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May 2021
Awareness and Appreciation are at the Heart of this Year's Nursing Week
Nursing week is a time to recognize the hard and sometimes dangerous work RNs, nurse practitioners, nursing aids, and LPNs do year round. This year Canada’s National Nursing Week is from May 10-16. The week, which takes place annually and always falls over Florence Nightingale’s May 12th birthday, also overlaps with CMHA Mental Health Week.

The theme for this year’s Nursing Week is #WeAnswerTheCall. The Canadian National Association explains, “The pandemic brought to light the courage and commitment that nurses work under every day and showed the important role that nurses play in the community.”
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Research links gum disease with Alzheimer's 
According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 70% of adults aged 65 and older have gum disease. A new study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, a journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, suggests that people with more harmful than healthy gum bacteria were more likely to also have higher levels of brain amyloid. Clumps of amyloid, known as plaques, are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. 
11 Tips for Bathing a Person Living with Dementia
Do you care for a person living with Alzheimers disease or another form of dementia? Has bath time been a struggle for you both?
It’s easy to understand why that may be: All of your adult life you have bathed or showered in privacy, using a routine that fits your personal preferences best.
Now imagine someone else trying to undress and bathe you. How would you feel?
For most people, bathing is a highly personal matter, and that likely will not change if the person is living with dementia.
To help you make bathing a little less stressful for you both, here is a list of 11 practical tips you may want to try:
Wills and Estate Planning
Wondering how to structure your will, or set up your estate? As part of Estates Week in April, the Edmonton Community Foundation hosted a number of seminars regarding Wills and Estate planning. At ExquisiCare, we have dealt with families whose parents had this all in order, and the challenging outcomes for the families, when it’s not all in order. Do your family a favour and plan ahead! 
Cracks to Chasms: The shaky foundations of unpaid care that Canada's health care system is built on
Family caregivers carry a significant role to play in caring for our elders.  Care at Home can help!  
Care at Home by ExquisiCare
Home care in Edmonton is our calling. Our carers are guided by the ExquisiCare core values of love, reverence and family.
Edmonton Journal Series on Family Caregivers
#1 Cracks to Chasms: The shaky foundations of unpaid care that Canada's health care system is built on
#2 Cracks to Chasms: A ray of light even as COVID-19 wreaked havoc in Alberta's home care system
#3 Cracks to Chasms: Treating families as just 'visitors' set Alberta care homes up for heartache 
#4 Cracks to Chasms: How and why tragedy hit Alberta's long-term care homes 
Oscar-nominated film “The Father” addresses dementia and caregiving 
In writer-director Florian Zeller’s directorial debut, “The Father,” Academy Award winners Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins play a daughter and her father facing the dynamics of dementia and caregiving. On our blog, Zeller talks about how he challenged viewers to understand the perspective of a man living with dementia.