Ohana Care

'Love and harm can coexist.'

Dr. Rose Joudi (HelpAge Canada) offers a framing that may reshape how clinicians and care providers approach difficult family dynamics. The shift from 'elder abuse' to 'mistreatment of older people' — adopted by the WHO and Government of Canada — is more than terminology. It opens the door to conversations that the word 'abuse' often shuts down.

🔗 Episode 14 of Caring Conversations: https://hubs.la/Q04l6lnW0

Practical homework for families from Jolyn Hall on Caring Conversations Episode 13:

1. Have the conversation. Don't assume adult children are okay with a parent moving in. Don't assume parents want to. Both directions need to be spoken aloud.

2. Be brutally honest about the current home. If it takes five minutes to climb the front steps, the home isn't working — that's energy that could go into hobbies, friends, and the things that bring joy.

Simple. Hard. Worth doing this week.

Watch/Listen - https://hubs.la/Q04cY0XV0

A safety reality almost no one discusses at a condo showing: in Edmonton, fire truck ladders only reach the 7th floor.

Jolyn Hall walks every senior client through the implications before they sign — what happens if the elevator fails, how a fire evacuation actually works, whether groceries up ten flights of stairs is realistic.

From Caring Conversations Episode 13. The kind of due diligence most agents skip.

Watch/Listen - https://hubs.la/Q04cZgYj0