20 May Get Gardening – It’s Good for You!
The long weekend is approaching and summer is finally in sight. If you are recovering from injury, illness or have limited mobility, the joys of gardening are still within your...
Seniors
16 Feb Snowbirds Grounded – Winter Tips for Safety at Home
Perhaps your usual winter plans didn’t happen as planned this year. Instead of enjoying a sunny warm winter escape, you are enduring the cold weather. As if that is not...
14 Dec Holiday Time – Ready, Set, … Now What?
Preparing for the winter holiday festive season has always involved anticipation, the excitement of get-togethers with friends and family, office parties, gift exchanges, and other winter traditions. Trying to keep...
20 Nov Hello Darkness My Old Friend!
Spring forward, fall back. We are approaching that time of year again where we turn our clocks back an hour and reclaim the hour that we lost in the spring...
30 Sep Avoiding the Other COVID 19
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Similar to the Freshman 15, where students who are away from home for the first time find that they have gained weight, notably around 15 pounds, the “COVID 19” weight...
10 Sep You Got This! Try These 5 Instant Stressbusters.
Proudly, we are working together as a society to carry on through these unpredictable COVID-19 times. We have adapted well to previously unfamiliar routines, such as carrying hand sanitizer with...
30 Jul REFRESH, RESET
The COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting quarantine has brought many changes and disruptions to our daily lives. If you are receiving therapy services, it is likely that during this quarantine...
10 Jul Keeping Seniors Safe During The Heat Wave!
Glorious summer days. Canadian winters seem to hang on far too long (remember those snowfalls in May?) and we all look forward to the warmth of summer. Now that it...
03 Jun New Normal
Our country is taking careful steps to reopen. There is much chatter about creating the “NEW NORMAL”. One might argue philosophically about the meaning of “normal”, and if there ever...
21 May Groundhog Day
At first, the self-quarantine was measured in days. We can beat this quickly, we thought, and get back to normal. Soon we were measuring this time in weeks, now in...
08 May Mental Health Awareness Week – Beyond “How are you doing?”
Mental Health Awareness week runs from May 4-10, 2020. With the current COVID-19 situation, it is particularly significant to be sensitive to the mental health needs of our clients. The isolation...
06 Mar Post Traumatic Stress Disorder / Addictions Issues
Clients who have been concurrently diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Addictions Issues. The impact of trauma itself can be far-reaching and enduring and often results in longer term symptoms at the physical...
06 Apr Occupational Therapy for Seniors – Why is it Important?
There comes a point in time when you wonder if things are still OK. Sure, there are obvious situations such as illnesses or falls which will alert you, but most...