Graham Hookey

‘All you can do is all you can do ...’

‘All you can do is all you can do …’

Maple Ridge News columnist Graham Hookey says farewell to his readers after 24 years

‘All you can do is all you can do ...’
Maple Ridge Ramblers (front, left to right) Emily Morley, Ashleigh Lessner, Taylor DeAdder; (back) Kirsten Senchyna, Aly Heppner, Sarah Rowbotham and Paige Bell.

I’ve parked the car and packed my bag, what now?

Independence not something elderly give up easily.

Maple Ridge Ramblers (front, left to right) Emily Morley, Ashleigh Lessner, Taylor DeAdder; (back) Kirsten Senchyna, Aly Heppner, Sarah Rowbotham and Paige Bell.
Life in care home is all about routine

Life in care home is all about routine

Residents are cared for and checked up on numerous times a day at safe and secure care home.

Life in care home is all about routine
Graham Hookey writes about education,  parenting and eldercare for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News.

COLUMN: A little effort goes a long way

Holiday season is a time of great joy when family is around, but also a time of sadness

Graham Hookey writes about education,  parenting and eldercare for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News.
Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation

With aging comes inevitable decisions

A column on seniors issues by Graham Hookey who writes weekly for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News

Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation
Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation

With aging comes inevitable decisions

A column on seniors issues by Graham Hookey who writes weekly for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News

Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation
Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation

Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation

Graham Hookey writes weekly about education, parenting and eldercare for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News

Looking through eyes of a vulnerable generation
As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories

As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories

Maple Ridge News columnist Graham Hookey is an educator who write about education, parenting and eldercare.

As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories
As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories

Grateful for those who help our elders

A weekly column on aging by Graham Hookey

As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories
As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories

It’s time for the elderly to consider the flu vaccine once again

A weekly column on eldercare by Maple Ridge news columnist Graham Hookey

As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories
As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories

Living life large, as typical men do

For the most part, men don’t look after themselves the way they should.

As We Age: They are full of fascinating life stories
Support a cause, and support your own health

Support a cause, and support your own health

A column by Graham Hookey who writes about education, parenting and eldercare for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News

Support a cause, and support your own health
So you think you’re ready to retire?

So you think you’re ready to retire?

In a knowledge-based economy, aging is actually not such a bad thing.

So you think you’re ready to retire?
Learn to be adaptable when choice no longer exists

Learn to be adaptable when choice no longer exists

A weekly column in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News by Graham Hookey who writes about education, parenting and eldercare.

Learn to be adaptable when choice no longer exists

Making most of hand we are dealt

Goal to better understand how best to engage and support development in young people

Finding happiness in our elder years

Finding happiness in our elder years

Generally speaking, women are healthier than men, at least until a later age.

Finding happiness in our elder years
Don’t get complacent about your health

Don’t get complacent about your health

Maple Ridge News columnist Graham Hookey writes about parenting, seniors issues and health

Don’t get complacent about your health

As we age: Should you share the wealth?

Estate planning a touchy topic everyone has to face

As we age: We are not richer than we think

We're going to end up working longer to make ends meet

Health-care system in a thousand pieces

For the elderly, or for caregivers trying to support them