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Seniors Safety Line 24/7 telephone crisis line for seniors in Ontario who are experiencing any form of abuse. Call 1-866-299-1011. awhl.org

27/09/2026

At 97 years old, Iris Apfel signed her first modeling contract.

She had spent most of her career as a celebrated interior designer and textile expert — her company's fabric restoration work appeared in the White House under multiple U.S. presidents. But it was in her final decades that she became something else entirely: a global fashion icon, known for her oversized round glasses, bold jewelry, and a wardrobe she described with the motto "more is more, and less is a bore."

She didn't slow down as she aged. She sped up. A documentary about her life. A Barbie doll made in her image. Magazine covers. A modeling contract at 97. She called herself, with evident delight, a "geriatric starlet."

Iris Apfel worked until her death in 2024, at the age of 102.

Her advice, offered often and without much patience for convention: find your own bliss, know yourself, and don't be afraid to take a few risks.

The Seniors Safety Line exists because every older adult deserves to live fully and safely — with the freedom and dignity to keep discovering who they still want to become. At any age.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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25/09/2026

You made it through another week. 💜

And we'll be here for the next one.

24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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24/09/2026

Undue influence is different from helping. 💜

When an older adult makes their own choices freely — even choices you disagree with — that's their right.

Undue influence looks different:
💜 Decisions that primarily benefit the person doing the "helping"
💜 An older adult whose position changes whenever a specific person is in the room
💜 Repeated pressure around financial or care decisions
💜 Isolation from others who might question what's happening

If something feels like pressure rather than support — it may be.

The Seniors Safety Line: 24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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23/09/2026

You are allowed to trust your own memory. 💜

If someone is telling you that something didn't happen the way you remember it — repeatedly, insistently, and in ways that benefit them — pay attention to that pattern.

Trusting your own experience is not stubbornness. It's self-protection.

The Seniors Safety Line: 24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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23/09/2026

A power of attorney is a powerful document. It deserves careful attention. 💜

For caregivers and families:
💜 A power of attorney should reflect what the older adult actually wants — not what's convenient for the person managing their affairs
💜 It can be revoked by the older adult at any time, as long as they have capacity
💜 Unexplained financial decisions being made on someone else's behalf are worth looking into
💜 The Seniors Safety Line can help you understand your options

The Seniors Safety Line: 24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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21/09/2026

A new week. 💜

Whatever last week held, this one is a fresh start. And the Seniors Safety Line is here for every day of it.

24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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20/09/2026

Tao Porchon-Lynch was 93 years old when Guinness World Records certified her as the world's oldest yoga teacher.

She was still teaching.

Born in 1918 in India to French-Indian parents, she discovered yoga as a young girl after watching boys practicing on a beach. She was told it was not for women. She learned it anyway.

She went on to study with yoga masters in India and Europe and began teaching in the United States in the 1960s. Decades later, she was still leading classes, still demonstrating postures, and still telling her students: "There is nothing in the world I cannot do if I believe I can do it."

She was also a competitive ballroom dancer. She began competing in her 70s and continued into her 80s.

Tao Porchon-Lynch died in 2020 at the age of 101. She taught yoga for the last time just weeks before her death.

She did not wait for permission to begin. And she did not stop until she had to.

The Seniors Safety Line exists because every older adult deserves to live fully and safely — with the freedom and dignity to keep moving, keep teaching, keep showing up. Whatever that looks like.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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18/09/2026

You've carried a lot this week. 💜

And you deserve support that actually sees that — not just what you need physically, but what you're carrying emotionally.

That's what the Seniors Safety Line is here for.

24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

17/09/2026

Good news for older adults and their families across Ontario. 💜

Ontario is expanding its Community Access to Long-Term Care program to three new locations — Four Seasons Lodge in Deep River, Craigholme in Ailsa Craig, and Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock.

The program allows seniors to remain in their own homes while receiving services normally only available in long-term care — clinical care, dementia support, wound care, and physiotherapy. The pilot delivered over 10,000 care visits in its first year of operation — results strong enough that Ontario is now expanding the program province-wide.

Staying at home, with the right support, is not just a preference for many older adults. It is often the safer, more dignified option. This expansion makes that possible for more families across the province.

The Seniors Safety Line: 24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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16/09/2026

What you're experiencing is real. And you deserve to be believed. 💜

At every age. In every relationship. Regardless of how long it's been going on or who's involved.

The Seniors Safety Line was built specifically for this — to listen, without judgment, to older adults and the people who support them.

24/7. Free. Anonymous. Confidential. In over 200 languages.

📞 1-866-299-1011
TTY: 1-866-299-0008
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