Betty White and Bea Arthur made it look like fun on the popular sitcom The Golden Girls, but what’s it really like to share a house with others in your senior years? Well, Louise Bardswich has been sharing a 4,000-sq-foot…
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Canada’s Golden Girls Share The Secret To House Sharing
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: Aging, Canada's Golden Girls, house sharing, independence, new trend, seniors
U.K. Seaside Town Designates Public Seating As “Chat Benches”
Loneliness is a serious health condition, but unlike other ailments, the symptoms of loneliness can be hard to detect to everyone but the person having them. A new initiative in the UK aims to combat the problem by making it…
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: chat benches, Hello, loneliness, public seating, seniors, U.K. invitation
She Talked The Talk And Walked The Walk
Last year at City View Retirement for their Laughter Day, this wonderful lady showed up named Betty Hope Gittens who talked of her upcoming walk. When you think walk, you would think maybe a stroll to get out and get…
Posted in All Stories, Annoucer Blogs, Codi Jeffreys Tagged with: City View Retirement, Eldercare Foundation of Ottawa, seniors, walking
Royal Mail Carriers To Check In On Seniors During Postal Delivery in The U.K.
According to London reporter Thomas Daigle, British mail carriers are taking part in a pilot project that could help lift the spirits of elderly residents who live alone and the health risks that come with it. Loneliness has been linked…
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: elderly residents, good deed, house calls, loneliness, Royal mail, seniors, trail program
Home Sharing Is Great Solution To Rising Rents And Low Vacancy rates – And It’s Catching On
Canada’s rents are rising while vacancy rates are shrinking, yet the country has one coveted real estate asset collecting dust: empty bedrooms, and millions of them. A growing number of the country’s seniors are living in homes too big, while young…
Posted in Steve Boyton, The Lounge, Whats Happening Tagged with: companionship, home sharing, matching, millenials, Nesterly, project, seniors, solution, trail
2017 Seniors Health And Wellness Fair
Come take part in the 2017 Seniors Health and Wellness Fair, Saturday, October 28th at the Ron Kolbus Centre. The fair boasts over 40 exhibitors as well as.. Free admission to the public Live entertainment, demos and health screenings…
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Night Market on Fox
June 7 @ 5:00 pm - August 23 @ 9:00 pm -
North Gower Farmers Market
June 8 @ 8:30 am - October 12 @ 1:00 pm -
Alma Haser: Cosmic Surgery
July 19 @ 12:00 pm - September 21 @ 5:00 pm -
The Salvation Army Annual Charity Golf Classic
August 26 @ 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm -
Beechwood’s Annual Historical Walking Tour – Unsung Heroes
September 8 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
