by Lesley Forrester | Oct 9, 2019 | Housing, Seniors
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...
by Lesley Forrester | Jun 4, 2019 | Home Care, Legacy, Seniors
Webster’s dictionary defines legacy as, “anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor.” Even though people typically think of a ‘legacy’ as an amount of money or property left to someone in a will, or passed down...
by Lesley Forrester | Mar 13, 2019 | Home Care, Seniors
One of our home care clients recently died and we were asked by the family to help with the dispersal of items in the client’s home. This is not the first time we have helped with such a clean up but things change over the years so I thought that I would share...
by Lesley Forrester | Oct 24, 2018 | Home Care, Housing, Seniors
Knowing when to move to assisted living or long-term care is something many individuals and families are struggling with today. People want to stay at home where things are familiar and comfortable. As we get older it is so important to pan ahead. When discussing a...
by Lesley Forrester | Jan 8, 2018 | Home Care, Seniors
Best wishes for a very Happy New Year! It suddenly dawned on me in December that 2017 was our 10th year of providing home care services to clients in Montreal. The time has just flown by and it has been an amazing experience. When we think of home care we think of...
by Lesley Forrester | Jul 26, 2017 | Seniors
Shanthi and Dorothy with a dear client – 97 years young! – Living Assistance Montreal, The Worn Doorstep
