Downtown Walk & Talk (every Tuesday at 12:15)
Book Clubs (various dates/times)
Beginner Adult Yoga (online every Wednesday at 7 p.m.)
Readers’ Theatre (March 21)
Sip n’ Stitch (March 21)
Red Deer Cancer Connect (March 19)
Breaking Cover: Red Deer Players (March 23)
Crib, Cards, Coffee and Conversation (March 24)
First Thursday Concert Series (first Thursday of each month)
Community News
Good Nutrition & Digestion = Good Health
No matter how clean, organic, and healthy you eat, if your body isn’t able to digest, absorb, and process essential nutrients properly, you are not benefitting from your efforts.
To do this, your stomach needs to fully digest, your intestines need to completely absorb, and your liver needs to properly process the food you eat.
One of the simplest ways to correct and improve any issue you may have with the digestive process is through nutritional testing.
If a weakness is found in a specific organ, nutritional supplementation can be added to your diet to improve the digestive process and in turn, help you benefit from your wise choices.
Nourishing Seniors, Building Communities
In retirement communities, mealtimes are vital for seniors, fostering socialization and delivering essential nutrients. To ensure a wholesome diet, communities prioritize well-balanced meals with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. Seniors, prone to health risks, must maintain good nutrition to avoid weight loss, depression, and weakened immune systems. The National Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging reports over 5.5 million seniors facing food insecurity. Retirement communities address nutritional challenges by providing chef-prepared communal meals. This approach ensures proper nutrition, fosters a social atmosphere, and creates a well-rounded dining experience for residents.
Nourishing Seniors, Building Communities
In retirement communities, mealtimes are vital for seniors, fostering socialization and delivering essential nutrients. To ensure a wholesome diet, communities prioritize well-balanced meals with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. Seniors, prone to health risks, must maintain good nutrition to avoid weight loss, depression, and weakened immune systems. The National Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging reports over 5.5 million seniors facing food insecurity. Retirement communities address nutritional challenges by providing chef-prepared communal meals. This approach ensures proper nutrition, fosters a social atmosphere, and creates a well-rounded dining experience for residents.
Nutrition Matters: Senior Health
March marks Nutrition Month, shedding light on a prevalent issue among the elderly—malnutrition. The unique nutritional needs of seniors play a pivotal role in ensuring their ongoing health, vitality, and quality of life. Malnutrition in older adults manifests in anemia, cognitive impairment, depression, general fatigue, muscle weakness, weakened immune systems, and weight loss, leading to a cascade of health issues. Professional caregivers play a crucial role in helping seniors maintain a high quality of life, focusing on lifestyle choices that promote longevity and well-being.
Financial Fitness
Are you considering mortgage refinancing? Life circumstances evolve, and now might be the ideal moment to reassess your borrowing needs. Collaborate with your Mortgage Professional to align the best solution with your current lifestyle, realizing specific financial goals. As your significant financial asset, unlocking your home’s potential is crucial. Reasons for refinancing include consolidating high-interest credit card payments, transitioning from a variable to a fixed-rate product, funding home renovations, making investments, or engaging in debt consolidation. Explore the possibilities and optimize your mortgage to suit your evolving financial situation.
Honouring Our Loved Ones
In the process of grief, deciding what to do with a loved one’s cremated remains can be burdensome. Keeping a loved one’s remains at home, though comforting, can be an emotional challenge and become a reminder of loss. Finding a final resting place is crucial for providing relief and closure. The transition from home to a peaceful site can transform the memory from loss to honour.
Book Club: Back To Basics
Your Nutrients Guide to Vitamins and Minerals simplifies the complexity of nutrition science. Unravel mixed messages about vitamins and minerals and enhance mental and physical health with practical insights. Decode nutritional information, treat deficiencies, and adopt holistic approaches for optimal well-being. Say goodbye to confusion and hello to a diet that nourishes your body and mind effectively. Pick up at your local book store.
Menopause Help Available!
Are you experiencing hot flashes, chills, night sweats, sleepless nights, mood swings, weight issues and/or a slowed metabolism? Imagine Laserworks can help address these concerns using modern bio-electric and photonic (laser) devices, to target precise trigger points defined through traditional acupuncture, but WITH NO NEEDLES. Our sessions provide drug-free, painless relief, without side effects and we are there for you with ongoing assistance as you need it. The Imagine Laserworks team is committed to improving your individual journey; we offer personalized care programs for a smoother transition from perimenopause through menopause and beyond.
Choose Your Lifestyle
Experience the lifestyle of your dreams at Pacific Carlton® or Sunnyside Manor®. Find warmth, friendship, and a welcoming staff that makes every day feel like home. Enjoy the convenience of all-inclusive independent living, including meals, housekeeping, and activities. Pacific Carlton® boasts spacious suites with full kitchens, in-suite laundry, and sizes ranging from one-bedroom to expansive two-bedroom layouts up to 1200 sq ft. Sunnyside Manor® offers warm & inviting floor plans with beautiful courtyard gardens and various layouts, including studios, one-bedroom & one-bedroom with den suites up to 630 sq ft. Book your tour today and embark on a new chapter of retirement living.
Revitalizing Hair with PRP
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) hair therapy is an innovative treatment aimed at stimulating hair growth and reducing hair loss. This non-surgical procedure involves drawing a small amount of your blood, processing it to enrich the platelets, and then injecting this platelet-rich plasma into your scalp. Platelets are known for their healing properties and their ability to promote cell growth and regeneration. By concentrating these elements and applying them to the scalp, PRP therapy can enhance hair follicle health, potentially leading to thicker, fuller hair. The treatment is relatively quick, requires minimal downtime, and is considered safe with a low risk of adverse effects. It’s essential for patients to consult with a qualified healthcare provider to determine if PRP hair therapy is suitable for their specific condition and to understand the expected outcomes and any potential risks involved.
