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About Comfort Keepers

Comfort Keepers provides award-winning in-home care for seniors and other adults in need of assistance with daily activities. Our highly trained and dedicated caregivers can help your loved one stay in their home for as long as safely possible—a dream come true for many elders.

Areas Served

Uplifting In-Home Care Services for Seniors & Other Adults Right Where You Need It. Comfort Keepers Toronto, ON provides in home care services and senior care in the following cities in Ontario: Toronto, North York, East York, York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Leaside, and Agincourt

Uplifting In-Home Care Services for Seniors & Other Adults

Toronto Seniors and Post-Holiday Blues: Why It Happens And What to Do

For seniors and the elderly, holiday depression can have many contributing factors: isolation from family and friends, feelings of loss and loneliness for a spouse or close friends who have passed, or the compounding effects of dealing with poor health…. just to name a few. Additionally, according to the American Geriatrics Society, seniors may also feel blue after the holidays if they are facing money issues, and spent beyond a budget. Here are ways to help your senior loved ones manage the effects of post-holiday blues.

Toronto Seniors’ Life Stories Are Full Of Wisdom

Wisdom is gained from experience and age, but we so often forget to record the stories, lessons, and advice given to us by seniors and the elderly. Comfort Keepers of Canada® is here to outline some easy ways you can record your senior loved one’s life stories.

Mesothelioma, Caregivers, Seniors and Toronto Home Care

Mesothelioma care for Toronto seniors: malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that typically strikes early in retirement after years of occupational exposure to asbestos. It is diagnosed in an estimated 750 people annually in Canada. This article outlines tips for Toronto caregivers caring for elders with mesothelioma.

Fall Prevention In Seniors: Taking Care During The Winter Months

Each year, one in every three adults age 65 and older falls. A variety of studies have shown a high correlation between cold weather and an increase in falls among older adults, too. The chances for falls in colder weather increases significantly after age 65, and dramatically for seniors 75 years and older.

Toronto Seniors Reap the Benefits of Volunteering

Recent research studies have shown that seniors reap significant health benefits from volunteering. Volunteering provides the social interaction and companionship that many seniors crave. Volunteering also gives seniors the peace of mind that they helping others and contributing to a greater cause.

Influenza And Seniors: Why Seniors Need To Get The Flu Shot

Influenza and the flu are nothing to play around with and should be taken very seriously by seniors and elders. The Center for Disease Control reports that each year more than 200,000 people across North America will be hospitalized due to seasonal flu and its complications such as pneumonia—and 36,000 of them will die. Seniors make up the majority of these numbers.

Memory Loss: Is It Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Or Normal Memory Loss That Comes With Age?

Over the course of our lives—starting in our 20s—we lose brain cells, a few at a time, causing a normal decline in the brain’s ability to remember. You may have reason for concern if you forget directions to a place you have been to many times or how to do things you have done often. This could signal the beginning of Alzheimer’s or other form of dementia.

Technology For Seniors: Helping Toronto’s Seniors Communicate With Loved Ones

According to Stats Canada, seniors are the fastest growing group of users of the Internet. Email was the most common use of the Internet by seniors with 9 in 10 Internet users taking advantage of it. However, for those not yet at ease with going online, alternative technologies simplify computer functions to just the basics needed to exchange messages with loved ones.

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