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Using Technology to Age In Place

Photo Credit: dreamstime.com According to a September 2021 poll by Campaign Research, 96 percent of Ontario seniors over age 55 currently plan to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. The...

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Ending The Pandemic Is The Only Priority For This Election

Photo Credit: CBC.ca It’s now less than one week prior to Elections Day in Canada, and if you’re still struggling to decide which party to vote for, I would suggest that you stop going through all...

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Grey Divorce On The Rise

Photo Credit: CNN.com With all eyes on the recent Bill-and-Melinda-Gates divorce after 27 years of marriage, there is increasing recognition of the rise of “grey divorce,” a term used to describe...

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AstraZeneca Vaccine: Case Study for Poor Crisis Management

Photo Credit: bbc.com When my communications career was budding in New York City in 1983, my then employer Burson-Marsteller, the largest public relations firm in the world, was very proud of being...

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Retired Healthcare Professionals Volunteered To Help During Pandemic

Photo Credit: Global News While it is obvious that healthcare workers at the frontline of the pandemic deserve our kudos and gratitude, some unsung heroes should warrant acknowledgment as well. They...

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Seniors Itching To Travel After Vaccination

Photo Credit: news-mail.com.au Last week, economists at Bank of America Global Research flagged the massive surge in spending on airlines the firm is seeing from its Bank of America cardholders who...

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Brain Health For Boomers

Photo Credit: sciencemag.org When friends asked me why I highly recommended Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s new book, “Keep Sharp: Build A Better Brain At Any Age,” I said because it’s evidence-based research and...

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Ontario Government Fails The Elderly Again

Photo Credit: globalnews.ca Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford is famous for saying “the buck stops with me” following with a blanket admission that he bears all responsibilities for failed measures in...

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New Year Resolutions During The Pandemic

2020 was good riddance for most people. Key lessons learned from last year were: Do not take things for granted; be grateful for what we’ve got, particularly our health; and celebrate our resilience....

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Canada Ranked No. 7 in Global Index in Quality of Life

Photo Credit: nationalgeographic.com The recently-released Social Progress Index finds out that out of 163 countries assessed worldwide, Canada has risen to No.7 from No.9 last year in the Tier-1...

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Canada’s Hospitals Score High On World’s Best

Photo Credit: globeandmail.com In spite of Canadians’ constant complaints about our hospitals – the long wait times and the lack of service – four of our hospitals are ranked highly by Newsweek’s Best...

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Boomer Industries Need to Attract Millennials

In spite of the ongoing feud between the boomer and millennial generations, we need to admit that a few industries, which have hitherto been staunchly supported by boomers throughout the years, need...

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April Is The Cruellest Month

  Photo Credit: macleans.ca When T.S. Eliot wrote “April is the cruellest month” in his famous poem The Waste Land in 1922, he certainly did not have COVID-19 in mind. Yet, his themes of...

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Boomer and Millennial “COVIDiots” Should Take Virus Seriously

Photo Credit: National Post Once again, even during a global health crisis, millennials and boomers are at loggerheads blaming each other for not complying with the government’s stay-at-home directive....

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Actors, Like Wine, Fare Better With Age

Photo Credit: Harper’s Bazaar As a cinephile, I have been observing the careers of boomer actors, particularly their accomplishments during awards seasons. Now that the latter is finally over, let’s...

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Fearmongering More Damaging Than Coronavirus

Photo Credit: cnn.com Ever since the outbreak of the Coronavirus also known as 2019-nCoV, there has been an increasing tide of xenophobia in Western countries around the world. According to The...

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Federal Government’s New Drug Policy A Welcome Move

Photo Credit: oncologynurseadvisor.com The Federal Liberals may or may not win the October elections, but their recent policy on reducing drug costs for Canadians was a welcome move. Early this month,...

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Boomers Should Cut Down On Alcohol Consumption

A number of recent studies found that alcohol consumption across the world has increased, and by 2030, the amount of alcohol people drink will only go up. A new study published in medical journal The...

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Helping Canada’s Mature Population Sleep Better

Photo Credit: Daily Mail According to Statistics Canada, as many as 20 to 30 percent of people in the general population sleep poorly. They may have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, some...

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Canada’s Employers Should Support Caregiving Duties

According to the latest data from Statistics Canada, about 50 percent of Canadians have cared for an aging, sick or disabled family member or friend at some point. Women face a larger caregiving...

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