by Lesley Forrester | Aug 26, 2020 | Home Care, Safety, Seniors
The other day one of the nurses on our home care team noticed that the client was urinating frequently. She suspected a UTI – something common in the elderly, and performed a urinalysis. She asked me to call the woman’s doctor with the results. There...
by Lesley Forrester | Jul 27, 2020 | Home Care, Safety, Seniors
As we enter another phase of the pandemic, different challenges in home care present themselves. Last week one of our clients had a visitor – an old friend. This gentleman visitor is in his ’80’s and he is a very nice man. We know him well –...
by Lesley Forrester | May 27, 2020 | Safety
In mid-April, during the COVID-19 crisis, members of the Canadian Military were sent to several long term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec to provide assistance to the dwindling staffs. Yesterday morning, the Canadian Military submitted a report to the Prime...
by Lesley Forrester | Apr 30, 2020 | Health
The COVID-19 lockdown has been part of our lives for the last seven (7) weeks. Thanks to the dedication of our caregivers, our clients are all well and safe in their homes. And our caregivers are all well. In the province of Quebec there has been much attention given...
by Lesley Forrester | Mar 29, 2020 | Health
The worldwide coronavirus emergency is uppermost in the minds and the lives of all health care workers, hospitals, doctors, nurses, PABs, CHSLDs, Social Workers, and everyone associated with the delivery of health care services. In our own province of Quebec,...
by Lesley Forrester | Mar 6, 2020 | Home Care, Seniors
One of the benefits of living in a small community is its ability to respond to its citizens’ needs quickly and with flexibility. The City of Westmount has announced two excellent initiatives which may assist Seniors. The City website states: “In...
by Lesley Forrester | Feb 11, 2020 | Activities
Starting last Thursday evening, and ending Saturday night, Montreal received over 35 cms of snow. Sunday was the sort of day where you stood at the door and said, “Where do we go from here?” In any case, the snow ploughs and the dump trucks have been out...
by Lesley Forrester | Nov 24, 2019 | Creativity
While many seniors at one time or another think about writing a memoir, many are discouraged by a lack of confidence in their writing ability, or are of the opinion that their stories are not interesting enough. Nevertheless, taking suitable time to write down stories...
by Lesley Forrester | Nov 6, 2019 | Lifestyle
Blue Zones are the names given to geographic locations in the world where people typically live past 100. The benchmark for becoming a Blue Zone is having a centenarian rate that is an astonishing three times higher than the national average. Ikaria in Greece,...
by Lesley Forrester | Oct 9, 2019 | Housing
In 1998, Shirley Meredeen was in her late 60s and together with Madeleine Lewis had founded Growing Old Disgracefully, a network established to challenge preconceptions of older women as passive and redundant. In the summer of that year, Meredeen attended a workshop...
