I’d like to share some strategies we’ve used to manage and cope with the consequences of ongoing caregiving while preserving our balance, optimism, resilience, and zest for life.
When finally I got the courage to Google the word Alzheimer’s, it felt like I was giving her the disease, not researching it. I read Alzheimer’s has no cure.
The aging of the Ontario population over the next 30 years requires innovative programs such as the CLRI.
WindReach Farm is a not-for-profit organization located near Ashburn, north of Whitby in Ontario.
Patients get frustrated and sometimes doctor-shop or seek out the advice of other healthcare practitioners.
In his final year, my father lived in a long-term care facility in which he had a small but cozy room filled with mementos and some of the furniture from his previous home.
Most educational programs for occupational therapists (OTs) have both classroom-based courses and a range of exciting field-based practicums.
It’s never fun to deal with an angry person, whether we’re talking about a hothead who’s quick to anger or a chronically angry grouse.
Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care.
When you think about it, it does seem obvious that patients and families should be at the centre of their own health care.
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