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Holiday Joy in Community

The Christmas season is a time for connection, warmth, and shared joy. Living in an independent senior community makes it even more special. Residents enjoy festive decorations, holiday concerts, and delicious meals without the stress of preparation or cleanup. There’s always company for card games, baking, or reminiscing over cocoa by the tree. With caring staff and a vibrant social calendar, no one feels alone during this magical time of year. Celebrating together, creating new memories, enjoying traditions, and feeling the true spirit of Christmas surrounded by friends who feel like family.

Stay Connected This Season

The Holidays are a time for connection, whether it’s sharing stories around the dinner table or enjoying music and laughter with loved ones. If hearing loss is making it harder to follow conversations, you may feel left out. Don’t let missed words mean missed moments. At Amplifon Hearing Care Experts, we provide free hearing tests and personalized hearing solutions to help you fully participate in the celebrations. With today’s advanced, comfortable hearing aids, you can enjoy every sound of the season. Make this December the start of a brighter, clearer new year—because the best gift is staying connected.

Microneedling and Hair Growth

Microneedling is a natural, science-backed treatment that stimulates hair regrowth on the scalp, beard, and even overplucked eyebrows. By creating tiny micro-injuries, it boosts circulation, increases collagen, and enhances nutrient delivery — all of which help reactivate dormant hair follicles. When follicles are still alive but inactive, microneedling encourages them to re-enter the growth phase, strengthening existing strands and promoting new ones. This gentle, non-surgical approach has shown results for alopecia, thinning hair, patchy beards, and sparse brows. Microneedling can help restore thicker, healthier, more vibrant hair naturally. Doreen offers a free 15 minute meet and greet session to discuss treatment options.

Biofield Tuning for the Winter Season

Winter invites us to slow down, to listen, and to rest in the stillness between cycles. As the outer world grows quiet, we are called inward—to reflect, release, and renew. Biofield Tuning helps us attune to these seasonal rhythms, restoring balance to the body’s electrical system and nurturing inner harmony. Through sound and vibration, we can reconnect with the earth’s grounding pulse and the light within, even amidst the long nights of winter. Allow this season of stillness to be a time of gentle recalibration and deep nourishment. Contact me today for a free consultation.

Make Fall Prevention a Priority

With colder weather comes slippery sidewalks. Falls prevention is key to maintaining health and longevity. Keep your body active to keep your balance. Take a look at your rugs, flooring, lights, and stairs. If the rug is curling, fix it or get rid of it! If the lighting is poor, install higher-wattage bulbs. If the stairs are not safe, install a railing or look into a stair lift. Monitor blood pressure, stay hydrated, and take medications as directed. When venturing outside, be sure to wear sturdy, well-fitting footwear. Prevention is always better than recovery. Call Comfort Keepers today; we can help!

Making Christmas Magic for Residents in Need

This year has been financially challenging for many people. The SOS Caring for Community at Christmas program has been bringing joy to residents in need for over 55 years. With community support, we can ensure that children and youth in our area wake up to find a special gift under the tree on Christmas morning. Families and individuals will have the opportunity to choose food that is meaningful to them during the holidays. You can support the program through a financial donation. Help us fill the SOS Toy Shop by donating new, unwrapped gifts. For more information, please visit the SOS website.

Wishing You Health

As we settle into the busy holiday season, we like to honour our relationship with our customers. Thank you for trusting our team to take care of your overall health and well-being and for choosing a locally-owned pharmacy for your healthcare needs. We will continue to provide personalized pharmacy services, including free local delivery, medication reviews, compounding, vaccinations, and so much more! Your pharmacist can help to make sure your medication is the right fit and introduce you to tools that make day-to-day medication management easier. We care about your health!

Laser for All Skin Tones? YES!

Gone are the days when laser hair removal only worked for fair skin and dark hair. Modern IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) technology now safely and effectively treats all skin tones and ethnicities, from porcelain white to deep mocha brown. At Lisse Laser & Skin Studio, every session is customized to your unique skin tone, hair colour, and sensitivity for smooth, lasting results without burns or discomfort. If you’ve ever been told laser hair removal wasn’t for you—think again; IPL is now safe for all skin tones, including yours!

House Rich but Cash Poor?

“Home Equity Solution is the answer!” Create your future by using the existing equity in your house to do all the things you can’t afford to do. Things such as: *Get rid of an existing mortgage, *Pay off credit card debt, *Travel, *Give your children an early inheritance, *Invest, *Downsize or upsize your home; all without any payments. With the significant appreciation in home values over the past few years, we now have more equity in our houses to use and enjoy. Don’t just think about a solution for your equity, do something about it. Contact me now.

Happy Holidays from Accura Denture Clinic!

Just a short note. The office will be closed Monday, December 1 to Monday December 8 for a short pre season holiday. We will also be closing for the week after Christmas and reopening in early January. So to all, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Diwali, Happy Kwanzaa! There are at least eight significant religious and cultural celebrations at this time of year including a time of rest and renewal practiced by First Nations Peoples. Work for peace around the world. Contact us here at Accura Denture Clinic for all your denture needs.

Blue Christmas Service – Dec 20, 2025

It has been and is our pleasure to reach out with this Blue Christmas Service. All Welcome! The service takes place on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2:00 pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, located at 4235 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo. “Perhaps you are grieving the loss of a loved one; feeling sad, sick, lonely, and anxious about the holiday season or future while others are celebrating. We want you to know you aren’t alone. When you leave the service and God’s house, our prayer is that you will feel uplifted, peaceful, comforted, and experience God’s love for you.”