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Deflated I.V drip
Kersie describes a recent hospital visit with comical yet honest dictation. Read more...
Legal and Financial Considerations for Family Caregivers
Personal planning involves making arrangements in advance in case you need assistance with managing your legal, financial and health-related affairs due to illness, injury or disability. Read more...
The Joy of Eating and Aging Well - Senior Food Guide
Eating well as a senior is a lifestyle that embraces fresh, colorful food, creativity in the kitchen, and eating with friends. Read more...
Boost Your Brain Health
Staying regularly engaged in social interaction, pursuing new interests and playing challenging mind games are recommended steps for seniors to adopt a brain-healthy lifestyle. Read more...
Senior Tips for Living Alone
How to Stay Where You Want to Be for as Long as You Can Read more...
Boomers: Big-impact health activities you can do in 15 minutes or less
Age is only a number for this determined group whose population is pushing an estimated 78 million. Read more...
Achieve your ideal life, one goal at a time
Are you living your ideal life? If not, you’re not alone. In fact, you are among the vast majority of people worldwide. Here are some proven strategies us that can help you plan and achieve more than you ever thought possible Read more...
Surviving Another Saturday Evening
Widow Marie Burns tells her inspiring story of managing loss by enjoying the simple moments with loved ones. Read more...
The Purrfect Pair
When Karen Corey found a beautiful, black and white stray cat outside of her apartment and decided to bring him into her home, she couldn’t have known how her kindness would be repaid in the months to come. Read more...
Gift of Life!
It is unbelievable the courage and struggle that these people go through on a daily basis as they wait for someone else to save their life. Read more...
Food safety tips for people with weakened immune systems
People with weakened immune systems such as those living with HIV/AIDS, diabetes, alcoholism or who are undergoing chemotherapy or organ transplantation, are more likely to become ill and suffer from serious health effects if they eat contaminated food Read more...
Canadian woman reveals how to take-on menopause and revitalize life
Confident in her walk and full of life in her talk, one would never guess that 64-year-old Catherine from Canada would let menopause affect her life. But at one point, it had. Read more...
Infectious Wisdom
Why routine vaccination for pneumococcal disease is necessary even in seniors. Watch this video now. Read more...
Ironing Out Iron Insufficiency
Fatigue is not only a result of a fast-paced life-style. New methods help detect iron deficiency more effectively. Watch this video now! Read more...
Simple home remedies to ease the common cold
While you can expect to be sick for one to two weeks, it doesn't mean you have to be miserable. Read more...
Work with your doctor to create a fibromyalgia treatment plan
For people living with fibromyalgia, managing their disease can be challenging. Read more...
Seniors shown how to prevent falls in the home
The old line "Help I've fallen and I can't get up" has become a TV cliche over the years, but for seniors, a fall can represent a serious and potentially fatal health risk. Read more...
Tips on caring for a relative affected by Alzheimer's disease
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in Canadian seniors is predicted to increase dramatically over the next 30 years, but the task of primary caregiver will likely still fall on close relatives. Read more...
Canadians more prepared for death than old age
Surveys of senior Canadians consistently find that many have prepared financial affairs for after their deaths, but have put little thought into their finances and living situation in the event that they become unable to care for themselves. Read more...
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