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Who will care for Mom?

For the first time in history, it would seem that Canadian adults now have more parents than they do children.  One implication of this is that caregiving for seniors will be a high-growth occupation in coming years.  Despite the depressed economy...
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Seniors Need More Help With Daily Tasks

While many companies are struggling, those that provide home-care to Canada's seniors say they've been surprised and delighted to find business booming.
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Seniors exercise their brains with Wiis

"Your brain, like anything else, can become atrophied if you don't use it," Vuchnich said with a smile yesterday at Keeping It Sharp, an event for seniors at the Briton House Retirement Residence on Mount Pleasant Rd...
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Mind games for the older brain

Remember the '60s and '70s, way back in the past century, when "playing mind games" had a distinctly unpleasant connotation? Of course you do. The problem is, if you're like many of us, you can't remember where you left your glasses 10 minutes ago...
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Seniors strike it healthy with virtual bowling

Friday is bowling night at the Millennium Trail Manor retirement home, when up to 20 residents gather for some friendly competition on the lanes. "It's fun, it's very challenging," says 79-year-old Helen Bradnam, who only misses bowling when she has other Friday night plans. They're going to try boxing next.
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Seniors challenge their grey matter

Adopt 'use it or lose it' mantra when it comes to exercising 'your brain'. Ruth Vuchnich is 93 years old. The Ohio-born senior still drives a car -- "I don't drive after dark," she admits -- and takes French lessons.
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Video game day gets residents exercising bodies and minds

Barbara Foley was skeptical, at best, about trying video games.
"My grandchildren say, `It's easy, Nana.' But I never played," said Foley, 85. "I'm old-fashioned."
At the Briton House Retirement Residence yesterday, about 60 seniors gathered for a short workshop presented by Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of non-medical services, on keeping the mind sharp with video games...
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Tech toys may help seniors stave off mental decline

Edith Vuchnich spent the afternoon playing video games with friends and fellow residents. The 93-year-old enjoyed a simulation of 10-pin bowling that enables users such as Vuchnich to avoid the burden of holding an actual ball and save a trip to the bowling alley.
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