Grey Matters: Honouring your life with a memorial service
People with strong religious conviction may take comfort being remembered in death with a ceremony that reflects their religion and its traditions.
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Seniors Grey Matters: When it comes to medication - less is more
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Seniors Grey Matters: Prohibiting assisted dying does more harm than good
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Seniors Grey Matters: Shielding ourselves from the realities of death
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Seniors Grey Matters: Strategic retirement planning more challenging as we age
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Seniors Grey Matters: Caregivers deserve better
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Seniors Grey Matters: Canada Pension Plan can be significant retirement benefit
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Columnists Montreal teen determined to find answers to Alzheimer's
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Life Brownstein: Montreal foundation has healthy respect for artists
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Local News 'We are in crisis': Personal support workers are the backbone of home care in Ontario ...
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Dr. Eric Cadesky: B.C. doctors working to improve care for residential-care patients
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Seniors Nursing homes penalized for keeping elderly residents healthy: Expert
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Local News Psychological burden on caring for dementia at home can be huge
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Local News Seniors care in B.C.: Dementia wave set to make institutions more responsive to residents
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Seniors Seniors and food: The dish on care home menus
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Seniors London nursing home bungled hiring of killer nurse: Ex-manager
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Seniors Cooking for one: How to cut costs and work, while keeping nutrition up
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Seniors Loneliness, falls and over-medicating afflict seniors in B.C. care homes
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Local News Seniors care in B.C. Months in hospital waiting for residential care not uncommon
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Local News Home care and support stretched thin as B.C. ages
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Seniors Tips to help seniors stay in their home longer
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Seniors Tips for navigating seniors care in B.C.
Lawyers for nursing homes where Wettlaufer killed cast blame at others
The two nursing homes where Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed eight residents used their lawyers Thursday to try to direct blame elsewhere, a public inquiry heard.
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Local News Agency should have blown whistle on Wettlaufer, regulator testifies
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Columnists Paula Simons: New Misericordia ER a stop-gap tourniquet to staunch a crisis
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Local News Chief pathologist: Death investigation that wasn't done could have caught Wettlaufer
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Diet & Fitness Vanderburg: Keep your bones strong through exercise
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Local News Coroner defends decision not to investigate Wettlaufer victim's death
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Local News Night of suffering by Wettlaufer victim left questions unanswered
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Local News Calgary police to test alert system for missing seniors
On Wednesday, the Calgary Co-ordinated Community Response to Missing Seniors Committee is running a daylong training exercise meant to act as a dry run for how an alert system, being studied by University of Alberta researchers, will work practically in the community. -
Local News Little-understood heart attack more dangerous than formerly believed: U of A study
A little-studied type of heart attack that occurs in patients with no blocked arteries is more common, more dangerous and requires more caution from doctors than previously believed, new University of Alberta research has found. -
Seniors New hip replacement technique shows promise of quicker recovery
A Toronto hospital’s new hip-replacement technique is allowing some patients to leave the hospital the day of the operation. -
Seniors Why elderly Japanese women are going to jail on purpose
The reason behind Japan's senior crime crisis will make you want to call your grandmother -
Science Incredible new blood test designed to detect 8 most common forms of cancer
How many lives could be saved if cancer could be detected early and consistently? Researchers are close to perfecting a new blood test that can screen for eight of the most common types of cancer. -
Music Vancouver's Dani and Lizzy make surprise visit to sing for Nashville nurse and family
Dani and Lizzy Nelson, twin singers from Vancouver, just wanted to recognize the work of a nurse who’d cared for an ailing fan of theirs. -
Local News New research centre a 'game changer' for neuromuscular disease patients
Ottawa neurologist Dr. Jodi Warman Chardon recalls seeing patients with neuromuscular diseases — including muscular dystrophy, ALS and others — getting on the train to Montreal to take part in clinical trials not available in Ottawa. -
Seniors 'It feels like we're family': Students and seniors with dementia find common ground in art
Sitting among tables filled with paints, palettes and crinkled paper soaked in the efforts of their brushes, seniors living with dementia seem somewhat content with the art they create every week at Clifton Manor Continuing Care Centre. -
Seniors An active mind key to good health says Canada's oldest blood donor
Canadas oldest blood donor according to Canadian Blood Services says she hopes others will follow in her footsteps and give blood regularly. -
Seniors Canada’s oldest blood donor says it’s all gain, no pain after decades of giving