Maintaining health is a two-way street
CAREGIVING (Troy Media) Family caregivers and professional providers must work together to achieve well-being for people with chronic and complex diseases
Families are key members of patients’ hospital care teams
LIFESTYLE (Troy Media) 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
Offering care the most natural of gifts
CAREGIVING (Troy Media) Offering care is who we are; propelled by practise, learning and love, it’s where we most often locate meaning and purpose in our lives
Tying up the loose ends of life
HEALTH/LIFESTYLE (Troy Media) The first anniversary of legal doctor-assisted suicide muddies the discussion-of-death waters. Preparing for death needs to focus on the completion of living
“Be prepared” is the natural caregiver’s motto
LIFESTYLE (Troy Media) When natural disaster strikes, caregivers need to know the risks, have a plan, a network of support in place, and an emergency kit at hand
A caregiver’s perspective: Do you see what I see?
CARING CONNECTIONS: No professional care provider can see what we see – what was, what is and what can be for our family members and friends
No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
CAREGIVING (Troy Media) There are a few basic truths that reveal themselves in almost every story of sudden-onset caregiving. The first is that love remains intact
Coping with the family burdens related to caregiving
CAREGIVING (Troy Media) Our weekly Caring Connections column will examine the issues of caregiving in Canadian society, and what we can do to alleviate some of the burden
Don’t applaud caregivers, provide them with more support
FAMILY (Troy Media) Governments need to move beyond the rhetoric of caregiver recognition and improve access to caregiver support services and patient care resources
It’s time to change the culture of living with a disability in Canada
HEALTH (Troy Media) The disability family has been an afterthought for governments, service agencies and organizations for far too long