Tomorrow we will be doing our first small fete at a nursing home in Dennistoun, its just a small day, and we will be taking our Natural Botanist range only, new product will be a relaunch of our shaving pots and offering all items as priced or 2 for £8

#fayre #fete #summerfete #glasgow #handcrafted #handmade #beautycare #nursinghome #glasgow #lanarkshire

Sometimes life moves in dizzying, impossible-to-predict zigzag lines. Turns out, healing unfolds in much the same way..

Before my medical crash and burn, I thought I had everything set up for a comfortable retirement –

https://theicarian.substack.com/p/medical-crash-and-burn-chapter-three
#NursingHome #HealthCare #retirement #health #medical #healthinsurance

MEDICAL CRASH AND BURN CHAPTER THREE

Part 12, The Karen Strickholm story

The Icarian

THE NURSING HOME CONFESSIONAL

Day-to-day nursing home reality is alien territory for most folks. The early days “on the inside” are a particularly disjointed time.

The new “resident” has just come through a medical crisis that spit them out into this strange new land. The psychological vertigo is very real, inviting deep reflection.

Maybe that’s why there can be the phenomenon of a “confessional”

https://theicarian.substack.com/p/the-nursing-home-confessional-a-nursing
#NursingHome #HealthCare #DisabilityMatters #LongTermCare #Health

THE NURSING HOME CONFESSIONAL, A NURSING HOME TALE

Part 7, The Karen Strickholm story.

The Icarian

Emotional Support Chickens, Theft! Cluck Yeah, A NURSING HOME TALE

https://theicarian.substack.com/p/emotional-support-chickens-theft
#Knitting #NursingHome #HealthCare

Emotional Support Chickens, Theft! Cluck Yeah, A NURSING HOME TALE

Part 11, The Karen Strickholm story, A CLUCKING GOOD NURSING HOME TALE

The Icarian

@KarenStrickholm
Emotional Support Chickens, Theft! Cluck Yeah, A NURSING HOME TALE

https://theicarian.substack.com/p/emotional-support-chickens-theft
#Knitting @Knitting #NursingHome #HealthCare

Emotional Support Chickens, Theft! Cluck Yeah, A NURSING HOME TALE

Part 11, The Karen Strickholm story, A CLUCKING GOOD NURSING HOME TALE

The Icarian

96-year old grandmother gets stern warning from nursing home for ‘partying too hard’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/96-year-old-grandmother-gets-stern-warning-from-nursing-home-for-partying-too-hard/

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Silent Voices Elder Advocacy

Thirty minutes on a weekend evening tells you more about a nursing home than any star rating or scheduled tour. Here is the full checklist before you sign anything.
#NursingHome #ElderAbuse #WEAAD2026 #Move4WEAAD #SilentVoices #ElderAdvocacy #ElderCare #NursingHomeSearch #LongTermCareFacilities

https://nathaliefrias.net/2026/06/13/what-families-should-know-before-trusting-a-facility/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Silent Voices Elder Advocacy

Good care is not a personality trait. It is a structure. The five conditions that produce good nursing home care, and the questions families should ask.
#NursingHomeAbuse #PatientAdvocacy #ElderCare #StructuralChange #ElderRights #WEAAD2026 #NursingHomeNeglect #NursingHome

https://nathaliefrias.net/2026/06/06/what-good-nursing-home-care-looks-like/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Silent Voices Elder Advocacy
Musquodoboit Harbour chamber of commerce concerned about fate of former high school
The chamber wanted to see the empty Eastern Shore District High School turned into a community hub, but a local senior's home has submitted a proposal to tear it down and build a new facility on the site.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/eastern-shore-district-high-school-nursing-home-chamber-of-commerce-9.7214846?cmp=rss