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Let us help guide you through the caregiver's journey with inspirational stories, resources and other helpful information in our blog.
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Engagement meaning –the effectiveness of gaining attention and joy in whatever your aging loved one does. When you are engaged in something, time goes so fast. We will give you some ideas, tips, stories and suggestions so your aging loved one and you can experience more satisfying Engagement to further meet the needs of this 5th Area of Life.
Robyn Pearson
Jul 301 min read
Planning Ahead: Supporting Independence at Home
Many people don't think about accessibility until a health change, injury, or life transition forces the conversation. By then, families are often making important housing decisions under stress. Planning ahead doesn't necessarily mean making major changes today. Often, it simply means considering how a home will serve your lifestyle in the years ahead and adapt with you as your needs change.
Marti Bogue
Jul 301 min read
The 8 Areas of Life – Fulfillment is the 6th Area
Engagement meaning –the effectiveness of gaining attention and joy in whatever your aging loved one does. When you are engaged in something, time goes so fast. We will give you some ideas, tips, stories and suggestions so your aging loved one and you can experience more satisfying Engagement to further meet the needs of this 5th Area of Life.
Robyn Pearson
Jul 308 min read
A Shared Pause: Creating Connection Through Reading and Reflection
In yoga, we often speak about the value of pausing. Not as a way to step away from life, but as a way to return to the moment with a little more awareness, steadiness, and care.
Ellen Wolfe
Jun 302 min read
The 8 Areas of Life – Engagement is the 5th Area
Engagement meaning –the effectiveness of gaining attention and joy in whatever your aging loved one does. When you are engaged in something, time goes so fast. We will give you some ideas, tips, stories and suggestions so your aging loved one and you can experience more satisfying Engagement to further meet the needs of this 5th Area of Life.
Robyn Pearson
Jun 177 min read
How to Help Your Aging Parent Downsize Before a Crisis Happens
One of the hardest situations families face is suddenly having to move a parent into a retirement home after a fall, health issue, or emergency - while also trying to sort through decades of belongings under pressure.
Christine
Jun 41 min read
Right now, in 2026, many families with aging loved ones are struggling.
Do you feel caught between enjoying your life and caring for an aging loved one? What if there was a safe, friendly, and helpful person that your mom, your aging loved one came to rely on --who is not you? Someone who learned from you about what they like and how they like it.
Robyn Pearson
Jun 43 min read
The 8 Areas of Life – Activities is the 4th Area
calming; security; predictability; inside; outside; internally; externally; respectful. Dementia care must go beyond physical safety to include emotional security, predictability, and proactive support. Common problems: people coming into their suite/room; intimidation by others; dementia and confusion contribute to emotional insecurity; unpredictability; items not secured appropriately.
Robyn Pearson
May 47 min read
Guest Post: The Actual Feeling of Safety
In May 2020, I earned my Seniors Real Estate Specialist® designation. 5 years later, I can honestly say — I still LOVE helping clients in this season of life.
Carrie
Apr 42 min read
The 8 Areas of Life – Safety is the 3rd Area
calming; security; predictability; inside; outside; internally; externally; respectful. Dementia care must go beyond physical safety to include emotional security, predictability, and proactive support. Common problems: people coming into their suite/room; intimidation by others; dementia and confusion contribute to emotional insecurity; unpredictability; items not secured appropriately.
Robyn Pearson
Mar 316 min read
Guest Post: Seniors Real Estate Specialist
In May 2020, I earned my Seniors Real Estate Specialist® designation. 5 years later, I can honestly say — I still LOVE helping clients in this season of life.
Karen Keveryga
Mar 202 min read
Guest Post: Mobile Foot Care for Seniors
At Soleful Harmony, I provide professional mobile foot care in the comfort of your loved one’s home across Calgary and surrounding communities.
Jamilla
Mar 51 min read
The 8 Areas of Life – Comfort is the 2nd Area
Over the next while and in many different ways, we will discuss Comfort as being the opposite of when anxiety and upset take hold. We will give you ideas, tips, stories and suggestions to try so you and your aging loved one can experience more Comfort and meet the needs of the 2nd Area of life.
Robyn Pearson
Feb 257 min read
The 8 Areas of Life – Health is the 1st Area
We all want the same things –to love and support our aging loved ones so they feel good, know they are valued and remain safe.
Robyn Pearson
Feb 37 min read
A Friendly Shout-Out To Peak Oxygen
Robert Biddlecombe, RRT Peak Oxygen peakoxygen.ca I’ve been a respiratory therapist for 14 years, and I work in home oxygen every day. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: when someone is prescribed oxygen for the first time, it’s rarely just a new piece of equipment. For many families, that first oxygen setup is a turning point. It’s the moment where people start asking bigger questions, sometimes out loud, sometimes quietly in their own heads: “Are we giving Mom en
Alanthea Clarkson
Jan 292 min read
8 Areas of Life When Caregiving for Your Aging Loved One -Taking A Closer Look
There are 8 main areas in life that, when they are working well, everything else seems to be working well too. These areas are Health, Comfort, Safety, Activities, Engagement, Fulfillment, Community and Individuality.
When these 8 areas are working well, it seems as though added grace, patience and even a little higher tolerance are available to everyone involved.
Robyn Pearson
Jan 294 min read
Love Local!
This is more than a catch phrase; this is a big deal! With so much going on out there in the province, the country and in the rest of the world, it all feels big and complicated. Local is small and it’s simple. We can see it and interact with it. It makes up all of us. There is great comfort in that. Shopping local and supporting local businesses helps you, your neighbors, and our whole community. It is good to Love Local! When I stopped into my ATB Financial branch the other
Robyn Pearson
Nov 18, 20252 min read
Do You Have A Plan?
Being a family caregiver to an aging loved one comes with a lot of duties, responsibilities and I’m sure you’d agree –a lot of balls to...
info406082
Sep 22, 20252 min read
Removing Pressure from Your Visits
How would it feel to have someone you don’t know very well come up and ask you questions? Specific questions that require specific...
Robyn Pearson
Feb 11, 20253 min read
Adjusting to a New Life
Joe was a quiet, introverted man who preferred solitude to social gatherings. When he moved into the care facility, the constant noise...
Robyn Pearson
Jan 17, 20251 min read
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