When a caregiver becomes a care receiver
CAREGIVING: Lesson learned: We need to apply child-friendly practices to adult care because when you are ill or injured, you feel like a child again ($)
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Tag: Family
How to put your inner workaholic to rest
LIFESTYLE: National Workaholics Day is no reason for celebration. By working smarter, you could work less – and have more time for family, friends and fun. ($)
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The challenge of talking about caregiving at work
CAREGIVING: Developing a language that meaningfully resonates with our experiences is an essential step toward creating and leveraging social support ($$)
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Six places to find local caregiver support
Here are some community resources where help might be found in your neighbourhood. There may be more caregiver support than you imagined
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No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
CAREGIVING: There are a few basic truths that reveal themselves in almost every story of sudden-onset caregiving. The first is that love remains intact ($)
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Donor-conceived people need to know their medical history
JULIET GUICHON, BARRY STEVENS and IAN MITCHELL: The first international Genetic Identity Day comes just as Health Canada seeks to prevent people from knowing their genetic identity (FREE)
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We need to make it easier for parents to vaccinate their children
RAYMONDE GAGNE and MOHAMED IQBAL-RAVALIA: No child should die a preventable death. It’s time Canada had a national vaccine framework (FREE)
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Caregivers mustn’t be afraid to ask for help
CAREGIVING: While care for those we love creates meaningful experiences, it can also lead to exhaustion, isolation and burnout. We need to welcome help ($)
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Five (bad) assumptions caregivers must overcome
FAMILY TIES: These assumptions can harm caregivers over time. Happiness and fulfilment are emotions that must be generated from within ($)
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No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
CAREGIVING: There are a few basic truths that reveal themselves in almost every story of sudden-onset caregiving. The first is that love remains intact ($)
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Stretching out our work lives as lifespans extend
ROSLYN KUNIN: Authors describe an evolving economy that includes people working into their 80s, based on a life expectancy of 100 years ($$)
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Never shirk responsibility for honest, forthright observation
MIKE ROBINSON: The rules of writing opinion pieces haven’t changed through the generations in the Robinson family ($$)
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