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December 20192019 -2020
Social Calendar 2019 Christmas CarolsSaturday, Dec 6, 7:30 pm
MimosaSaturday, Feb 15, 10:30 am
MardigrasSaturday, Mar 21, 7:30 pm
SpringfestSaturday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Sun Deck PartySaturday, June 13, TBA.
Canada DayWednesday, July 1, 5:30 pm
2000 Residents’ BBQWednesday, July 22, 6:30 pm
2010 Residents’ BBQThursday, July 23, 6:30 pm
AugustfestSaturday, Aug 15, 6:30 pm
OktoberfestSaturday, Oct 24, 6:30 pm
2020 Christmas CarolsFriday, Dec 4, 7:00 pm
New Director joins 2000 Board Suite Talk is pleased to announce that Roy Tamura was elected to the
Board of 2000 Islington, replacing Sandro Fasciani. Roy Tamura has been a resident since 2017.
In his own words, “I’m excited to be working with the other members of the board and the Board of 2010. In the short time that we’ve been here, my wife Kelly, and I have really embraced the resort style atmosphere and I’m hoping to be able to help continue the tradition.” Welcome aboard, Roy.
Suite Talk Board Manny Radomski, Peter Bahry,
Marian Leslie
Email address: [email protected]
Web PageIslington2000condo.com
Property ManagementAntonello ConfortiLibby Giacchetta416-241-8575
Can’t run, can’t hide: flu season is back Here we go again! It’s flu season and everyone thinks they have influenza, wants an antibiotic despite this being a viral disease, and wants to be better ASAP! Dr. Vivien Brown, an award-winning family doctor in Toronto, offers up some of the misperceptions out there as flu season gets into full swing:
• Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea are gastroenteritis, not the flu. • Every cold and cough, runny nose and feeling miserable is not influenza.
These symptoms are not killer diseases. Influenza is.• People over 65 who are healthy and robust are still at higher risk. Age is a
huge risk factor. Seniors should consider the high-dose vaccine for adults over 65, which reduces hospitalization by 23%. Less illness, less debilitation, less death.
• Patients think they may still get “the flu” even though thay had a “flu shot.” So why bother? Because the influenza vaccine decreases morbidity and mortality from this disease. It does not eliminate every case. You may still get the flu after getting the flu shot, but chances are you won’t die from the flu, won’t be in hospital and your quality of life won’t be altered forever.
• Patients always say that they had a flu shot and then got sick from that damn shot. Nope, it is not a live virus vaccine and you cannot get the flu from the shot.
• In addition to a flu shot, seniors should also get … a pneumonia shot, a shingles shot, a pertussis booster, etc. When you see your doctor, update your immunity. It’s safe to get all the shots on the same day.
• Is the flu vaccine safe? Yes. • Does it work? Yes.
Wine Therapy in the Middle Ages In 1395, the Hôpital Civil de Strasbourg, at the time an almost 300-year-old hospital, dug a wine cellar specifically to serve its patients—and not just with meals. From high cholesterol to herpes, doctors of the Middle Ages were prescribing wine for pretty much any disease. For instance, melancholia (depression today) was treated with thin white wine—never red.
A millennium earlier, the Greeks and Romans were using wine in concoctions to treat various ailments and as a wound cleaner. In the 11th century, a Persian scientist wrote that wine “conserveth the body, expelleth disease from the joints, purifieth the frame of corrupt humours, engendereth cheerfulness . . . “ The “wine therapy” given to patients for wellness could be up to two liters a day, but at a much lower alcohol level than what modern drinkers imbibe. During the Middle Ages in Europe, the Hôpital Civil would accept vineyard plots in lieu of gold for patients’ payments. In fact, a number of hospitals in Europe had their own wine cellars. While physicians often offered wine as a tonic to patients, its principal use was for the treatment of wounds. Clinicians soaked sponges or cloth in wine and applied it to the wound. Hospitals would also use wine to clean their surgical instruments, as the water was sometimes contaminated. Wine was a good antiseptic. It wasn’t the alcohol in the wine that killed off pathogens, but the polyphenols in the grapes, and red wine was preferred over white because it contains more of these compounds. For the same reason, patients often got wine to drink. “If you drank the water, you were going to die, and if you drank the wine, you wouldn’t,”
The history of wine as a medicine has nearly endless applications from aiding digestion to staving off gray hairs. Alas, modern doctors are no longer prescribing wine on the grounds that it “enforceth the liver,” but it’s the dose that makes the poison.
Rock-a-Bye Baby, Fall to Sleep Rocking babies to sleep—to both quiet the wails of youth and preserve the sanity of young parents—has been commonplace dating back to prehistory. Anyone who has ever put a small child to bed or drifted off in a gently swaying hammock will know that a rocking motion makes getting to sleep seem easier. But why? A new study published recently in Current Biology suggests our brains are evolutionarily
programmed to respond to rocking. The research shows that rocking to sleep may have significant health benefits such as better quality of sleep and even improved long-term memory formation. Even in people who were already good sleepers, rocking shortened the time it took for subjects to fall asleep, and also to reach non-REM sleep, an indication of improved sleep quality. The rockers also had fewer arousals and maintained deep sleep for a longer period of time.
Curious if rocking might have any influence on memory, study subjects were also tasked with a memory test. A night of rocking improved their recall threefold. Finally, rocking also was found to synchronize brain waves during non-REM sleep in the brain networks that are known to be involved in both sleep and memory consolidation.
The findings may be relevant for the development of new approaches for treating patients with insomnia and mood disorders, as well as older people, who frequently suffer from poor sleep and memory impairments.
Hang-up or get scammed! If you get a phone call and you hear a
pre-recorded message…. hang-up or you could get scammed! Since 2014, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 78,472 reports from across Canada of scammers pretending to represent the CRA or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. The centre said 4,695 people across Canada have lost more than $16.7 million to the scam.
The calls are very alarming. The callers will say they are an officer or special agent or an official-sounding title to give them some credibility. They will sound very formal and they will come across as very threatening and ask you to act right away. Some of the calls tell potential victims that they owe the government money and are in legal trouble. In many cases, a scammer tells a victim they will be getting a call from a police officer — then spoofs the call that comes in a few minutes later so that it appears to be coming from local police. It’s organized crime and it’s international in scope.
Residents who fall Falls in old people represent a major public health problem. About 28–35% of people aged over 65 years fall at least once a year and this figure is even higher in those over 75 years of age. Specifically, falls are one of the main causes of injury, disability, and premature death in old people. Therefore, prevention of falls is essential to ensure the well-being of the older population.
If you find that an older adult has been injured in a fall, don’t move them – that could make their injuries worse. Instead, call 911, keep them as warm and comfortable as possible, and wait for emergency responders to arrive. Do not call security, the supers, or management – they are not trained to deal medically with falls.
How to get an aging loved one back on their feet? The answer depends on whether the person was injured in the fall. When in doubt, it’s always safest to call 911 for help.
It is extremely common for a panicked caregiver to hurt themselves while trying to pick up a senior after a fall. This can have long-lasting consequences and prevent one from seeing to their caregiving duties for days, weeks or longer, depending on the severity of the injury. Not to mention this puts the senior at risk of being dropped or maneuvered incorrectly.
Even if medical assistance isn’t required, first responders can help provide the brawn and expertise needed to get a loved one off the floor safely and confirm that they don’t need to go to the hospital.Regardless of whether it is you or your aging loved one who experiences a fall, it’s essential to notify a doctor about the event. He or she can make sure no injuries were sustained and suggest ways to prevent future tumbles.
One in five falls causes a serious injury such as a broken bone or head injury. Fear of falling can also seriously affect an aging adult’s quality of life and sadly, can keep a person from being active and thriving.
CRAFT GROUP SALEA BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR
OCTOBER SALE FOR CHARITY AND TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES AND BAKING. OUR CHOSEN
CHARITIES THIS YEAR WERE:
SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLDand
ERNESTINE’S WOMENS SHELTER
Grand Total Raised: $2475.80
Our dedicated groups of crafters and bakers made this possible: Margaret Smith, Rita Bumbaca, Vivian Manzon, Christine Geddes, Olive Bowles, Alice Davis, Rhonda Melcho, Sally Hodgson, Mary Yustin, Jan Miladinov, Lynn Palk, Margie Newell….our special helpers: Cathy Lunetta and Darlene Sterling.
Bistro Talk - Major General E. G. Weeks On the Friday before Remembrance Day, we enjoyed our second Bistro Talk when resident Bill Weeks spoke about his illustrious father, Major General E.G. Weeks, and his remarkable career in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. The talk was very well attended - every chair was filled. Bill included artifacts and a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate his presentation.
Earnest Geoffrey Weeks was born on May 30, 1896 in Charlottetown, P.E.I. When war was declared on August 4, 1914, young Earnest enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He served until 1919. Most of his tour in WWI was spent in France and Belgium where he participated in such operations as Ypres, Festubert, Givenchy, Passchendale and Vimy. He was decorated for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, receiving the Military Medal and the Military Cross.
Upon his return, he began his second career in the military and by the spring of 1939 he had achieved the rank of Major - the Assistant Director of Organization at the National Defence Headquarters. Of course, that was the year that war broke out with Germany and his services were very much in demand through the WWII years.
He served with the Canadian Military Headquarters in England and in Italy. In recognition of his service, he was made a Companion of the Order of Bath, Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was mentioned in dispatches. In addition, he was made a Commander de l’Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium) and received the Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander) (USA). Following the war, he served as Adjutant-General at National Defence Headquarters until his retirement in 1949. He passed away on September 7, 1987 in his 92nd year. We are lucky that our community includes people like Bill who step up to remind us of the importance of celebrating our shared history and values.
Toward Sanity “There’s really no such thing as conquering a psychiatric illness. Through trial and error, by working with various doctors, social workers and rehabilitation centres, you can, at some point, after years of struggle, achieve a semblance of a normal and productive life; unfortunately, a malaise almost invariably persists”. - Joseph Pirrello
A resident in our Islington 2000 community, Joseph Pirrello, was on his way to becoming a classical virtuoso on the piano when he experienced his first psychotic episode at the age of 18. Over the next decade and a half, he found himself struggling to maintain a façade of normalcy, while inside he slowly unraveled.
He has written a memoir, Toward Sanity, that not only reveals to us how his life was affected by a psychiatric illness, but how he and others have come through the worst times to a place of relative peace and reconciliation. With unflinching honesty and insight, Joseph’s memoir recounts what it’s like to live with a mental illness.
In describing his own journey to health, he offers hope and specific guideposts for others. This book attempts to find a silver lining in what is a devastating diagnosis, without diminishing the seemingly insurmountable challenges that mental illness brings. It is also a testament to the importance of friendship and acceptance without judgement.
Joseph Pirrello has also published a book of his poetry entitled Judith’s Song. The poetry is probably even more personal than his memoir: “Present irresistibly slips into past when a roaring river passes the blossom fields seaward”“Your words are as big as rocks –They don’t fit in my ears”; and “The proud clown walks with a rhythmic flow kissing the lips of fate with no qualms or hesitation”.
