Decluttering Your Home to Get Ready to Downsize
As a Downsizing Specialist, I am often asked where to begin the process. The feeling of being overwhelmed by all that needs to be done can lead some to just not bother and stay in their home.
Island Voices – Island Talk
Seniors 101 continues to grow and change, just like us.
When we started seniors101.ca in 2005, the aim was to assist seniors and their families to access the infrastructure and programs available to them on Vancouver Island.
Health care complaints to B.C. Ombudsperson highest in ten years
The BC Ombudsperson’s 2021/22 Annual Report, released today, highlights that complaints about health care from British Columbians were the highest in a decade.
Business Growth Isn’t Always Worth It
From an early age, we’re inundated with the message that business growth is desirable, nay, essential for a successful life.
Seniors Advocate reports B.C. Seniors have the lowest incomes and are struggling financially
VICTORIA, B.C. – The Office of the Seniors Advocate today released BC Seniors: Falling Further Behind, a review of the financial challenges facing B.C. seniors.
A time to pause and rethink who we are as Canadians.
I believe when people who have lost their baggage going on holiday receive equal billing on the evening news with people who are homeless and our healthcare system has reached a point where people do not have access to a doctor, and our hospitals have to close emergency wards we have a serious problem as…
the British Columbia Community Response network and its mission to raise awareness of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect in vulnerable adults.
The West Shore Community Response Network was proud to offer a Fellowship Award to a student graduating from Grade 12 in School District 62 this year.
What seniors are worried about: being homeless, low income, no doctor.
One senior spoke about the anxiety she feels not having a family doctor after losing four in the past eight years.
The Importance of Early Literacy
I began writing stories for all the right reasons, more than 20 years ago. Having been an avid reader for as long as I could remember, I was rather upset that my eldest daughter, then age nine, chose not to read.
The human brain, the first computer
We are yet again being deluged with the behavior of one segment of the community against others, in its many forms. We should not really be surprised. For the purpose of discussion we can say that the human brain was the original computer. Just like all computers the human one is hard wired for basic…