by Test Partner | Jun 16, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
With support from the United Way of Halton and Hamilton, Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program and our own fundraising activities, HCoA is proud to announce our Educational Workshops to Support Positive Aging and Well-being. All workshops are interactive, planned...
by Test Partner | Jun 16, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
All of us have a stake in ensuring Ontario is responsive to the needs of everyone as we age. The volunteer-led and not-for-profit Hamilton Council on Aging (HCoA) has prepared this set of questions to ask Hamilton’s Ontario election 2022 candidates on issues...
by Test Partner | Jun 16, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
In Spring 2021, the HCoA was awarded a one-year Ontario Inclusive Communities Grant to support the implementation of Hamilton’s 2021-2026 Age-Friendly Community Plan. Following a governance review, a need for increased community engagement and ownership of the Plan...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
By: Debbie Keay My diagnosis of young-onset Alzheimer’s did not come as a shock. What caught me off guard was the emotional rollercoaster that I endured over the course of the next 18 months. Even though I was a Social Worker and thought I had all the answers, my...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
By: Phyllis Fehr People often ask: What is the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe numerous neuro-cognitive diseases. You may hear people say that they don’t have dementia, they have Alzheimer’s disease,...
by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
By: Joyce Schweyer Our family kept asking, what’s with dad? He shuffles his feet, walks very slow and bent over . . . what’s going on? This was my wake-up call to face the fact that in the last 6 months or more, changes were happening with Doug. I thought: It’s time...
