Understanding the Difference Between Memory Care and Secure Units in Retirement Communities
As the aging population grows, families are faced with making critical decisions about long-term care for their loved ones—especially when cognitive decline is involved. Two common terms that often...
Dealing with the Guilt of Moving a Loved One to a Retirement Community: When Promises Meet Reality
Few decisions in life are as emotionally complicated as moving a loved one into a retirement or memory care community — especially when that person can no longer make the decision for themselves due...
Let Them Choose: Why Your Loved One Should Pick Their Own Retirement Community — and Their Own Unit
Choosing a retirement community is a deeply personal decision—one that can shape the quality of someone’s life for years to come. Yet, too often, well-meaning family members take the lead, driven by...
Staying Safe in the Heat: How Older Adults Can Enjoy Summer with Confidence
Staying Safe in the Heat: How Older Adults Can Enjoy Summer with ConfidenceWhy seniors are more affected by heat—and what families and caregivers can do. As temperatures climb across Canada and the...
Helping a Loved One Transition to Retirement Living
A Guide for Families Supporting a loved one as they prepare to move into retirement living is a journey often markedby emotion, reflection, and many important conversations. It’s a significant life...
The Journey to Senior Living: When and How to Start the Conversation
The Journey to Senior Living: When and How to Start the Conversation Deciding to move into a senior living community is a significant life transition that often comes with a mix of emotions—relief,...
Needing a Rapid Response Solution
Needing a Rapid Response Solution AT Solva we’re great advocates for planning ahead and being as proactive as possible. We’re also great advocates for being able to stay in your home as long as it's...
Retirement Home Due Dilligence
Do Your Retirement Home Research Due Diligence! By Caroline Inman IN the more than 11 years that Solva has been supporting seniors and families here in Ottawa, we’ve conservatively helped many...
Your ABC for Future Eldercare
I FIND it fascinating that as human beings we plan for life and we plan for death but we typically don’t plan for aging or more specifically advanced aging. This is short sighted, because advanced...
Temporary Help Agencies Require a License to Operate
NEW rules from the provincial government from 1 July 2024 state companies in Ontario that provide temporary help to their clients, need to be licensed and many businesses and their clients are not...
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