The Health Council of Canada has released a video featuring three family caregivers talking about their experiences and challenges, and the need to reach out for home care services.

The video highlights the 2012 Health...

New Dementia Report Aims to Raise Public Awareness, Support Caregivers

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A new report Dementia: a public health priority, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Alzheimer's Disease International, recommends...

Caregiver Compass Helps Manage the Challenges of Caregiving

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People caring for a loved one at home now have access to a free comprehensive online resource. The Caregiver Compass is a new resource, offered by Saint Elizabeth through the Care to Know...

New "How-to" Caregiver Video Series from Canadian Virtual Hospice

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Canadian Virtual Hospice has launched a series of 16...

The Agony of Isolation and Family Caregiving: An Alzheimer’s tragedy

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The pain of isolation for the family caregiver increases exponentially as Alzheimer’s advances. On a scale of one to ten, ten being the highest, isolation must be at the top of the list. As a woman once wrote and providing care for...

Alzheimer’s: Marriage interrupted

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By Ethelle G. Lord, DM

I knew something was not right with my husband. My husband, Larry Potter, stopped coming home for lunch in the fall of 2002 after years of habitually coming home at noon from his teaching position at a local state...

My Christmas Dance

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(Originally Published on www.mymotherscaregiver.com)

My Christmas Dance

Caregiver Facts

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Did you know?

Caregivers provide care and assistance for spouses, children, parents, and other extended family members and friends who need support due to age, disabling medical conditions, chronic injury, long term illness or...

Tips to help you care for your sick loved one at home

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Caregivers are being asked to consider 8 tips when caring for a chronically ill loved one at home. The tips are part of a new initiative by Saint Elizabeth called The Caregiver Compass, which provides informal caregivers with tools and resources...

Divorce, remarriage affect beliefs about who should care for aging relatives

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The topic of caregiving and playing a role that almost all of us will be thrust into at some point in our lives is a nuanced one. A couple months ago,...