Life Skills

Over 60 generation loving self checkout! Who knew?

How many of you have suffered – literally suffered – from standing in long checkout lines at Shaw’s or other supermarkets.  Your children are cranky, your back hurts, your patience is at its breaking point – yet you wait and wait and wait. Your stress level is causing your face to redden and develop a …

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Technology for the elderly and caregivers. Who Knew?

Technology has finally concentrated on the elderly – Thank God!  As a caregiver to both parents for over 20 years – manually checking blood pressure, lungs, heart rate, respiration, and blood sugars was exhausting for my parents and myself.  Congestive Heart Failure is a monitoring nightmare for the caregiver. Observing changes in walking and balance …

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Who Knew? What do Knitting and Computers/Digital Technology have in Common?

Both have a positive association on cognitive abilities such as executive function, short term memory, reasoning, global cognitive function, processing speed and recall. In older adults these skills can stimulate several cognitive abilities, brain plasticity and  possibly reduce MCI (mild cognitive impairment).   Knitting can lower heart rate and blood pressure and reduce harmful blood levels …

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