Senior's

PARL subscribes to the Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center database. This service is available free to anyone with a Library card. Not only can you access thousands of articles, pamphlets and fact sheets on various health topics but also informative video files. Below are links to a sampling of the many resources from the database available on the subject of aging.

Aging Does Not Have to Be Depressing

Losing Sleep As We Get Older

Chinese Martial Art Helps You Stay Balanced and Fit

Slowing Down the Clock with the Right Foods

Avoiding Age-Related Memory Loss

Staying Young: The Role of Physical Activity in Aging

Tips For Healthy Aging: Become a Life-Long Learner

Read an Overview on Senior's Health
Read an Overview on Fall Prevention

Visit the Health and Wellness Resource Center to search for information on the topic of your choice. If you do not have a free library card to access this online database drop in to your nearest branch library or register online.

These books are just a small sample of books on the topic of seniors from our collection. Please search the online catalogue for a more complete listing.

• Counter clockwise: mindful health and the power of possiblity
• Raquel Welch: beyond the cleavage
• The making of an elder culture: reflections on the future of America's most audacious generation
• Kick up your heels-- before you're too short to wear them: how to live a long, healthy, juicy life
• You, staying young: the owner's manual to extending your warranty
• Looking after your body: an owner's guide to successful aging
• Gracefully: looking and being your best at any age
• Art of aging: a doctor's prescription for well-being
• It's in your hands: legal information for seniors and their families

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Fall Prevention Tool Kit Resources
The following resources are from the "Preventing Falls Together : A Population Health Tool Kit, Second Edition Community Links, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2008.

*Please note that these resources are to be reproduced for educational purposes only, and should not be altered without obtaining permission from the Preventing Falls Together Program contact: coordinator@preventingfallstogether.ca

• Are You in Danger of Falling
• Keeping Yourself Healthy and Active
• Keeping Track of Your Medicine
• Neighbourhood Fall-Safe Checks
• Choose a Fall-Safe Meeting Space
• How Fall-Safe is your Senior Club
• Fallproof Your Place of Worship
• Home Assessment Checklist
• Facts About Seniors and Falling
• Risk Factors for Falling
• Take Charge By Fallproofing Your Home
• Fallproof Yourself
• Falls Prevention on the Go
• Preventing Falls While Travelling
• Seniors Should Wear Sneakers
• The Hazardous House
• Falls Prevention Crossword
• Don't Fall for Christmas
• Report Your Fall
• Reporting Hazards in Your Community

For more information about this Tool Kit or about the Preventing Falls Together Program, please contact:

Community Links
PO Box 29103
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3L 4T8
Tel: (902) 422-0914
fax: 902-422-9322
E-mail: info@preventingfallstogether.ca
Web: www.preventingfallstogether.ca
The Preventing Falls Together: A Population Health Tool Kit, is also available on a CD that contains the entire Preventing Falls Together: A Population Health Tool Kit. The disk also includes some extra information or "bonus" features, such as full reports and a PowerPoint presentation. To order a toolkit, please contact Community Links.

Pictou County Seniors' Safety Program
The Pictou County Municipalities Crime Prevention Association provides this free program to all senior residents of Pictou County towns and county which provides important safety awareness & information on a variety of safety topics.
Contact: Senior Safety Coordinator Barb Dewtie
P.O. Box 100 Pictou, NS B0K 1H0

Hospital in the Home, St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 Bay Street
Antigonish , NS, B2G 2G5
Phone: (902) 867-4478
Fax: (902) 867-4428
Service: Hospital in the Home is an acute home hospitalization service. It enables patients to be treated in the comfort of their homes receiving services which are generally offered in the hospital setting including medical supervision, professional nursing visits, laboratory services and required medical supports/supplies.

Antigonish & Area Homemakers
Antigonish Mall Business Centre, Unit 1
133 Church Street
Antigonish, NS, B2G 2E3
Phone: (902) 863-8181
Fax: (902) 863-8069
Service: Assistance to people living independently but in need of support. Services include personal care, light housekeeping, respite for informal caregivers and meals. (There is a fee for this service depending on the assessment of service needs.)

Nova Scotia Department of Community Care
Martha Centre, Suite 200
23 Bay Street
Antigonish NS, B2G 2G7
Phone: 1-800-225-7225
Service: Provides a range of services to individuals including Home Care Services, long term care placement to nursing homes, residential care facilities or small options homes licensed by the Department of Health. Also provides nursing, home and family support and oxygen.

VON Antigonish
65 Beech Hill Road
Antigonish, NS B2G 2P9
Phone: (902) 863-5700
Fax: (902) 863-0992
Volunteer Office: (902) 863-2547
Website: www.von.ca
Service: The VON provides a variety of services 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to all age groups. Services offered are based on individual and community needs, and include home visiting/nursing care, seniors home check-in, dial-A-Ride transportation assistance and the Meals on Wheels/Frozen Food program.
Areas Served: All of Antigonish County. Antigonish Town and County, Port Hawkesbury (Wellness Clinic).

VON Pictou County
Wendy MacDonald, Branch Director
P. O. Box 45
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
B2H 5E1
Phone: (902) 752-3184
Fax: (902) 755-2091
Email: Wendy.MacDonald@von.ca
Areas Served: All of Pictou County including New Glasgow, Stellarton, Westville, Pictou, Trenton, Hopewell, Lismore, Pictou Landing, River John, Scotsburn, Thorburn, West Branch, Saltsprings

Canadian Red Cross Healthcare Equipment Loan Program
Antigonish (902) 863-8222

Lifeline Nova Scotia (medical alarm)
Phone: 1-800-543-3546
Website: http://www.lifeline.ca

Seniors' Safety Program c/o RCMP
This is a free program to all senior residents of Antigonish town and county which provides important safety information on a variety of topics.
Contact: Kimberly Timmons
4 Fairview St.,
Antigonish B2G 1R3
Phone: (902) 863-6500
Email: kimberly.timmons@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Northwood Intouch
Phone: 1-800-461-3346
Website: http://www.nwood.ns.ca
A personal emergency response service - with the press of a button.

Public Health Agency of Canada - Seniors Health
Website: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sh-sa_e.html

Mayo Clinic Healthy Aging
Website: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/senior-health/