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“Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Educated Fleas Do It, Let’s Fall In Love (Cole Porter)

February 17, 2012

All About Estates, Feb 16, 2012: by Audrey Miller With Valentine’s day behind us, romance and sex continue to be alive and well. The baby boomers are getting older and while 60 has become the new 40, and 75 the new 60, healthy sex continues to be a favorite topic. However it may still be [...]

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Mental Illness is NOT Contagious

February 8, 2012

Written on Feb 8, 2012, by Audrey Miller at allaboutestates.ca. Today Bell Canada is supporting mental health awareness with their “Let’s Talk Campaign”. While mental health week in Canada is May 7- 13, 2012 , Bell has opted to talk openly about mental illness with the hope of reducing stigma so that people can get [...]

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Hospitals Are Not Good Places For Sick People

January 31, 2012

allaboutestates, Written on January 31, 2012 – 7:43 am | by Audrey Miller There is a Canadian wide shortage of hospital beds and a Canadian wide philosophy to move people through the system as quickly as possible. I had previously blogged on the emotional issues of bed blockers which continues to make headlines. This focus [...]

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Do you work out of the town and are worried about your aging parents?

January 23, 2012

Moved out of the country and left your aging parents behind? Worried about taking that promotion? Not sure how your aging mother will manage if you move to another city? Travel required for work, your parents need you and you are the only child? When caring for a parent or aging loved one becomes more [...]

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Did You Remember? January is still Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

January 23, 2012

Written on January 23, 2012 – 7:49 am | by Audrey Miller, allaboutestates.ca: January continues with Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. While I fear that this will be the largest medical challenge we will be facing over the next many years, we are not well prepared. Most of us are in denial. We don’t want to acknowledge [...]

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January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

January 13, 2012

Written on January 13, 2012 – 7:49 am | by Audrey Miller, allaboutestates.ca While there is no known cure, researchers (Lancet Neurology:July 19, 2011,Early Online Publication) have identified common risk factors for the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. These risk factors include: * Low education: “Use it or lose it” is an important credo in Alzheimer’s [...]

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Driver, driver behind the wheel, are you safe or do we make a deal?

January 5, 2012

Written on January 5, 2012 – 7:27 am | by Audrey Miller, allaboutestates.ca. I am so glad that another year has passed; considering the alternative….. While there may be moments that we despair I am glad to be on this side of the grass. On this positive note, I wanted to highlight research that is [...]

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But You Don’t Know My ……(family, mother, father, etc)

December 22, 2011

Holidays and families A little jingle to get you going…… T’ was the fight before Christmas, When all families know, It’s better to forgive than tell them to F. O., Mom probably liked you better, if memory serves, So while I am a P.O.A., she will get what she deserves, All families are strange, of [...]

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In Hospital With No Where To Go

December 15, 2011

December 14, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates Staying in the hospital over any holiday period can be difficult. There is often a desire by families and hospitals alike to move people out of the hospital and back into the community. One of the all too common themes is the push to have patients [...]

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