where innovation, including breakthrough discoveries to develop a cure, is so badly needed.” — Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization (Opening remarks at the First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action against Dementia, 17 March 2015) As January is Alzheimer’s Awareness month, I thought….

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Elder Care, Elder Law
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