Manoir marks Wellness Month with special lectures

Presentations have included 'Life after the Manoir,' in which social worker Monique Renaud focused on moving on to an assisted care facility if independent living is no longer an option. Dr. Joe Schwarcz, director of the Office for Science and Society at McGill University, focused on 'Science, Sense and Nonsense,' which put into perspective current health worries from PCBs in our fish to cosmetic ingredients to genetically modified foods, concluding that the worrying may be more damaging than the issues.

Last Tuesday, Westmount notary Andy Durso addressed the important issue of 'Wills, Power of Attorney and Mandates.'

This week, residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the CLSC and the Quebec health care system through an interactive question-and-answer presentation by Brian Peddar, a community worker with the CLSC Cavendish.

The month will conclude with 'A Trip Down Memory Lane!’ presented by Dr.

Gabriel Leonard, assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University, clinical psychologist at the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital and assistant professor of psychology at Concordia University. Leonard will give residents a virtual tour of the various regions of the brain that are crucial to each of the different types of memory we deal with from being able to do math problems and recite the names of capital cities, long term memories about our past and remembering what we had for breakfast.