Arranging 24 hour care
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We’re told that dad will need round the clock care when he comes home from the hospital. How do we arrange this?
Month: June 2011
Help us improve palliative care in Ontario!
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Team Losing Our Parents is participating in the 2011 Healing Cycle Ride to raise funds for hospice palliative care in Ontario. 100% of donations go directly to improving hospice palliative care, which we believe is a VERY important cause. Why? You probably assume that when someone you love nears end of life they will receive … Continued
Moving and homecare
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We’re moving to another city and would like to take our elderly aunt. How do we make sure her homecare continues?
Conversations that matter: Talking about money with aging parents
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Some conversations in life truly matter. Talking about money issues is perhaps one of the most important and difficult conversations to have with aging parents. It takes courage and planning. Most of us do not want to talk or even think about our parents’ declining health, let alone financial matters, so how can we volunteer to learn, understand and help our parents as they age?
Live-in or live out care?
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Is live-in or live-out care better for someone living on their own and what are the cost differences?
Open to Hope Book
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I am honoured to have one of my stories included in this new hard cover book just out this week on Amazon. This is an American Foundation out of Chicago. They are dedicated to helping people who deal with grief by helping them to move past their grief. The stories in the book are inspirational … Continued
The right bathroom safety equipment?
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Where can I find advice about getting the right bathroom safety equipment? My homecare nurse suggested that my wife might fall in the bathroom.
Managing a hospital visit
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For most members of the public, a trip to the hospital is like being thrust into a foreign country without the guidebook! We don’t know the language, are dependent on the healthcare professionals and just hope for the best.
Checking on the neighbours
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I have several elderly neighbours that I check up on each day. I’m going away for two months this summer and I’m worried about leaving them. Any suggestions?
An excerpt from Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out
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I race up and down the corridors of my mind, frantically seeking to make sense of what’s going on around me. Sometimes this process makes me even more lost, and I become lost about why I am lost!
