The policy began in the 1960s with the closure of psychiatric hospital beds — it was to be the...
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Care Tactics
While the press applauds the tech sector’s forward-thinking and sensitivity to the needs of...
The Underground Economy of Unpaid Care
At the time, my mom was living in Bellingham, Washington, two years into providing unpaid live-in...
Tethered to a ventilator for most of his life, how Ryan Lythall found his voice
His story? When Lythall was six-months-old, his mother, Irene, rushed him to CHEO where he had an...
And So on and So Forth
The woman is my mother, who is 81 and losing her memory, the past dissolving each day like so many...
New York Let Residences for Kids With Serious Mental Health Problems Vanish. Desperate Families Call the Cops Instead.
Taylor searched desperately for help, signing Amari up for therapy and putting her on waitlists...
Sabrina’s Parents Love Her. But the Meltdowns Are Too Much.
Sabrina, who was given a diagnosis of autism coupled with a rare genetic disorder, has exhibited...
Generation X Volunteers Want to Help You, and One Day Themselves, Age at Home
Ms. McWhinney-Morse was in her mid-60s when she and a handful of others her age started laying the...
Meet the Underdog of Senior Care
Ms. Biteranta now receives all of her health care through PACE, which monitors her, along with 120...
Too far, too big, too dangerous — families pitch alternative to large care homes ahead of budget
The long-term care home is so small, it could be mistaken for a large suburban house. Ten beds, a...
I feel guilty for checking my mother into long-term care against her will
For close to two hours, my mom had stubbornly resisted our cajoling, pleading and arguing as we...
How Nursing Homes’ Worst Offenses Are Hidden From the Public
A New York Times investigation found that at least 2,700 similarly dangerous incidents were also...
Churn
Nobody just “stops by” this house. My mother won’t let anyone she knows come near the outside,...
Some young adults with disabilities are stuck in long-term care. They say that’s discrimination.
For the past decade, [Victoria] Levack has lived, reluctantly, at the Arborstone Enhanced Care...
Concealment and Compassion
As we know from classical traditions of mnemonic loci, like the memory palace, memory is often...
The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America’s elderly
Some older adults have diligently prepared for their future. They purchased long-term care...
Benefits and disability: ‘I’ll never cohabit again, to protect myself’
Benefits exist to support people in times of need. But for some disabled people, household...
Turning Away From Nursing Homes, to What?
Regina Smith has dedicated her career to keeping seniors out of nursing homes. A geriatric social...
My Parents Got Sick. It Changed How I Thought About My Marriage
In April of the pandemic, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. It was not an optimal moment...
Will we ever take care of the carers?
At the height of the lockdown in Ottawa, Donna Thomson and her husband, Jim, went to visit their...
‘We Are Going to Keep You Safe, Even if It Kills Your Spirit’
In other care facilities and in hospitals, too, “wanderers” with dementia are believed to have...
Who’s Actually Running Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes?
Nearly 100 of Ontario’s embattled care homes are run by third-party operators—a management...
The Food of Care Homes
The cooking of care homes, as well as the cooking of our other institutions, is often forgotten...
Caregiving In The Time Of COVID
Alexis Baden-Meyer’s mornings are complicated. She wakes up around 6 a.m., ushering herself out of...