Doris Inc. – A Business Approach to Caring for Your Elderly Parents

Finally, a caregiving book that helps you provide top-notch care for your aging loved one while still having a life of your own.
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Fries with that Will? Part One

Too frequently, the Power of Attorney for Personal Care is an afterthought document.

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Coping with loss: Tips for yourself and others

Loss is an inevitable part of life and coping with it is always a painful. At times, it can be an excruciating experience. However, with the help of ourselves, family and friends, we can learn to cope more effectively.

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Five mistakes that estate executors make.

“There’s many a lawsuit or family fight that could have been prevented if the executors had just said what they’re doing,” Ms. Butler says.

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ROBERTO AND MARTA’S STORY: The mysterious case of the Orange Crush

I first met Roberto and Marta about a year and a half ago in their lovely North York home. They were both retired engineering professors and had been looking for a Spanish-speaking speech language pathologist to work with Roberto.

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An apple a day: Eating what’s right, when it’s right

We all know the age-old saying about what an apple a day can do for us. But when it comes to loved ones whose bodies and systems are aging, an apple may not be a good thing at all.

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HAYLEIGH’S STORY: A granddaughter’s love

Like many kids her age, Hayleigh Ireland loves to go grocery shopping with her grandmother, finding the items on the shelves and putting them in the grocery cart.

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Field of Daisies

Field of Daisies, a recently released book from OakTara Publishing Company, offers hope and comfort to those who struggle with recurring generational problems and to those who must make decisions regarding elderly family members.

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Peter Saul: Let’s talk about dying

We can’t control if we’ll die, but we can “occupy death,” in the words of Dr. Peter Saul. At TEDxNewy he calls on us to make clear our preferences for end of life care — and suggests two questions for starting the conversation.

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Funding arthritis research: Overcoming a critical challenge in Canada

Arthritis is a term that covers over 100 different diseases and is a one of the leading causes of pain and disability to North Americans.

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