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Aging in Place Salt Spring Style​

This is a series of articles titled "Aging in Place Salt Spring Style" by Helen Hinchliff, as published in the Gulf Islands Driftwood.  We are proud to re-publish them here.

• Playing Solitaire (April 2016)
• Accepting Guilt-Free Meals (March 2016)
• Safe behind the Wheel? (February 2016)
• Just Pretending (January 2016)
• Final Gifts (December 2015)
• The Business of Aging (November 2015)
• Gravel Roads and Grey Hair (October 2015)
• Playing the Hand We're Dealt (September 2015)
• Almost Gone (August 2015)
• Driving My Mother (July 2015)
• A Moving Story(June 2015)
• We Need to Talk (May 2015)
• First Responders to the Rescue (April 2015)
• When it's Time to Stop (March 2015)
• Hearts and Hugs (February 2015)
• Straighten up and Fly Right (January 2015)
• Vaccination Beliefs (December 12, 2014)
• Say What? (October 31, 2014)
• School of Hard Knocks (September 17, 2014)
• What side effects are you experiencing? (August 27, 2014)
• How much will you change? (July 23, 2014)
• What are you afraid of? (18 June 2014)
• ​​​   Letter to Driftwood Editor (25 June 2014)
• Where Will You Live? (28 May 2014)
• How Young are You? (16 April 2014)
• Do you know the Name of Your Pod Leader (12 March 2014)
• What Did You Forget? (19 February 2014)
• The Numbers Game (29 January 2014)

Lessons from Edmonton on homelessness, seniors and mental health

• Older adults living with mental illness of face a double stigma in our society -- both from aging and mental illness. This article from the Globe and Mail (Thursday November 7, 2014) describes both the problems and possible solutions being discussed in Alberta.