How to make the most of your later years?

These social, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of being, irrespective of age should be the central focus of forward planning.

The following social and emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of being, irrespective of age should be the central focus of forward planning:

• Building and maintaining social connection, interests, and activities to address your wider needs.
• Building and maintaining physically capacity, eating healthily, and taking care of our health.
• Engaging with and knowing the local community.
• Volunteering and becoming a driver of and a voice for rich, vibrant, diverse communities.
• Considering what is important to you as a person so that you can effectively communicate wishes and preferences regarding care and assessing the ability of your home and local environment to meet your future changing needs.

Building and maintaining social connections are important for emotional well-being and physical health. They can also represent resources you can draw on to help you remain in your home and community as you age.

Developing and maintaining interests and activities keeps you active and mentally engaged, provides reasons for living and opportunities to meet new people.

Being physically active supports mobility and limits the impact of disabilities as we age. Academic research is supportive of physical activity irrespective of age and for those living with chronic health conditions. Additionally, many of our most challenging health conditions are a consequence of sedentary modern lifestyles and processed foods.

Knowing the “assets” within your local communities, especially the walkable areas, in your immediate neighbourhood is particularly important. Becoming active in our communities is also an important way in which we can remain engaged with higher levels of social support.

Aging is a natural part of life, not its end. Many who experience disability and chronic illness consider themselves to be aging successfully.

Most people would prefer to remain in their own homes till the end of their lives. Focusing on the above key points should better prepare you and your support network to do so.

In order to stay in your home and your community, you may need some personal care from Ontario Health atHome or you can call 1-833-515-1234.

About the Industry:

Contracted agencies (government/public sector) receive funding and only provides caregivers enough time to deliver a minimal service level by only focusing on an individual’s personal care. All too often, the amount of support granted does not cover all the areas of need to the individual. It is not possible for frontline teams under these government programs to go into the detail and oversight that Mosaic and some of the other reputable home care agencies provides. Mosaic Home Care focuses on the person and much needed and wanted companionship. Our model of care is well-respected and internationally recognized as a company of choice, recommended by social workers, hospitals, community agencies, doctor’s, and Ontario Health atHome.

Mosaic provides home care supports, and care are available in the GTA, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Markham, Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Woodbridge and Vaughan.

Mosaic Home Care focuses first and foremost on you (the person) at the centre of care.

Whether your needs are companionship or help in your day to day, more support in your personal care or intensive around the clock care, we focus, first and foremost on you. Your personal preferences, your social and emotional needs, your physical and mental abilities are our focus. This continues along the cycle of care, from the active living, through the palliative and to the end of life.

Mosaic Home Care is a professional Canadian owned and operated, not a franchise, not American owned nor are we owned by private equity firms.

As a professional provider of home care support services, we also need to be knowledgeable and sensitive to the medical conditions and how they impact your life experience. This is the case whether you are living with dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke, diabetes, heart conditions, depression or any manner of physical or mental health concern.

We provide care by the hour, overnight, 24-hour care and look after a wide range of personal needs in the home, wherever the home may be.

The Person Matters at Mosaic! We’re more than just home care.

Jane Teasdale is the Business Development Director and Principal of Mosaic Home Care & Community Resource Centres. www.mosaichomecare.com

Contact: info@mosaichomecare.com or 416.322.7002 or 905.597.7000