Is It Time for Your Loved One to Leave Home? One of the most difficult decisions that a family caregiver can make is to put their loved one in a senior care home. Canadians’ commitment to keeping their elderly family members at home is evident in the numbers. Of the 6.2 million people in […]
Why It’s Important to Identify as a Caregiver So, you think you are a caregiver, but do you really identify as one? A study revealed that just 42 percent of caregivers self-identified. Thirty-five percent of them did not comprehend they were caregivers until someone explained the role to them. Even more concerning, 24 percent […]
End of Life: What Family Caregivers Can Do to Elevate Patient-Centered Care Few things mean more to many of us than having our loved ones around us when we die. In many cases, that means family members who are also our caregivers. Dying can be extremely stressful and deeply saddening, especially if you are […]
Balancing Work and Caregiving Nearly 1 in 20 family caregivers reduce the hours they work or quit working entirely to care for a loved one, according to a study published in The Journals of Gerontology. Taking into consideration the number of caregivers in Alberta — about 1 million — that translates into about 50,000 caregivers […]