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Young and Old Alike The grade fivers came to the Coldstream Meadows Retirement Community in 2001 with misconceptions. Some feared they might get bored sitting around talking to seniors; others hoped to get out of their normal classroom work. They soon found out that going to school in a retirement residence was not boring and had plenty to teach [...] |
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Trillium Health Centre unveils vision for seniors’ health and wellness complex Comfort Life Media recently spoke to Janet Davidson, O.C., President and CEO, Trillium Health Centre, about Trillium’s vision for its future seniors’ health and wellness complex and how it will provide new housing and care options for Toronto seniors and their families. How will Trillium Health Centre’s seniors health and wellness complex compare to many [...] |
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Stop Designing 8-Track Residences Architect George Berry of Berry Architecture in Red Deer Alberta, gave a thought-provoking and at times controversial presentation about retirement residence design at the BCSLA conference. According to Berry, we are basically designing the same retirement residences we designed 30 years ago; we are just putting different paint on them. Berry used the old music [...] |
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How to get enough satisfaction The benefits of having satisfied retirement home residents Don’t count on satisfied residents to recommend your retirement community to their friends; you have to rely on your very satisfied residents. An American research study has shown that the very satisfied residents were four times more likely to recommend their community than those merely satisfied. The [...] |
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Warm Breezes, Classical Comfort: CD Review Warm Breezes, and Classical Comfort By Bev Foster From: Room 217 ($19.99 each) These two new instrumental CDs are produced by musician Bev Foster and available through the Room 217 therapeutic music resource library at www.room217.ca. Warm Breezes (guitar and piano) and Classical Comfort (piano) join three earlier Room 217 CDs in a series originally [...] |
