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Senior Home Repair Scams
No matter the time of year – winter, spring, summer or fall – BBB receives numerous reports and complaints from seniors that are being taken advantage of by unscrupulous home repair service providers. Read more...
Ask Goldie - February 2013
Goldie Carlow offers peer support to Senior Living readers by answering their questions in her monthly column. Read more...
Senior Living Publishes New Caregiving Guide
Seniors and their adult children continually contact Senior Living to inquire about products and resources to help them manage living in their own home and aging in place! We are pleased to introduce the Caregiving Guide, a new resource for our readers which we will feature in our March and September magazines. This publication is a new collaboration with Family Caregiver's Network Society, which has been supporting family caregivers in BC for almost 25 years. With Senior Living's wide distribution network, this is one of the most effective channels available in BC today to communicate with your senior clients and their adult children about caregiving related products and services. Read more...
A Summer Trip to the Carmanah Valley
The Carmanah Valley has been on my list for years, it is one of the most remarkable wild places on Vancouver Island but difficult to access. Read more...
Why Use a Deposit Broker?
Clients choose GICdirect.com as their GIC Broker because of our great GIC rates and our NO FEE services. Read more...
Why Purchase a GIC?
Often overlooked or under-appreciated, Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) offer unique benefits and play an important role in many investment plans. Read more...
What is a GIC Laddering Strategy?
A Guaranteed Investment Certificate or a GIC laddering is a long term investment strategy and can enhance returns in the GIC component of your portfolio, achieving greater growth while reducing risk. Read more...
How is my GIC Protected?
When you use a GIC Broker, like GICdirect you have access to Financial Institutions across the country. Read more...
Marketing in 2013
When faced with the question about how you are going to market your business in the coming year, you may wonder if you should stick with the “old” – newspaper, magazine, radio or TV ads – or invest in digital advertising like web ads or social media (the “new). Fortunately, it’s not an either/or world anymore. The key is integrated marketing - taking the best of the old and integrating it with the new. Read more...
Arthritis and Weight Loss – Four Healthy Tips
One of the best ways to maintain a healthy weight is through good eating habits. Read more...
You Can Shorten the Kidney Wait List
Every person interested in becoming a kidney donor can make a difference. Take a look at these facts and figures from the Kidney Foundation of Canada: Read more...
Playing the Claim Game
A look through your grocery cart is sure to reveal packages of food touting one benefit or another. Read more...
Eating Healthy, Staying Wealthy
Eating on a budget doesn't have to mean an endless rotation of ramen noodles and boxes of macaroni-and-cheese. Read more...
The BC Seniors Games: It Takes a Village
When it comes to creating and maintaining a sense of community and fellowship, especially among adults 55 plus, the BC Seniors Games takes the cake. Read more...
Sing Yourself Happy and Fit
These enthusiastic choristers have personally experienced the achievement, joy, health and social benefits that come from joining together in song. Read more...
Pushing the Limit
Mature runners keep pace with their younger counterparts when it comes to marathoning. Read more...
Enjoying the Game of Golf
Experts confirm what golfers already knew – the game provides both physical and mental benefits well into one’s senior years. Read more...
Resolution
I am often told that I look like Santa Claus. I’ve got the white beard and I’m rotund, but I certainly couldn’t lift a huge bag of toys and put them in a sleigh. Read more...
Ten Tips to Keep Your Exercise Promise - Fit for the Adventure
Pledging to exercise regularly is a common New Year’s resolution and, sadly, the one most commonly abandoned. Read more...
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