The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) Annual Conference will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 7-9, 2013. The mission of ALFA is to advance quality of life for seniors and their families and ensure a future of...
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The Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors will be holding their 2013 Annual Meeting and Convention with this year’s theme Great Places to Live and Work on April 29 – May 1, 2013. The Java Music...
The Ontario Long Term Association is hosting its annual convention April 7-9th in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The opening keynote speaker will be Peter Reed, CEO of the Pioneer Network. The Java Music Club will be there! Read...
The Ontario Research Institute for Aging’s 2-Year Progress Report (2011-2012) is now available on their website. The report profiles the Schlegel Research Chairs, provides highlights of research projects and also research-to-practice activities, including the implementation of the Java Music...
The Java Music Club was recently at the Ontario Long Term Care Association Applied Research Education Day held February 13th, 2013 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. The program was one of the four presentations at...
Why is valuing someone more important than liking them? It is easy to like the people we like. Those that are friendly and get along with others, ….those that enjoy the same things we do—we are conditioned to like...
Three Rounds of Gratitude – An Activity Program What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it….I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. ...
I was living on my own, but then had a stroke and ended up in the hospital. I needed to change my circumstances so have now been living at Kinsmen Lodge for over three years. I moved here because...
This lady moved into our Care Home three years ago with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and Depression. At 66 years of age she was one of our young people but she chose to often isolate herself in her...
I’d like to share with you a true story about the incredible power of mutual support. There was once a woman I’ll call Edwina, who was transferred to a care home where I worked because of repeated “incidences” of...