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Volunteers Needed

Here at Saskatoon Services for Seniors, we strive to make a difference every day. We do this by helping seniors remain safely in their own homes by providing services that they need. One of these key services, especially in the winter, is our grocery delivery program. We are currently looking for one or two volunteers to help with this program. If you are interested in helping seniors in our community, please contact our office today. Grocery volunteers are also needed to help with our grocery shoppers/delivery.

About Us

Saskatoon Services for Seniors was started in 1988 with the goal of helping seniors stay independent in their homes. We started with offering housekeeping services and later added yardwork crews to help seniors maintain the outside of their properties. Over the years, we have added many services to assist seniors, including snow shoveling, handyman services, and grocery delivery. Today, we offer many services to help seniors in Saskatoon remain safe and independent in their homes.

Smoking Affects Your Hearing

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? If you are a smoker, you can now add increased risk of hearing loss to the list of reasons to quit. The chemicals found in cigarettes may affect the way your ear processes sound. In fact, smokers have been found to be 15% more likely to have hearing loss than non-smokers. Hearing loss isn’t fatal, but it can lead to a number of health-related issues down the line. Dementia & depression have been linked to untreated hearing loss, so be sure to have your ears checked regularly. Get started by scheduling a hearing test today.

What is Your Mouth Telling You?

The state of your mouth can offer valuable insights into your dental, oral and overall health. Any bleeding when you brush your gums is a sign that you should see your dentist. Unhealthy gums can affect your overall health. Atherosclerosis, clogging of the arteries, has a strong link to gum disease. Pain on biting might mean a cracked tooth. Sugar sensitivity usually indicates a cavity. Tenderness to cold might just need a change of toothpaste. Tenderness to hot is likely to be more serious. The only way to find out, for sure, what’s going on is to see your dentist.

Overcoming Holiday Season Overindulgence

If you’ve overindulged this holiday season, here are some great tips for getting back on track! 1) Practice modified intermittent fasting – start by eliminating nighttime snacking to help support fat burning and better sleep. 2) Increase fibre in the diet for good colon health and binding fat-soluble toxins so they won’t get reabsorbed. 3) Start your day with some warm/room temperature water infused with citrus, cucumber, herbs, ginger, etc. to support fluid intake and liver/kidney health. 4) Practice yoga, Pilates, Qi Gong, or Tai Chi in the mornings to breathe and get blood/lymph moving. 5) Do a sugar detox.

January Brain Teasers

1. How come hyenas are so healthy? 2. What will a bee get from visiting too many flowers? 3. What game can be dangerous to your mental health? 4. What is the healthiest kind of water? 5. What ring is actually a square?

Brain Teaser Answers

1. Because laughter is the best medicine. 2. High bud-pressure. 3. Marbles, you don’t want to lose them. 4. Well water. 5. A boxing ring.

Words to Live By

There are greater things to be achieved in every New Year, and each and everyone must prepare themselves to be great, not by words of the mouth, but by a lot of sacrifices. – Michael Bassey Johnson

Instant, Proven, Tested

Every once in a while, sometimes in a generation, sometimes longer, there is an idea, a development, a leap of progress so fantastic, seemingly improbable, even impossible, that shatters all preconceived notions of what was possible, what was real. This is VoxxLife. VoxxLife has harnessed the power of Neuro-Science and Neuro-Activation and spent 6 years developing Voxx Human Performance Technology (HPT) that instantly improves the user’s strength, energy, stability, balance and range of motion. No matter our age or lifestyle, VoxxLife is changing the way we live, play, and enjoy our lives and is the future of wellness, sports and rehab.

About Us:

Saskatoon Services for Seniors was started in 1988 with goal of off helping seniors and keep them independent and in their homes as long as they want. We started with offering our Housekeeping service and later developed yard work crews to help seniors with maintaining the outside of their properties. Over the years we have added many services to assist seniors including snow shoveling, handyman services and Grocery Delivery just to name a few. Today we offer many services to help seniors in Saskatoon remain safely in their homes and independent.

Great Local Events in December

BHP Enchanged Forest Holiday Light Tour – Experience the most spectacular drive-through Christmas display in Canada. Featuring 75 custom displays throughout the forest, running from Nov 19th – Jan 9th, 2022.

Eaton’s Once Upon a Christmas Exhibit – since 1987 the Eaton’s Once Upon A Christmas exhibit has delighted visitors, young and old. This exhibit will be on display at the Saskatoon WDM from Nov 1st – Jan 6th, 2022.