Reading Time: 4 minutes As much as we may wish to avoid the obvious, there’s increasing likelihood of the death of treasured old pals, neighbours and work associates.
Tag: Family Ties
Three ways you can help families affected by autism
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small gestures can make all the difference to someone’s day
Navigating health and social system a challenge to caregivers
Reading Time: 4 minutes The time it takes caregivers to navigate medical and social care systems may surprise many health policy analysts, but not caregivers
Caregivers don’t need a pat on the back; they need more support
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governments must begin to accept their responsibility to improve caregivers access to support services and patient care resources
Siblings who become caretakers often lack adequate support
Reading Time: 3 minutes Individuals with developmental disabilities live longer than ever and that means the responsibility for care is shifting to siblings
The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes National strategy needed for unpaid caregivers in the workplace
Families are key members of patients’ hospital care teams
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wards are staffed based on caring for a sick but otherwise self-sufficient patient population. The reality is patients need family caregivers in the hospital
Facing frailty head-on
Reading Time: 4 minutes A national seniors strategy needs to account for complexity in the aging process, including risk and vulnerability
Canada a warmth of caring in the frozen north
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians tend to see caring as just the stuff of everyday life – ordinary people doing what comes naturally
Why Canada needs a plan to address dementia and Alzheimer’s
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is no magic bullet, but a national action plan can improve care and quality of life