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Retirement Living at its Finest

You deserve the best and a place to call home. Sit back and relax at The Hamlets at Deer Park while you enjoy 3 meals a day restaurant style, complimentary bistro snacks, weekly housekeeping, in-house salon, theatre, the privately owed bus for scheduled transportation and weekly excursions, and monthly live entertainment. All this, PLUS peace of mind with 24-hour-a-day, on-site care staff. Your furry friends are even welcome here! Call today for a complimentary lunch and tour.

Best Care for Your Needs

When do you need emergency care vs. outpatient care in a clinic or a house call?
Many patients end up in emergency frustrated by the wait. The main reasons are that there are many other people who are also very sick, or your symptoms and condition are not necessarily considered emergent. When your condition is not emergent, you will generally wait a very long time in order to see a doctor.
Try looking for care in the best setting that will serve your needs – walk-in, family doctor, emergency, or house call.

Providing Supported Independence

If an adult has the capacity to make decisions but would like help to make and communicate these decisions, they can sign a form that authorizes someone they trust to be their “supporter.” This allows healthcare professionals, such as pharmacists, to share information about their medical circumstances with the supporter. It’s a good option to ensure persons with mild to moderate capacity issues are supported while still exercising some independence. This can continue until the person loses their capacity to make personal decisions and the court appoints a co-decision maker or a guardian, or if their Personal Directive is enacted.

Internal Synergy Inc.

Over $400 million is spent annually on laxatives each year in North America! And further, nearly 90% of degenerative disease begins in the digestive tract. Ridding the body of accumulated toxins is crucial to optimal health. Internal Synergy Inc. strives to help clients eliminate their body’s toxins through three gentle and effective modalities – Colon Hydrotherapy, Ionic Footbath, and Far Infrared Sauna. With fall upon us, the change of seasons can bring aches and pains and digestive discomfort, so it’s a great time to start a cleanse. Gentle cleansing strategies can yield life-changing results.

Microneedling for Revitalization

Dealing with enlarged pores, fine lines and wrinkles, or acne scars? Don’t like the recovery time of traditional resurfacing lasers, which can take up to multiple weeks? If so, then perhaps a treatment to consider is medical microneedling. Safe for all skin types, microneedling is a new concept that harnesses the body’s regenerative capacity to help deal with these specific skin issues. It uses a device that creates a very controlled injury to the skin, where the body then deposits collagen and elastin, improving overall skin tone. Both discomfort and down time are minimal with this procedure.

Adopt the Practice of Gratitude

Did you know that negative emotions are incompatible with gratefulness? The practice of stopping to count your blessings is necessary to lift depressing and negative thoughts. However, sometimes we need a reminder to be grateful. Make a gratitude board using a white board or poster. Write your thoughts on it at least once a week. A family or a workplace gratitude board can result in many positive emotions, both in stimulating your own thoughts and in knowing how others feel. Use Thanksgiving as a great opportunity to plan how to include gratitude in your life.

Meet Coach Jon McLernon

An online nutrition coach specializing in helping men and women over 30 who have 30-80 lbs of fat to lose, Coach Jon has real-world experience, having lost and kept off over 80 lbs. Coach Jon works with clients to create an optimal plan for their body, so they can spend more time focusing on the fun stuff being healthy enables. His formal education is in chemistry and marketing from the University of Victoria. Currently a Precision Nutrition certified coach, Coach Jon has an extensive background in nutritional supplements and sports nutrition, having operated a retail supplement store for three years.

Try This for Better Digestion

As we observe the changing colours and dry chill of the fall, so too must we adapt. The more we follow nature’s lead, the easier our lives can become. To live with more ease, consider eating your largest meal at lunch. Your metabolism is strongest between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and reaches its peak at high noon, so take advantage of that and eat a warm, nourishing lunch. Consider an immune-boosting root vegetable soup, or a warming Buddha bowl, or maybe try Kitchari – an Eastern rice and mung bean dish known for its nourishing and cleansing properties.

Product Profile: The Beam™

Eighty percent of Canadians will experience back tension. “As a massage therapist, I see a lot of people with back and neck tension and it often stems from their posture at a desk and computer,” says Pam Kats, RMT from Calgary. Brandi G. shares, “I like to put my Beam™ at the back of my chair. It keeps my posture straight, which reduces tension in my shoulders. I’m so grateful for this product.”

Low-Level Laser Therapy

This treatment is designed to enhance natural healing and reduce chronic pain, inflammation, and soft tissue injuries. These include ligament, tendon, and muscle tears, repetitive stress injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, diabetic sores caused by poor circulation, as well as cuts, bruises, abrasions, and even shingles, gout, and tendonitis. Treatments are 30-60 minutes long, depending on the condition being treated. The average number of required treatments is five; however, some injuries require more than others. Laser therapy is a non-toxic, non-invasive, and painless treatment, with patients reporting feeling only a warming sensation.