by External Article | Jan 11, 2023 | Caring for a Sibling |
Helen Ries was in her forties when her father died in 2011, and then her mother in 2014, a turn of events that left her as the main caregiver for her brother Paul Knoll, who has Down syndrome. Ms. Ries moved her brother, who is now 50, into the Ottawa home she shares... by External Article | Jan 9, 2023 | Finances, Long Term Caregiving |
Canadians spend 5.7 billion unpaid hours each year on caregiving, with many of them struggling to balance the demands of care and paid work, according to The Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence Read more in the Globe and Mail. 
by External Article | Jan 1, 2020 | Care Work Library, Death & Dying |
What people don’t understand is the beauty and joy to be found at the end of life. When I tell people I work at a hospice, they often say “that must be so hard.” But my favourite thing is hearing people’s stories, their experiences, their successes, their failures –... 
by External Article | May 10, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Finances, Working Family Caregivers |
Two years ago Liz Rejman was ready to hop a flight to California for an important meeting, when she received a phone call from her elderly father’s assisted-living facility. He had broken his wrist. “You have to make choices. Does work come first in a moment when your... by External Article | Aug 7, 2018 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, For Friends & Family, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Silent generation |
When deteriorating health forced David McClure, who is 81, to enter first one Ottawa nursing home, and then another, he felt as though he was going back into the closet, after decades out of it. “I couldn’t let my gayness show,” he said. “The looks were very... 
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