Want to age at home? Learn which wearables and medical devices can help

June 10, 2022 |RBC Wealth Management

From voice-activated home alarms to smartwatches with blood sugar monitors, learn how you can age at home with the help of technology.

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Health care planning is part of investment planning in pandemic era, RBC wealth head says

May 30, 2022 |Clare O'hara, Wealth Management Reporter, The Globe & Mail

Financial advisers are now incorporating health care planning into the conversations they are having with clients as part of their long-term financial goals.

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Worried about your health as you age? Create a care plan

January 27, 2022 |RBC Wealth Management

A care plan helps families understand and budget for the different types of care an older adult may need.

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Harnessing health-care technology to support ageing in place

December 06, 2021 |RBC Wealth Management

The pandemic and the devastation that hit long-term-care homes dramatically altered the way we view our own vulnerability and health.

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How family, real estate and business can complicate finding the right executor

October 08, 2021 |David Chilton

Bryan and Sarah Baeumler consider the Wealthy Barber’s advice; get help!

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COVID-19 highlights the need for bold change in Canada’s eldercare system

June 23, 2020 |Naomi Powell

Canadians in long-term care have paid the heftiest price in this pandemic, with 82% of deaths coming from within their ranks.

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Healthcare’s double-shift: pandemic response and digital transformation

Healthcare’s double-shift: pandemic response and digital transformation

June 16, 2020 |John Stackhouse

As hospitals and health centres reckon with one of the biggest public health crises in a century, they have to contend with the simultaneous transformation into a digitally-enabled future.

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A tough but temporary blow to Canada’s housing market

March 30, 2020 |Robert Hogue
Housing trends and affordability - COVID-19 edition Highlights: Pandemic has soured the outlook almost overnight: Social distancing and the economic shock will cut home sale activity to a trickle near term. The timing and speed of the eventual rebound...
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Canadian dollar weakened but not headed for historical lows

March 28, 2020 |Josh Nye

Canadian dollar traded below 70 cents this week, but don't dust off “Northern Peso" references

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BoC cuts rates and joins the QE club

March 27, 2020 |Josh Nye

The Bank of Canada lowered its overnight rate to 0.25% this morning and launched a new program of weekly government bond purchases that represents the bank’s first foray into quantitative easing.

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