Stay In Place Senior Care

06/10/2023

Don’t prioritise your looks my friend,
they won’t last the journey.
Your sense of humour though, will only get better.
Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.
Your ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection.
Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.
And your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.
Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.
Don’t prioritise your looks my friend,
they will change forevermore,
that pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.
Prioritise the uniqueness that makes you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.
These are the things which will only get better.

Donna Ashworth
My books 🤩: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Donna-Ashworth/e/B08BG5QP2Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Image of Elen Jordano by: Phillipe Vogelenzang

05/20/2023

“Jane Howard Baker and Chris Rosati were married 37 years. Rosati recommends anyone who is able to take care of a loved one with a terminal illness to do so. He and his children “built something that was beautiful” with Baker, who died at home with the support of The Dorothy Ley Hospice and St. Joseph's”Health Centre.

The Jack Cooper Hike for Hospice is May 28.

05/01/2023

A BEAUTIFUL FACE WILL AGE AND A PERFECT BODY WILL CHANGE, BUT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL WILL ALWAYS BE A BEAUTIFUL SOUL.

05/01/2023

A BEAUTIFUL FACE WILL AGE AND A PERFECT BODY WILL CHANGE, BUT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL WILL ALWAYS BE A BEAUTIFUL SOUL.

04/27/2023

These digital clocks are designed to help individuals with dementia or other cognitive impairments, to better understand the time of day and improve their ability to stay oriented in time. It helps individuals with dementia be more self-sufficient in managing their daily routines and can reduce their dependence on caregivers or family members for help.

04/27/2023

“Mom hurt her foot. That’s the only detail you can coax out of her over the phone, which right now makes the distance between the two of you feel that much further. She’s limping and doesn’t want to go to a doctor. Instead, she wants you to look at it, ignoring the fact that you have a full-time job, two kids and, oh yeah, you live three hours away. Sound familiar?”

Managing the aging parents in your life, whether it’s helping them through their health problems or clearing up insurance issues, is the burden of the sandwich generation.

Juggling work, kids, and the well-being of their own parents, those in the Sandwich Generation certainly don’t have it easy. Here are tips on how to care for aging parents, even from a distance.

04/25/2023

A diagnosis of dementia brings great confusion and uncertainty. This can lead to anxiety and panic.

All of the sudden familiar things and places become foreign.

Phone calls often symbolize reassurance and safety.

In this case they are turning to their adult children to make sense of what is going on around them.

This can be very stressful for the adult child, as they are unable to solve the issue immediately.

Stay in Place is here to support the entire circle of care.

04/12/2023

Lawrence Brooks - Oldest WWII veteran aged 110 holding a photo of himself.

04/11/2023

‘Hanging in’: David Suzuki shares insights as he retires from ‘The Nature of Things’

After 44 years as the face of Canada’s premier science TV show, you might expect David Suzuki to feel a little sadness and a little nostalgia as he steps down as host of “The Nature of Things.” Not so.
“Happy as hell,”...

03/17/2023

MUST READ!

NO WAITING ROOM

What if you didn’t wake up tomorrow and your soul is watching down thinking of all the things you didn’t get to do yet because you were too scared, or too shy, or too worried about money. And all the things you told yourself you weren’t good enough for, swam in front of your eyes, fighting for a place in the line, beside the words you didn’t say and the joy you forget to have.

My friend, there is absolutely no room for anything in your day, other than acceptance. You will never have enough money, or time, and you will certainly never have that perfect body the world told you you need to be happy.

And before you say it’s too late to embrace this thing we call life, no it is not. You can do it right where you are. Right this minute. Get outside, breathe, look at the trees, put your bare feet on the grass - hand on your heart to feel that pulse - and that’s it.

You’re living.

Keep that up.

Wait up for the moon sometimes or get up early to see a sunrise, juts because.
Jump in the lake. Run and skip.
The things you need to feel alive are free and all around my friend.
You just have to see them.

Let in opportunity and say yes to the invitations that scare you a little, in a good way.
Say no to some of the things you force yourself to do, knowing they rinse you of your peace.

Life was never supposed to be a waiting room, it was supposed to be a hillside, with paths leading in every direction and mountains as far as the eye can see, hiding adventures and new friends behind them.

Don’t let yourself get to the end of this ride without having stopped to smell those beautiful roses.
That’s the only thing you need to fear in this life.
Everything else is all part of it.
It’s all just a messy, complicated, beautiful and terrifying part of it.

Chin up, throw your arms wide open and let it be so.

Donna Ashworth

From my book ‘LIFE’:
UK: https://amzn.eu/d/9Y6E6kz
US: https://a.co/d/4EvMqqA

Art by the fabulous Watercolours by Rachel

03/17/2023

We asked Joyce, 89, what she has in her home that she is proud of.
She went over to her dresser and pulled out her High School Diploma from 1951.
"There weren't many girls in my graduating class in 1951...but I sure was one of them". I am so much more than what you see; am so proud of the life I have lived.
My life was adventurous, social and full of excitement.
I was a teacher, a police officer, I fought for our country. I made my children's clothing with my own hands; I took pride in my garden and I looked forward to Sunday dinners with the whole family. I travelled the world, ran a marathon and taught my daughter how to make our family recipes. I was a dancer, a doctor, a volunteer and a survivor.
Often we forget about the life they led years ago; the moments that make them proud.

What moments in your life will continue to make you proud, no matter what age?

03/07/2023

CHRONICLES OF AN ANGEL