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As fall arrives in Canada, the changing seasons bring new opportunities for seniors to stay active, healthy, and engaged. At Origin Active Living Senior Communities, we provide a supportive environment for seniors to embrace these changes while continuing to enjoy a vibrant lifestyle. Whether it’s through fitness programs, nutritious meals, or social activities, Origin Senior Communities are here to meet your seasonal needs. Here’s how our communities can help you thrive this fall.

Uncover the key nutrition secrets that can help seniors maintain optimal health and vitality.

Our later years should be filled with things we enjoy, focusing on health and wellness to maximize our daily experiences. As we age into our later years keeping up with day-to-day tasks, responsibilities, appointments and maintaining a social life can become more difficult to do. A little extra help in these areas can go a long way to improving quality of life. Senior companion services can help give you that extra bit of assistance in the areas you are looking to improve. Whether its enjoying quality time in your own senior community suite, engaging in social activities, exercising regularly, or heading out to run errands.

The arrival of spring each year means many wonderful things: warmer weather, open windows, fresh air – and spring cleaning. After months of being inside our homes for the winter, the spring always brings with it the sense of renewal and the chance for a fresh start.

For older adults, spring cleaning can also be an opportunity to reassess their homes, downsize as needed, and simplify. By following these easy tips for downsizing, you can ensure that this season is a joyful and productive one.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), in a recent report on healthy aging, Canadians are living longer than previous generations. In fact, the PHAC concludes that “older adults can live longer, healthier lives by staying socially connected, increasing their levels of physical activity, [and] eating in a healthy way.”

Origin Active Lifestyles Communities offers many lifestyle and fitness classes that are specially designed to accommodate any level of fitness. So whether you are beginning a new healthy routine or looking to maintain an active lifestyle, we encourage our community members to get moving because it is never too late to get active.

You may have heard people tell you “to look on the bright side” or “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” These small phrases can bring you comfort at the moment, but they can also be good lessons on how to live your life.

Nearly every (93%) Canadian senior says they want to remain in their homes for as long as possible after retirement. The primary reason for this is to maintain a sense of independence. Still, there are other reasons, including remaining close to family and friends, fostering a sense of belonging, and sentimental attachment to the house.

At Origin Active Lifestyle Communities, we are huge advocates of yoga for our community members. We have seen amazing results from individuals who regularly practice our yoga classes, so we wanted to share our ultimate guide to yoga for seniors!

With warm weather upon us, we thought it would be the perfect time to bring up just how important it is to protect your eyes from the sun. Your eyes do age with you, putting your daily activities like driving and reading at risk.

These days the term wellness has become trendy, but what does it really mean? To define every angle, the term has been broken into seven dimensions. Each influencing the others, creating a holistic approach to health.