You can depend on your pharmacist and their team for a range of supportive services. Your pharmacy has become more than a place to pick up your prescriptions; the pharmacy team can help you navigate many important aspects of the care experience. Consider the follow: • Ask about medication
TED TALK Lisa Genova: How your memory works—and why forgetting is totally OK Have you ever misplaced something you were just holding? Completely blanked on a famous actor’s name? Walked into a room and immediately forgot why? Neuroscientist Lisa Genova digs into two types of memory failures we regularly experience.
Canada Cares I was pleased to see you recognizing caregivers in the Canada Cares portion of your recent publications. There have been so many helpful people in my own life and I wish I could take the time to recognize and thank them all. Miya Campbell, Irma, AB Editor’s message: Not enough recognition goes out […]
Tips to make caregiving a little bit easier To improve your caregiving stamina you’ll need to find ways to build both you physical and emotional health so that you can make things happen in the best way possible. Think positive. Never underestimate the power of a positive outlook. You’ll find that the determination to triumph […]
How to live to be 100+ By Dan Buttoner To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world’s “Blue Zones,” communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past […]
Try voice to text. It’s wonderful! Talk and words appear on the little screen My feet are planted firmly in the 20th century, where I’ve spent most of my life. Still, the technology available today is astounding, and I take advantage of it where I can. But sometimes it defeats me. Let me backtrack a bit. […]
Females generally have a finer sense of taste than males. In studies conducted by LIFE food sciences, women picked out tastes with a 10 per cent greater accuracy. Men needed approximately 20 per cent more sweetness to recognize the difference and 10 per cent more sourness. And, according to a Yale study, 35 per cent […]
Ever find there are more things to do than there is time in the day? It’s not uncommon. As a former co-caregiver there was always something that needed my attention. From driving Mom or Dad to appointments, a quick prescription refill from the pharmacy, running a household errand on my lunch break, it was never […]
How to stop your life from grinding to a halt For those of us who have spent our lives working, raising families and being socially active, being pushed to the sidelines by medical issues or isolation can lead to frustration, loneliness and the possibility of extended periods of boredom. According to experts, boredom can be […]
By Mark Wolynn Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. Yes, traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It










