A summer of support
We are excited to have the opportunity to support older adults in Alberta, outside of the city of Calgary. Our team has been working with the staff at the City of Medicine Hat for the past few months. We’re creating...
The music of my generation
Recently during one of PBS’s pledge drives, they featured one of my very favourite performers: Perry Como. As I sat watching and enjoying the music a feeling of nostalgia came over me. I fell in love with this music in...
U of L to explore safe sexual expression for dementia patients
There is much we still don’t understand about degenerative neurological conditions like dementia or Alzheimer’s that affect so many in Canada and the world over.
But the University of Lethbridge aims to explore and create a toolkit surrounding positive and safe...
Behind the tricksters
Checking the news headlines on April 1 is always a gamble, every single year.
Many organizations will put out their jokes and japes to celebrate the annual holiday of pranks, trying to catch readers unaware for a light laugh.
With consistent headlines...
Pride in our volunteers
A message from Kerby Centre CEO Larry Mathieson
I looked for a definition of volunteerism online this morning. Volunteerism: the use or involvement of volunteer labour, especially in community services. A little uninspiring, given how volunteering really changes the world.
Most years,...
March comes in like a lion
It was just last year when Calgarians – and all Albertans – first heard of Covid-19. The pandemic’s anniversary dates from March 4 last year, when Alberta’s Dr. Hinshaw announced the first presumptive case of an Alberta resident stricken with...
Volunteering at an animal rescue
Volunteering provides physical, social, and psychological benefits and is a valued role for older adults. Although adults volunteer for various organizations, there is limited understanding of why older adults volunteer for animal rescue organizations.
Since the 1990s, the number of animal...
End-of-life planning and COVID
The COVID pandemic has turned out to be a “call to action” for end-of-life planning. News reports suggest that requests for wills have gone up dramatically.
More people are discussing their end-of-life preferences with loved ones and are preparing Personal...
New year, old resolutions
Here I go again: another new year but same old resolutions. It’s time to clean house and get rid of things I have hung on to for far too long. It’s time to reduce the clothes in my closet, things...
Albertan research shines light on dementia
University of Lethbridge researchers have shed some light on the complex processes behind dementia — potentially leading to better understanding and treating the debilitating condition.
Genome scientists at the U of L, led by Dr. Athan Zovoilis, were recently published in...
