Seniors Posts

Advance Care Planning: Discussing future health care and treatment options is not an easy topic of conversation

August 7, 2009

A consequence of advances in nutrition and medicine is that people live longer – a lot longer. With longevity, ...

Keeping Older Drivers Driving

August 6, 2009

Candrive, a Canadian research program aimed at improving the safety and quality of life of older drivers is now into ...

Home Adaptations for Senior’s Independence

July 16, 2009

Approximately four years ago, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) established the Home Application for ...

The Patients Doctors Don’t Know

July 16, 2009

As they do every July, hospitals across America are welcoming new interns, fresh from medical school graduation. Given ...

The Patients Doctors Don’t Know

July 16, 2009

As they do every July, hospitals across America are welcoming new interns, fresh from medical school graduation. Given ...

Gay retirees: the next big untapped target market?

June 23, 2009

June 20th 2009 Despite their rising ranks and numbers, gay boomers and seniors are still a largely ignored demographic, ...

MOVING WILLIAM TO “K” WARD

June 15, 2009

Youre not a pretty sight today, are you sweetheart? I held Williams good left hand and contemplated my old friend, a ...

Some Options for LGBT Seniors

June 15, 2009

Many LGBT seniors do not feel safe in disclosing their sexual identity or orientation to mainstream healthcare ...

POWER(LESS) OF ATTORNEY

June 15, 2009

Somewhere between one’s first grey hair and a major health crisis most of us admit to our own mortality, shrug ...

More work to be done – Challenges in Long Term Care

June 15, 2009

Discrimination Canadian research has indicated that discrimination towards gay and lesbian seniors exists on a ...