Promyse Home Care
2 - 15 Hazelglen Drive N2M 2E2 Kitchener, ON, Canada

Efficient time management is absolutely essential to balance full-time jobs, raising children, social activity, personal interests, and basically to just keep yourself sane. How can you care for your loved one, meet your children’s needs, maintain your income, and still have time for self-care and your personal relationships?

When structuring and planning meals for seniors, there are various factors to consider. Ideally, meals should be convenient, nutritious, appetizing, and something that seniors look forward to eating when meal times roll around. Soup is definitely one menu item that ticks all of these boxes and more. Do you make home made soup? Share with us in the comments below (even a recipe or two if you can!)

The Alzheimer Society recommends that antipsychotics only be used as a last resort to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, especially in older adults. Instead, person-centred care is recommended as a first measure. Learn more from Alzheimer Society of Canada here: #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth

Millennials are often the subject of a variety of negative stereotypes, including assumptions that they are lazy, ill-prepared, and lack ambition. However, millennials around the globe are buying homes, having children, holding steady jobs, and becoming caregivers.

Do you or your loved ones need help? The Seniors Safety Line is a 24/7, confidential and free resource that provides contact and referral information for local... agencies across the province. Trained counsellors are available to help with safety planning and supportive counseling for older adults who are being abused or at-risk of abuse. To find help during the holidays, call from anywhere in Ontario 1-866-299-1011 for support. Get connected with on-demand interpreters in more than 200 languages by using their toll-free line. http://ontario.ca/d4xl #StaySafe #StayConnected

Hospitals and Long Term Care workers are among the first to be vaccinated per Ontario Ministry of Health .

Winter presents an array of challenges, but there many opportunities as well to keep seniors busy and amused, and before you know it the sun is out and the warm weather has returned.

"After his five-hour open-heart procedure on Nov. 10, Foy's concerns grew scans showed her son-in-law had a popped internal stitch. Then, on his fourth day recovering at Toronto General Hospital, he was discharged."

It can be difficult to adjust to the feeling of dentures, which never quite feel the same as natural teeth. However, with a little care and a few adjustments to daily routines seniors can grow accustomed to life with dentures and can reap all the benefits they have to offer in terms of oral and dental health and self-esteem.

Thank you FASTSIGNS of Kitchener-Waterloo for our new look!

Cranberry juice has shown mixed results in preventing UTIs; if you are diabetic it may be better to stick to water because of the sugar content. Taking preventative steps and looking out for unexpected UTI symptoms, especially confusion, can help prevent infection. It is critical to act as soon as a UTI is suspected, as the outlook is typically more promising the earlier a diagnosis is made.

Scott Fox and Kat Callaghan - Some more promising news when it comes to a COVID vaccine. https://globalnews.ca//coronavirus-vaccine-moderna-update/

We remember the more than 2,300,000 Canadians who have served throughout our nation’s history and the more than 118,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice. Source: https://veterans.gc.ca