Reading Time: 6 minutes Millions of Canadians are juggling full-time jobs and unpaid support for loved ones
Tag: Caregivers
Canada is suffering a care economy crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s governments must apply the lessons of COVID-19 to create a more gender-just future
Seniors prefer home care over institutionalization
Reading Time: 4 minutes Seniors must be offered the opportunity to age in place with the help of their caregivers
‘These are really badass people’: Grad finds her calling in nursing
Reading Time: 7 minutes Her clinical education led Hanna Filipovic to her career in nursing
How technology affects the ethics of the nurse-patient relationship
Reading Time: 4 minutes The nurse-patient relationship is being re-shaped by the proliferation of technology
COVID-19 restrictions may be harder in assisted living than in long-term care
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A nursing researcher’s new study seeks input from family members and facilities to understand impact, plan for next pandemic
The problem with kindness – and its vast potential
Reading Time: 4 minutes Once we decide to be kind, we find ourselves experiencing belonging. This is what caregivers, paid or unpaid, can teach the rest of society
New app helps family doctors care for adults with disabilities
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A specialist identified gaps in care as patients age, developed app on his own time to ‘make a difference’
Caregiving can last for decades, new research shows
Reading Time: 4 minutes Understanding different lifetime patterns of caregiving can inform supportive policies to help people cope, say U of A researchers
Federal standards, investment urged to fix long-term care system
Reading Time: 5 minutes Immediate improvements for nursing home workforce needed before next crisis hits, says U of A researcher