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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
December 6, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates Holidays are partially about tradition and in keeping with that theme, I have reprinted a holiday recipe that I wrote and was printed in CARP magazine. It is getting to be that time again and holidays are around the corner. Do your parents live in another [...]
November 28, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates There has been much discussion lately regarding end of life decisions. Most recently the Court of Appeal of Ontario released its decision in June 2011 in the case of Rasouli v Sunnybrook Health Science Centre which looked at whether or not removal from a mechanical ventilator [...]
November 18, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates Older adults who are over the age of 60 are five times more likely to have a higher risk rate of suicide than younger people. Depression is the most common mental health concern for older adults, affecting between 15 to 20 percent of older adults living [...]
November 10, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates While caring for an aging parent, raising children, and working full-time, caregivers juggle many responsibilities. So how can caregivers manage their time? What options do they have? What is the different between home care and community based care? Is it worth paying a Personal Support Worker [...]
October 25, 2011; By: Audrey Miller All About Estates With economic uncertainty, an aging population and fewer workers, a Canadian study is underway to document the Availability, Accessibility and Effectiveness of Workplace Supports In Canada. The purpose of the study is to determine what types of workplace supports employers in the private, public, broader public [...]
