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

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, we talked...

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Today In the News: Alzheimer's Disease Top of Mind

Today, online publications and the health blogosphere are all talking about a sleeping giant of a disorder that is becoming more and more of a growing concern to Canadians and people the world over: Alzheimer's Disease.

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Balancing Work and Care

By Audrey Miller, MSW, RSW, CCRC
Reproduced with permission from MyCareJourney.com, a Canadian community site for family caregivers.

More and more of us are doing it. Research shows that 32 per cent of Canadian workers are caring for elderly family members, and the majority of...

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Defining a System of Client-Centered Palliative Care: Our Conversation with Dr. Kevin Brazil

Research to enhance client-centered care in community palliative care is one of the innovative projects receiving funding through the Care to Know Centre’s first annual Applied Client-focused Team (ACT) research grants program.

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Dementia-Friendly Design: Lighting

Recently we participated in the first session of a webinar series by the Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange Network (AKE), Dementia-Friendly Design Series – Lighting.

The focus was on lighting as a physical design element for persons with dementia and their quality of life. The...

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