Doesn’t everyone love a good discount? We at Home to Home have put together a list of the some of the best discounts in Vancouver for seniors. Shopping Below is a list of stores for your shopping needs. 1. The Bay URL: http://www.thebay.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/thebay Ages: 60+ Discount: 15%, First Tuesday of each month 2. M&M Meats…
Music can be calming – and even have therapeutic effects with treating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, even in later stages of illness. Music therapy can benefit all sorts of people – across all age brackets and cognitive abilities. It can be used to treat dementia, brain injury, pain, psychiatric illnesses such as depression,…
Wondering if you’re eligible for public prescription drug coverage in BC? The answer isn’t always straightforward, so doing a little digging may be required to see if you are eligible. Unlike other some other Canadian provinces, Pharmacare in BC is mostly income based rather than age based. This means that subsidization of your medication is…
It’s Brain Awareness Week! At Home to Home, we’re celebrating by bringing to you some activities for training your brain. As we grow older, it’s important to help your mind stay sharp. The risk of dementia doubles every five years after age 65. Research has shown that lifestyle factors can significantly affect your chances of…
Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks can be a great way to stay in touch with loved ones, post photos, and get to know what’s happening both online and world. But it’s also important to think about your safety and privacy. Here are some tips for keep yourself safe when using social networks. Think about…
This week’s blog is dedicated to a condition that affects over 1.2 million Canadians – diabetes. Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the patient cannot process glucose (sugar in the blood). This can occur either because the person has an inability to produce an adequate amount of insulin (a hormone which enables the cells…
The costs of senior living can be challenging for many families, especially as seniors age and medical conditions evolve. In addition to home maintenance and in-home care, finances may be needed for a potential downsizing, rent costs for a seniors residence, increased medications, and other services such as transportation and personal care. None of…
Blood clots, also known as “Deep Vein Thrombosis” (DVT) occurs when there is coagulated blood causing a disruption to the flow of blood in the body, often due to being sedentary or having a recent surgery. Most often they occur in the legs, but can also occur in the arms, chest and pelvis. When there…
Heart Disease is still the number one cause of death in North America, claiming over 14,000 lives a year. Currently, 1.6 million Canadians live with heart disease. Symptoms of heart attacks can widely vary and don’t always appear to be severe. Up to two thirds of people actually feel no chest pain when they have…
February is Heart Health month! To help raise awareness about heart health, this week’s blog is dedicated to a health condition many people struggle with: high blood pressure. There are many people living with high blood pressure. In fact, by the time we reach 65, around two thirds of people are expected to have high…
