Dementia Village- Part Two

Are dementia villages meeting their goals? In 2019, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) began to review the early evidence on dementia villages. CADTH started by trying to answer the question: Are dementia villages improving their residents’ quality of life? Although researchers can define “improved quality of life” in various ways, for someone

CREDIT: Photo: Jay Williams If you haven’t heard of them yet, there is an excellent chance you will hear about a dementia village in the not-too-distant future. First introduced in 2009 by Hogewey, a memory care center in the Netherlands, these long-term care homes are set up like villages and targeted toward those with advanced

If there was a natural disaster or heaven forbid a break in to your home, do you have inventory of everything in your home? Here are some ideas of how to take inventory of your home: Go through each room if you forget what you have. You can’t go off memory. This inventory is also

Complete Relocation Solutions Moving Tip: Labeling boxes is important so you can judge your unpacking time schedule. Sounds obvious, huh? But most people write on a box with a sharpie “kitchen or bedroom”. When starting to pack, start in one room. Have Avery type labels or cut paper to tape on the right side of

My team and I worked in a home and when we were finished one day we had cobwebs in our hair, on our clothes and on our shoes. We were covered. Now cobwebs bring spiders. If you let one live in a home that is not vacuumed or swept periodically, or cleaned on a regular basis,

Do you have a family member (or more than one), who has filled in as your co-worker, is covered in fur, has paws and a tail? If so, maintaining a clean home may be a little bit more difficult. However, all the hair, slobbery kisses, and accidents are worth it when you’re sharing your home

Apple iCloudPros: Free but limited storage, automatic photo uploading.Cons: The free storage limit is only 5GB.Quick take: For those who own Apple products, this service makes backing up your images super-convenient, but the 5GB of free storage doesn’t get you very far. You need to pay about $1 per month for 50GB, $3 per month for 200GB, or

Apple iCloud 5GB Amazon Photos Unlimited Dropbox 2GB Google Photos Unlimited Microsoft One Drive 5GB Nikon Image Space 2GB/20GB Shutterfly Unlimited Sony Play Memories Online Unlimited Stay tuned for our next blog that outlines the pros and cons to photo cloud storage.

Free sounds great, but you have to be prepared to make a few compromises. Most services limit the amount of storage available at no cost. Some services may allow you to store photos but not video or other files. And they often shrink the size of your image files, which can be a problem if

1. Have the photos digitized and put on a thumbnail drive, CD or DVD. But many new computers today don’t have the CD/DVD drive. 2. Cloud based solutions- It can be all too easy to take hundreds of photos and let them sit on a phone, a camera, or a computer, but devices like those

If you are thinking about listing your home for sale be prepared: Go through every drawer, closet and cabinet, as well as your garage and attic. Get rid of items you no longer want. Pack the items you want to “keep” to leave the house less cluttered. Homes are selling so quickly that there is not

Organize your spices in alphabetical order. Whether your spice is on a Lazy Susan System or on the wall or a pull out spice rack. Think about B-G (lots of “B’s” to Garlic; L – T; not many U – Z). After you use them, return those spices to the proper position so you can

Shelving – If your kitchen needs updating, there are so many companies in the market that can custom build pull out shelving. You can add more space to your pantry or cabinets, so you can see items you have and you don’t re-buy the same item. Cookbooks: Since we can get so many recipes online

The past one and half years we were all home cooking a lot. Our kitchens might need some re-organizing. Here are some tips to get your kitchen organized: Go through cabinets and discard expired and unused items. Take items out of the cabinet so you can see what you have. Clean the shelves/cabinets and drawers.

A great advantage for toys is to have wall or short wall of cubbies. Depending upon the age of your child, toddler toys are larger and a bit cumbersome. Soft basket/containers might be better and if the cubbies are nailed to the wall to prevent units falling on the child. Cubbies are easy to find

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Dementia Village- Part Two

What Is a Dementia Village?

Home Inventory

Moving Tip: Labeling Boxes

Too Many Cobwebs

Tips for Keeping Your Home Clean with Pets

The Moving Season is Here

Kitchen Declutter

Controlling Kitchen Clutter

Clearing Up the Kitchen Clutter

Organizing Toys