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I just moved into a retirement residence—now what?
The packing paper is gone; the movers have been paid and tipped; the furniture’s in place and the bed made. There’s even a nice plant with a welcome note from the management. It doesn’t look much like...
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Comfort Life news roundup: love and money
This week’s news highlights include two perennial favourites: love and money. Who says you can’t have both in retirement? We also take a look at unnecessary medical tests for older adults as well as...
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Seniors Housing in Canada: 2011 report
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing report on seniors housing for 2011 shows that the vacancy rate for standard spaces (those occupied by a resident who receives less than 1.5 hours of care per day)...
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Remembrance Day Events at Canada’s Retirement Communities
On Friday, November 11th, retirement communities across Canada will honour those who fought in wartime conflicts and those we have lost. There will be remembrance services, music and visits to war...
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VIDEO: Seniors Flash Mob at IKEA!
Today, seniors speak out in dance—specifically a flash mob at the IKEA store in Port Coquitlam BC! The residents of Astoria Resort Retirement Living celebrated the recent National Seniors Day in style...
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How to find a retirement community for your parents
Is it time for your mom or dad to move to a retirement community? Were you thinking about it over the holidays? Did you talk to them about it? Figuring out where to look and what to look for can be a...
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What are the real costs of aging at home?
When many of us consider retiring at home we assume that we will always be in our current state of health and able to keep up with the responsibilities of owning a house—we’ll just be a few years...
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Cut hotel costs: Stay at a Holiday retirement residence!
Inge Chiruck loves to travel. She was born in Germany and frequently goes back to her native land but she also enjoys visiting other parts of the United States and Canada. Fortunately as a resident of...
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Life in a retirement home: What’s it really like?
Have you ever wondered what living in a retirement community is really like? What do residents do every day? What advice would they give you about moving there if you could ask them? Find out in...
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A Role for Seniors and Boomers in Digital Literacy
We mastered the laptop — the fancy cellphone — and even Skype to keep in touch with the distant grandkids. We can talk knowledgably about cloud computing, use our phones to take photos, check the...
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Why Mississauga Chosen as Best Place to Retire
Charles Hicks has travelled the world, lived in various cities including Montreal and Toronto, but now calls Palisades on the Glen retirement community in Mississauga home. “We’re really connected...
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Seasons Retirement Buys Bowmanville Retirement Community
Seasons Retirement Communities, leaders in retirement home living across Ontario, now have a great retirement community in Bowmanville, Ontario. The acquisition of the existing Clarington Centre by...
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