All-Alz

02/10/2025

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Salt Spring Island, fabulous British Columbia.
Hiked with my late mother. My favourite friend,
She is the bird I see in every adventure. Love &Life.

25/03/2025

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Purple power!
Celebrate you greatness and empathy for those who need us!

05/12/2024

The season.. family , friends and the loss of someone you loved. The holidays are fit for celebrating you! Embrace with an open mind. Life is beautiful!!! Just do it!

15/11/2024

Reflection. Our love and loss of everyone we know who who is experiencing this disease. Celebrate your caring!

24/07/2024

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Driving is always an issue for family members when loved ones are diagnosed. It’s a brutal fine line. In my experience I asked my father’s family doctor to discuss this with my father . An appointed was arranged for a thorough driving test that involved a physiotherapist, driving instructors and questions. My father failed. While we listened to the professionals I knew he was devastated. On the drive home I reminded him that he was protecting people especially younger children. Pulled the grandchild card. He untold and accepted the decision.

Remove yourself as a carer from these decisions and reach out to professionals.
care support

30/03/2023

A joyful story… end the stigma associated with this disease!!!

Retired journalist Gilles Plante was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2017, and has faced the disease with the support of his wife, children's author Sheree Fitch.

31/01/2023

Empowering

21/11/2022

Enjoyable for caregivers and their loved ones!

Encountering birds in everyday life is associated with better mental wellbeing, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. The study found that people were more likely to feel confident, relaxed, happy, connected to other people, and energetic and less likely to feel anxious, stresse...

27/09/2022

Better care, better information for those diagnosed is required!

In a sweeping new report, Alzheimer’s and dementia experts are urgently calling for better treatment for patients and better education for health-care professionals, revealing that the majority of dementia patients receive little to no post-diagnosis care.

09/09/2022

Another reason Alzheimer’s and Dementia requires greater support and investigation from our politicians and Scientists.

Research published by the Alzheimer Society of Canada shows close to 1.4 billion caregiving hours – the equivalent of more than 690,000 full-time jobs – will be required annually to support the 1.7 million Canadians who will have dementia by 2050

14/07/2022

Research will help
Us find a cure. Interesting article.

Metabolic health is connected with brain health, and scientists are figuring out whether fasting could protect us against neurodegeneration.

04/07/2022

There are alternatives..

Thoughts outside the box!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-seniors-fearful-of-long-term-care-homes-and-covid-19-seek-new-ways-to/

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Cohousing projects, multigenerational homes and other kinds of shared accommodation are growing more popular as Canadians look ahead to the coming retirement crunch