Tag: Holidays

    Dec 18
    Gift Ideas for Seniors Living in Long-Term care

    As the holidays get closer, many of us are looking to buy or make gifts for the special people in our lives. Unfortunately, gift giving can be challenging when a friend or family member lives in a long-term care home. Often, gift-givers find it difficult to find something meaningful that fits into a small space, […]

    Dec 15
    Be a Santa to a Senior

    Be a Santa to a Senior® is a nationwide gift-giving initiative, established in 2003, by Home Instead. The program allows businesses and individual Canadians to provide small gifts to vulnerable seniors that may spend the holiday season without a gift or visit. Typically, businesses participate by setting up a tree covered with notes from seniors who are asked to […]

    Dec 11
    Combating loneliness over the holidays

    The festive season is typically a time to celebrate. However, for socially isolated seniors in communities across British Columbia, it can also lead to feeling disconnected. As we continue to experience the impacts of COVID-19, it is likely that many of us will feel lonelier than usual this holiday season. Seniors, especially those who live […]

    Dec 11
    Surviving the Season: Tips for Caregivers

    For many caregivers, the holidays can be not just stressful but downright overwhelming — and that’s on an average year. As we face a holiday season amid a global pandemic, an already difficult season is feeling even more complex to navigate for many. People caring for an older family member frequently feel that the typical […]

    Dec 06
    How caregivers can cope when the holidays are not so merry

    Throngs of people are descending on the shopping malls, gallons of eggnog are flowing, the children in your life are bouncing off the walls awaiting Santa, and you… well, the holiday spirit is just not taking hold. Whether it be the stress of extra social engagements, the impact of the giving season on your wallet, […]

    Dec 04
    Caring for someone living with dementia over the holidays

    Throughout December, Route 65 is running a “Gift of Time” campaign, which invites the public to participate in giving “the gift of time” this month in support of seniors who are either living alone, or in a care home. As part of “Gift of Time,” Route 65 is also running a series on the holidays, […]

    Dec 03
    Giving “Gift of Time” during festive season can combat social isolation

    The month of December kicks off the festive season. It can be a time to celebrate, but for socially isolated seniors in communities across British Columbia it can also lead to feeling forlorn and disconnected. BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) is inviting the public to participate in giving “the gift of time” this month in […]

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