May 23, 2012: Allaboutestates.ca by Audrey Miller: There are more and more retirement residence being built and navigating the maze of assisted living, retirement, and long term care homes can be a full time job. As a Geriatric Care Manager, I am often asked by families to help them understand the differences between retirement settings […]
Home Care
Written on May 4, 2012 – 7:08 am | allaboutestates.ca by Audrey Miller I had the pleasure of attending a conference on “Conquering Pain” presented by Dr. Mary O’Brien and I thought I would share a few things. However, I would like to preface my comments with the following: I am a patient -not a […]
Written on April 26, 2012 – 7:15 am | Allaboutestates by Audrey Miller Further to last week’s blog: Who Needs Home Care and What Is It? Written on April 18, 2012 , a few key points made by The Health Council of Canada (2012) article: Seniors in need, caregivers in distress: What are the home […]
April 18, 2012: Allaboutestates blog: We may all need it, at some time or another. The Health Council of Canada (2012) has recently published: Seniors in need, caregivers in distress: What are the home care priorities for seniors in Canada? It is an excellent paper that explores the growing issue of home care in Canada. […]
March 22, 2011, Allaboutestates: When touring retirement residences with my client who was in her late 90’s at the time, she turned and looked at me and said- boy, there are lots of old people here. I don’t think this is for me. I can tell you that it is a typical response; and quite […]
By: Lesley Alderman NY Times March 12, 2010 TWO years ago my father, then 83, became very ill. Until then, he had been living alone in a pleasant one-bedroom apartment on the Hudson River, an hour’s drive from my home in Brooklyn. After a couple of months in the hospital it became clear that my […]
