by Lesley Forrester | Nov 15, 2020 | Health, Safety, Seniors
Montreal is still in the Red Zone and gyms, restaurants and other gathering places remain closed. We have to readjust our lives again. We will not be able to live normally until there is a vaccine, so here are some tips from your Montreal Home Care provider to help...
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 | 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 | Nov 24, 2019 | Activities, Creativity, Seniors
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, Seniors
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,...
