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Helping is Making Me Feel Helpless

Helping is Making Me Feel Helpless

by External Article | Jan 18, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caregiving Relationships, Finding Meaning, For Friends & Family | 1 comment

Have you ever felt helpless trying to help a loved one? We know the stories: the alcoholic mother/brother/friend who keeps getting in trouble. The father who has been borrowing money from his adult children with the intent to pay it back but never following through....
Seniors tell us what it’s really like to live in long-term care

Seniors tell us what it’s really like to live in long-term care

by External Article | Jul 5, 2018 | Care Work Library, Housing | 0 comments

I sat down with Sharron Cooke, a resident at Newmarket Health Centre outside of Toronto, and her friend, Devora Greenspon, 85, a resident at Extendicare Bayview in Toronto. SC: It’s very hard to be bedridden … I was bedridden for the two years in the hospital...

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