In the context of COVID-19 and the imposed regulations of physical distancing to “flatten the curve”, the prevalence of social isolation and loneliness of aging Canadians has dramatically increased. The Java Music Club is an evidence-based peer support program...
The Java Webinar Series are a partnership between Ontario Centres for Learning Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care hosted at the Bruyère Research Institute, Carleton University and Java Group Programs with funding provided by the Centre for Aging + Brain...
All behaviors have meaning and ‘aggressive’ behaviors have been called responsive behaviors because they are not unpredictable or meaningless, but rather a response to an unmet need.1 Even though it may not be apparent to us, those in distress...
The Three Keys to Calmness In his book called The Worry Solution, Dr. Martin Rossman writes about the importance of cultivating calmness in our lives.1 When we are calm and relaxed, our bodies and brains repair and renew themselves. (Read...
Loneliness has become a distinct social concern in care homes. Over 50 years ago an ethnographer named Peter Townsend (1962) conducted an extensive survey of residential homes in England and Wales and found 44% of men and 49% of...
The New York Times reported on a phenomenon experienced by many people called Emotional Contagion. In this article, Judith Graham writes: “The term refers to the way we sense the emotions of others through their facial expressions, tone of...
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...