Reading Time: 3 minutes Here are some community resources where help might be found in your neighbourhood. There may be more caregiver support than you imagined
Tag: Caregivers
No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a few basic truths that reveal themselves in almost every story of sudden-onset caregiving. The first is that love remains intact
Caregivers mustn’t be afraid to ask for help
Reading Time: 3 minutes While care for those we love creates meaningful experiences, it can also lead to exhaustion, isolation and burnout. We need to welcome help
Five (bad) assumptions caregivers must overcome
Reading Time: 3 minutes These assumptions can harm caregivers over time. Happiness and fulfilment are emotions that must be generated from within
No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a few basic truths that reveal themselves in almost every story of sudden-onset caregiving. The first is that love remains intact
Growing number of seniors lack support of family, friends
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unbefriended,’ these isolated seniors require more help to safeguard their access to basic daily needs, including companionship, and improve their quality of life
Address your fear of dying, express end-of-life care wishes
Reading Time: 4 minutes As physicians, we see death made worse and more painful every day by poor advance care planning
Do intentional communities make retirement sense?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Picturing a idyllic rural setting with exercise, freedom, stimulation – and support as needed. All crafted to cater to seniors
Who’s caring for the nursing home carers?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nursing home care aides are burning out but measures can be taken to improve their work conditions. And that will result in better care for their patients
Canada’s health system fails the elderly
Reading Time: 4 minutes Solving long hospital wait times requires a fundamental shift in the way we care for the elderly