Reading Time: 3 minutes Older Canadians say their top priorities are better co-ordinated care systems and more community and home-based supports
Tag: Caregivers
Mental health system ignores those with developmental disabilities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Almost half of those with developmental disabilities are diagnosed with mental illness or addiction and are among the most frequent visitors to ERs
Family team eases grandparents’ downsizing trauma
Reading Time: 3 minutes The full-press family crew marshalled at 9 a.m., minus the grandparents, who were entertained off-site by a caregiver
Long health-care wait times costing Canadians time and money
Reading Time: 3 minutes Long wait times (and their consequences) shouldn’t be the price we pay for a universal health-care
It’s time to talk about end of life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of us do not have the means of providing palliative care for our loved ones