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Jennifer A. Jilks
- 53, Female
- Bala, Muskoka, ON
- Canada
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Ontario Wait TImes
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Ontario Wait TImes
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jennifer A. Jilks Mar. 20, 2009.
When is enough enough?
Replied Feb. 14, 2009
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- Political Beliefs
- liberal
- Religious Belief
- spiritualist
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- digital photography, blogging, reading, writing, research on senior's issues
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- gardening, walking, singing, wildlife, environmental issues, politics
- Favourite Music
- Colm Wilkinson, Collective Soul, Dave Matthews, Dead Can Dance, Gabriel Yarod, Jesse Cook, James Keelehan, Hootie & the Blowfish
- Favourite TV Shows
- CSI, Rick Mercer, The National, Bones, The Border
- Favourite Books
- Living & Dying With Dignity, A New Earth, mystery novels, & the book I am currently reading!
- About Me
- A retired teacher, I burned out caring for failing parents. I now live and write and network with friends. I live in Cottage Country and adore our peace and quiet.
National Poetry WRiting Month
We are drops of water in this great river of love
Like cogs in the wheel we shoulder the burden
Force the millwheel to turn
Sometimes we drop our load
You helped me pick up mine
Time to help you with yours
I tried to help you up
You carried on without a backward glance
I raised my glass in anger
I plotted
I cursed
How to help you?
How to assuage my pain?
But my pain was only fear
Fear that you denied my love
Fear that I could not do the right things for you
Fear that I could not ease your pain
Fear that you did not trust me
You had your doubts
As I tried to find my way
I know now you raged against your own fears
I know now that it was your right to make your choices
We opened up our hearts and embraced again
Jennifer A. Jilks's Blog
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It is not user-friendly, and there are far too many advertorial content posts for me by both users and external and internal posts.
There is no one in charge of the site, who can monitor and remove spam.
I am fed up with the ads and the lude posts.
The e-mail system does not allow me to control enough of my mail.
For a private company, to be using such a (free) cheap site, it criminal. They are making money off of all of us through their Google ads.… Continue
Posted on May 21, 2009 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
Senior's living arrangements
Caregiving options and placements abound for seniors: see my full post here.
* provide extra support in the senior's home (live in care)
* move them into your home
* find a retirement home
* find a supportive living residence
* a long-term care (LTC) home
A big decision many adult children have to make is whether to… Continue
Posted on April 19, 2009 at 1:43pm — 2 Comments
health care
We know how to prevent chronic diseases: stop smoking, eat well: a balance of food groups, exercise (FITT- flexibility, endurance, strength), relax, socialize, listen to your body.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information published a report:… Continue
Posted on March 12, 2009 at 7:38pm —
Health Care Information
I have found, at least I continue to follow a marvellous resource called Best Practices (BP) Blogger Newsletter. The full list or simple, succinct, 2-page resource pages can be found here: BP Blogger.
Mary-Lou van der Horst is the writer, and these publications really helped me to advocate for my father when he was in LTC. The ones I would recommend reading for family members of seniors would be: Medications and Delirium. I think… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 9:10am — 2 Comments
LTC in Ontario
In the case in most of the institutions that care for the young (Children's Aid Societies) and related organizations: non-profit Day Care, and other sectors run by municipalities, they have requisite knowledge, skills and expertise embedded i… Continue
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 10:39am —
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Daniel
I agree with your comments on Zoomers. It is difficult to navigate and there is far too much advertising and self promotion. Any questions to administration for help are ignored.
Once again, please accept my apology for what I intended as teasing the teacher.
Lude posts? Did you mean lewd posts? I hope so, if you were a school teacher.
I am so excited.
Welcome to Zoomers. I'm from Muskoka as well. Born in Huntsville :) Healthcare background as well. Enjoy the site. It's a great community. Have fun!
Linda
Good to hear from you via Zoomers and my Harrigan site. For info on the coalition, go to www.coalitionnb.blogspot.com . We monitor government decisions and policy changes. My wife and I have been involved since its formation.
It's nice to have you with Zoomers- lots of interesting things to browse through.