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Deinstitutionalization is one of our biggest public policy failures. Here’s how we can reverse it.

Deinstitutionalization is one of our biggest public policy failures. Here’s how we can reverse it.

by External Article | Sep 9, 2022 | Housing, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

The policy began in the 1960s with the closure of psychiatric hospital beds — it was to be the first part of a plan to move people into the community. Over the next 20 years, more than 80 percent of the beds across Canada were closed, along with entire psychiatric...
Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic – collaborative care can help with recovery

Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic – collaborative care can help with recovery

by External Article | Aug 17, 2021 | Care Work Library, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

For older adults, social isolation may have dredged up past traumas that are difficult to come back from. And for those living in nursing homes that have been the center of outbreaks throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, these new traumas can make resuming care as usual...
Honor Thy Father

Honor Thy Father

by Guest Author | May 5, 2020 | Caring for a Parent, Finding Meaning, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

“I am in a bind. I have a problem and I need your help,” came the voice over the telephone. My husband and I had just sat down to a late night dinner after a long day of his highly concentrating work as a patent examiner and my juggling a new writing career and...
The blessing of giving in

The blessing of giving in

by Guest Author | May 21, 2019 | Caring for a Romantic Partner, Housing | 0 comments

I started being a care giver for my wife about five or six years ago. As she slipped into dementia I took over more and more of her duties and took greater care of her. This was a second marriage for me, I had a similar experience with my first wife who died of...
Weighing the pros and cons of a senior care home

Weighing the pros and cons of a senior care home

by Guest Author | Nov 3, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Caring for a Parent, Housing, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

The moment has come – it’s time to decide whether your beloved one must be placed in a senior care home. The decision is hard to make, and you might start having doubts about it. What if they won’t be taken proper care of? What if they’ll feel too lonely, and develop...
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...
When Looking For A Nursing Home, You May Get Little Help From Your Hospital

When Looking For A Nursing Home, You May Get Little Help From Your Hospital

by Kaiser Health News | Feb 5, 2017 | Caregiver News | 13 comments

At age 88, Elizabeth Fee looked pregnant, her belly swollen after days of intestinal ailments and nausea. A nurse heard a scream from Fee’s room in a nursing home, and found her retching “like a faucet” before she passed out. The facility where she died in 2012 was...
Is it time to consider assisted living?

Is it time to consider assisted living?

by Kayla Matthews | Oct 9, 2015 | Caregiving 101, Housing, Long Term Caregiving | 1 comment

Caring for an elderly client or loved one is a rewarding yet challenging situation. Knowing when it is time to move an individual from her present home environment to a living environment that offers them more assistance is an emotional decision. You worry about...
Coping with autism and puberty

Coping with autism and puberty

by Kaiser Health News | Oct 8, 2015 | Caregiving 101, Caring for a Child, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Sandwich Generation | 0 comments

Alexander Brown swings back and forth on a makeshift hammock bolted to a wooden beam in his living room. The swaying seems to soothe the otherwise uneasy 14-year-old. His mother gazes at him from the couch and their eyes briefly connect. “I would love to be in...

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