Smart Ageing

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Smart Ageing: Post-Retirement Planning to Avoid Costly Mistakes

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For the past five years, it has been my pleasure to address a local service club on the topic of Smart Ageing and discuss other topics proposed by the members. The members are retired professionals and businessmen with an average age of 80. The forty men present in person this year, plus those online, wanted to discuss the costly mistakes that could occur if appropriate personal care plans were not….

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Elder Management, Smart Ageing

Lifestyle Changes Bring Increased Risk to Older Clients

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Managing an elder’s journey late in life is not for the faint of heart. Ask a partner or family member – it is complicated, frustrating, rewarding, and exhausting at the same time. Given our rapidly aging population, we need to rethink our planning paradigm for older clients and actively shift to planning for a 100-year life. While a lifespan may be 100 years, people may find that their health span….

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Elder Management, Power of Attorney, Smart Ageing

Keeping Steady in Interesting Times

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We live in interesting times. This phrase has been coming to mind all week after meeting with a family who is managing the care of their elderly father with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. They asked questions about managing his care and shared their other daily challenges. For example, like you, they have hectic family lives, demanding professional careers and feel the stress and unease that has come with threats to our….

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Caregiving, Elder Management, Smart Ageing

March 2025 Deadline: Veterans, Estates & Survivors May Qualify for Settlement

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Canadian veterans who were receiving disability pension benefits during the twenty years from 2003 to 2023 may be eligible for a class action settlement payment, which is non-taxable. However, it is possible that many survivors or families may be unaware of the settlement and do not know the steps to take to claim a settlement payment before the fast-approaching deadline of March 19, 2025. The Final Settlement Agreement (effective March….

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Smart Ageing

The Smart Ageing Resolution: Have the Garden Conversation

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Happy New Year! The holidays provided an opportunity to catch up on various articles on a wide range of topics, including smart ageing. One of the most informative was a new report from the CSA Public Policy Centre on demographic changes in Canada’s aging population and policy implications for 2024.[1] The report takes a holistic view of complex interwoven factors, such as social, economic, and healthcare resources, which must be….

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Elder Management, Estate Planning, Smart Ageing

Our Holiday Wish – Proactively Plan for Smart Ageing

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As the holiday season is upon us, do you have your shopping done, or are you the person who procrastinates to the very last shopping day? It’s human nature to put off to tomorrow what could be done today. This holiday season, I have one wish for you. When it comes to elderly parents, friends, or clients, don’t procrastinate! Life happens, and things like recurring snowstorms, as we saw in….

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Elder Management, Estate Planning, Smart Ageing
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