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My Christmas Dance
Type: Story
 (Originally Published on www.mymotherscaregiver.com) My Christmas Dance
Be part of something big: help prevent cancer
Type: Story
(NC)—Kathy Giles has never had cancer, but is deeply touched by it. Both of her children were diagnosed with cancer in their 30s and her dad died of cancer at age 64. Thanks to early detection and aggressive treatment, Giles' son and...
Moving forward with Parkinson's
Type: Story
(NC)—Living with Parkinson's hasn't dampened the spirit of Calgarian, Dan Sellers. Dan was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease at 38 and has since become a model of positivity for people living with the condition. One way Dan...
57 years of caregiving - and counting!
Type: Story
How many parents get to play Santa Claus for 57 years? My husband, Bud, and I had two children, Janie and Robbie. My caregiver and Santa roles started with Robbie’s birth in 1953. He was a Down syndrome baby - in those days called ‘...
Some Things I Learned in my Mom's Final Months
Type: Story
Last year my father and I became the primary caregivers to my 80 year old mother who passed away within 9 months from dementia. My father was determined to allow her to pass away at home which was her wish and it turned out to be the most...
The empowered woman who couldn't be an empowered patient
Type: Story
She’s a powerhouse, this woman: respected, high energy, award-winning tv producer. She researches each of her varied subjects extensively and always digs for the most unusual story lines. In her leisure time, she takes delight in plotting...
Share Your Stories: The Holidays and Our Health
Type: Story
The holiday season is a festive time of celebration and togetherness, but it can also be a very challenging time for some families dealing with a health condition or illness. We'd like to gather your stories to share with our CareToKnow.org...
I realize I'm one of them.
Type: Story
I just realized: I’m one of those people I read about. People who willfully lead unhealthy lifestyles. The ones who could (and by all accounts really should) control and be on top of things like taking their meds, exercising regularly, eating...
Creativity and older adults: finding the artist inside each of us
Type: Story
It was a day of music, arts and drama, of passion and compassion, presented by the Baycrest Social Workers,  entitled, Bringing Creativity into Clinical Practice with Older Adults.  Talk about brininging creativity into a Clinic Day: on...
Change your face.
Type: Story
It has nothing to do with plastic surgery or cosmetics, but rather echoes the sentiment of this story from the Irish potato famine:   It was hard times in the Brooke family. The famine robbed them of food and work.