Friday 6 March 2020

Windsor 50+ Lifestyle Show. 14th & 15th March 2020.

Windsor 50+ Show 2020
EVENT: 7th Annual Windsor 50+ Show

Dates: 14th & 15th March 2020

Hours: 10am - 4pm

NEW Location: Caboto Club,
2175 Parent Ave., Windsor, ON

Windsor and Essex County's Largest 50+ Consumer Show

This exciting event showcases 75+ exhibitors.  You can learn about everything for better living…. from education, fitness, health & wellness, home, leisure and recreation, lifestyle options, retirement to travel and so much more!

The 2020 Show also features:
2020 Windsor 50+ Lifestyle Show
  • FREE parking
  • FREE refreshments
  • Interactive displays
  • Prizes and Giveaways
  • FREE Health & Beauty Mini-Treatments
  • Travel & Local Tourism Information
  • New and Innovative Products and Services
  • Health & Wellness Community Services
  • Handicapped Accessible
  • On Transit Windsor Bus Route
  • Lots of great shopping!
The  Windsor 50+ Show offers over $5,000 in door prizes, contests & giveaways!
PLUS you could win a Mystery Prize Package when you register at the door.

For more details visit Windsor 50+ Show 2020

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Windsor 50+ Show this weekend!

Windsor and Essex County's Largest 50+ Consumer Show
EVENT: 6th Annual Windsor 50+ Show

Dates: 22nd -23rd June 2019

Hours: 10am - 4pm

Location: WFCU Centre,
8787 McHugh St., Windsor, ON

Windsor and Essex County's Largest 50+ Consumer Show

It's that time of the year for this exciting event which showcases 75+ exhibitors.  You can learn about everything for better living…. from education, fitness, health & wellness, home, leisure and recreation, lifestyle options, retirement to travel and so much more!

The 2019 Show also features:
  • Fashion shows 
  • Exercise demos
  • Live Entertainment
  • Fitness Demos
  • Free health screenings
  • Mini-treatments
  • Refreshments and
  • Lots of great shopping!
The  Windsor 50+ Show offers over $5,000 in door prizes, contests & giveaways!
PLUS you could win a Mystery Prize Package when you register at the door.

For more details visit Windsor 50+ Show 2019

Thursday 26 April 2018

Windsor 50+ Show 2018

Mark your calendar!




EVENT: 5th Annual Windsor 50+ Show

Dates: 9th-10th June 2018

Hours: 10am - 4pm

Location: WFCU Centre,
8787 McHugh St.,
Windsor, ON

This exciting event showcases 75+ exhibitors with everything for better living…. from health & wellness, retirement, home, fitness and travel to leisure and recreation, education, lifestyle options and so much more…all under one roof!

The event also features fashion shows by Laura, Nygard and ALIA, live cabaret performances by Windsor Light Theatre, Elvis Fest Live Tribute to the Legend shows, Lee Valley demos, free health screenings, mini-treatments, refreshments and lots of great shopping.

You’ll also get a chance to WIN a $500 mystery prize along with dozens of other giveaways and contests.

Plus, the first 500 visitors each day will get a free gift.

Admission is $5.00 at the door. Weekend passes are available for $7.00.

Plus....Drop by for a chat at our booth and receive FREE fresh cooked popcorn!

We look forward to seeing you there.
For FULL DETAILS WINDSOR 50+ SHOW

Friday 6 October 2017

Seniors Driver's License Renewal Program

We are helping to draw attention to an upcoming event in our neighborhood hosted by our friends at Life After Fifty on a topic of great interest to our seniors.

 The details are below:

Subject: Driving Safe Presentation– 80+ Driver’s Renewal Process

Life After Fifty and Vantage Events are co-hosting a presentation for 80+ Seniors who are looking to learn more about the 80+ Driver’s Renewal Program.

A presentation given by Sean Wraight, Road Safety Marketing Officer from the Ministry of Transportation will cover the testing requirement and renewal process for those 80 years and older. Also discussed will be trends and statistics for older drivers, signs of aging and medications that may affect driving ability plus safety tips and recent rules of the road.


Cost: FREE

Date: Thursday October 19, 2017 

The 60 minute presentation will be offered at 1:00pm and again at 2:30pm.

Location: 

Life After Fifty’s East Side Centre
(located in the WFCU Centre)
8787 McHugh St.
Windsor



To Register: 

Pre-registration is required to reserve a seat and may be made by calling Meg at Life After Fifty at 519-254-1108 ext. 201 or by emailing mchaberek@lifeafterfifty
 

Thursday 31 August 2017

Retirement Living - 10 Smart Choices

This article was featured in OurWestEnd Community Newsletter - Summer 2017 LifeAfterFifty.ca

1. LTC versus RH:
A Retirement Home (RH) is not a Long Term Care (LTC) Home. LTC is more hospital-like, long-term and dictated by a person’s health. Conversely, an RT is a community of retirees living independently with many convenient services.

2. Budget
Avoid an RH that doesn’t communicate prices before you tour. Rates may vary depending on your attire. Remember only YOU can determine what is affordable for the long haul.

3. Location
Where do family and friends live? The more convenient it is for them to visit, the better.

4. Community versus isolation

Many elders secretly suer from a horrible type of depression: “failure to thrive”. Living at home independently is admirable but humans are social animals. Even the most private person needs interaction with others to be healthy. RT offers both community contact and the privacy of your own space.

5. Privacy
If you like privacy avoid “semi-private” to save money. There is no privacy in a semi-private room.

6. Activities
Vibrant community life includes optional planned activities throughout the day. Ask if excursion fees are included or an added cost.

7. What is included?

Beware of ‘bait and switch’ pricing. Some RH “up charge” for common conveniences: phone, TV, internet, emergency pendant, medical administration. Others really are all-inclusive.

8. Assistance
Need more care? Some RT require you to move out when health deteriorates. Avoid moving again and choose an RH that offers “assisted living”, too.

9. Government Assistance
Services available to you in your own home are available in an RH. Use them to help lower your ‘assisted living’ costs.

10. Don’t procrastinate!
While you have the spirit and health, why not enjoy life? An RH can offer many more years of vibrant, safe living in a retiree community environment.

Bonus idea:
Room Size: think of renting only your master bedroom, together with a shared mansion. RH is not an apartment or house. Otherwise, the downsizing will be a shock.

Friday 16 December 2016

Elder Buddies a Big Success

Grade 5 Students Visit Cardinal Place


Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the visit of grade 5 students from our local high school. The first event in our new "Elder Buddies" program was the visit to Cardinal Place of a group of grade 5 students. As you can see from the images below it didn't take long for the generation gap to be breached and fun and interaction between our residents and our young guests to ensue.


Next week our residents are looking forward to attending Christmas assembly and a puppet show at the High School. In the New Year both groups will tell stores, write, read and interact on art projects.

Friday 22 April 2016

A certain sense of community exists in Old Sandwich Town, Windsor. A sense of community that we endeavour to reflect at Cardinal Place. Old Sandwich Town has a rich heritage and a bright future. For those that aren't familiar here are a few highlights, courtesy of wikimapia:

"Sandwich Towne was first settled in 1749 as a French agricultural settlement, making it the oldest continually inhabited settlement in Canada west of Montreal. Many buildings and houses date to the mid-19th century. The neighbourhood is bounded by Detroit Street and Rosedale Boulevard along the northern edge, by the Essex Terminal Railway to the east and south, and the Detroit River to the west. The Windmill in Mill Park is a replica of an original Windmill. This neighbourhood is very proud of its rich and diverse history, having murals on many buildings' sides that show people, events, and buildings of the past, such as Ms. B. McKewan Arnold, the great-niece of the famous Benedict Arnold, founding a hospital/nursing station in Sandwich, and of how slaves fled from the southern United States and the Confederate States to freedom in Sandwich through the Underground Railroad before slavery was abolished.

Sandwich was officially established in 1797 as a Town. Sandwich lasted as an independent town until 1935, when it was amalgamated with Windsor. In the summer of 2007, the neighbourhood of Sandwich was officially "connected" to the rest of the Windsor Bike Trail network, with bike lanes being extended along University Avenue (where it meets the Riverfront Trail/West Side Recreationway) to Sandwich Street, all the way to Prince Road, where it meets up with the College Avenue Recreationway, and is now among the most-connected neighbourhoods in terms of bike trails and bike lanes within it.

The neighbourhood still maintains the former County Courthouse and municipal building and current community center, Mackenzie Hall (built in 1855) by Alexander MacKenzie, the second Prime Minister of Canada, the Duff-Baby House (built in 1798) and a multi-purpose building which houses General Brock Public School, a Windsor Police Department precinct, and a branch of the Windsor Public Library and all at its famous "Bedford Square" (intersection of Brock Street and Sandwich Street)."
Building a retirement community in Old Sandwich Town Windsor has been somewhat of a "labour of love" for me and my family. The building, is full of character, not least because it was originally a Catholic convent St Mary's college known as "Holy Names Residence", for the teaching sisters of St. Mary's Academy. The current building was solidly constructed of concrete in 1977. In 2014 the building was extensively renovated to the very latest provincial standards, including a sprinkler system throughout, to provide even more peace of  mind. With the proliferation of large, corporate owned, remotely managed and expensive retirement compounds, places in locally owned and operated retirement communities are increasingly in short supply. That's why myself and my team are delighted to be giving back to the community of Old Sandwich Town Windsor the quality of care that the seniors of our region rightfully deserve.