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How Martin overcomes the challenge of being a caregiver for his mother?
It’s Sunday. Martin visits his mother. She moves anxiously besides her husband and her son. With wet hands, a humid forehead, the mother of Martin tells them that she saw ghosts at home. “Are you sure that they were ghosts mom?” says Martin.
Everything you need to know about the oral health of seniors
Ah, those teeth, those gums! They are causing you concern, am I wrong? How much time did you spend brushing your teeth, flossing, going to the dentist? Or how much time did you blame yourself for not doing enough? Not to mention these ...
Falls among seniors: an overview
You have just blown out your 80th birthday. Rather sedentary, overweight, your strength and balance are not what they were before. You fear more and more that you will fall. You have even abandoned certain activities, which brings you to ...
Caregivers on the frontline
If you are unsure whether the government should invest more in caregiving, this article is for you. I recount the experience of a couple: Yanick and Gisèle. Their sincere and powerful testimony. Here's how they became caregivers ...
The role of caregivers for the elderly
The Quebec population is aging. Caregivers of seniors will become more and more numerous. It is clear that their involvement is significant within our society. In fact, 70 to 80% of the care received by a person suffering from an illness ...
Mourning of one’s home
Leaving our home is never easy. Whether it's for a retirement home or a smaller apartment, leaving our home leaves a scar. It's kind of dying. It is an ordeal that eventually leads to mourning (house mourning)...
The path to recovery of six workers
The social economy, which lies between the private and public sectors, is at the origin of the development of social enterprises such as Groupe Innova. The latter oscillates between an entrepreneurial goal ...
The fear of aging
In our performance society, if there's one time in life that most of us are desperate to put off, a time that makes us gloomy and anxious, it's our own old age. We look at our aging parents, thinking to ourselves afterwards...
Significant activity in the elderly
Everyone needs to make sense of their life. Whatever is our condition. Whatever is our age. Here is an article that addresses the issue of meaningful activity in the elderly, especially in people with Alzheimer's disease. And how...
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