October 6, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates: My last week’s blog discussed the thorny subject of family feuding. It is emotionally, physically and financially costly to everyone, especially the older individual and family. In order to look ahead, I think we have to step back and see what things have to be in [...]
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Family Feuding, October 4, 2011, Hosted by Dr. Gordon Atherley Audrey Miller is the founder and Managing Director of Elder Caring Inc. Dr. Renee Ruiter-Kohn provides various services including individual case management, interpersonal counselling and vocational counselling. Both have personal experience of family caregiving. They describe their work and the services they provide for families [...]
September 12, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates Tomorrow I say a final goodbye to my mother in law, Alice Frank. Finally at peace after a difficult few months. Fiercely independent until this spring, remaining in her own home for over 50 years. She entered palliative care on Friday and died on Sunday morning. [...]
May 30, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates I recently attended a workshop on elder abuse and I continue to be saddened by the many different ways that elders can be taken advantage of. Financial abuse is one of the types identified, included with physical and emotional abuse as well as with neglect. There [...]
By: Michelle Roberts Esperanza Magazine Spring 2011 [excerpt from “Sandwich Stress] Julie H. knows all too well how hard it can be to juggle the needs of older relatives and kids at home. She recalls one moment in particular when she was squeezed between competing needs: “I was breastfeeding my baby, trying to chase my [...]
May 3, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates Last week I blogged on the financial cost of caregiving. My colleague, Jasmine Sweatman continued the theme in her blog HEALTHCARE – A CANADIAN’S RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY? Tonight on the eve of the election results, I wonder if things will be different. I doubt that the [...]
February 23, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates A serious concern for many health care professionals and older adults is the risk of falls. Research from the Public Health Agency of Canada suggests that seniors over the age of 65 are at a higher risk of falling. As busy Canadians we are often too [...]
January 3, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates It may be unusual that the first section of the paper that I read, is the Sports section. Not to know how the Leafs did but rather to read the births and deaths. I started reading the births when I had my own children, some 20 [...]
