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Creating Connections in the Community

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|Date: June 01, 2019
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Creating Connections in the Community

Many caregivers feel alone in their role and responsibility. In the research, social isolation is identif ...

Many caregivers feel alone in their role and responsibility. In the research, social isolation is identified as one of the highest risk factors experienced by family caregivers. It’s also what friends ...

June 01, 2019
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Acknowledging Family Caregivers

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|Date: May 01, 2019
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Acknowledging Family Caregivers

May brings spring flowers. It’s also a time to acknowledge family caregivers and the vital role they play ...

May brings spring flowers. It’s also a time to acknowledge family caregivers and the vital role they play in our healthcare system and in the lives of their family and friends. While caregiving is uni ...

May 01, 2019
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How to Help Those Who Help Others

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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How to Help Those Who Help Others

Most of us, at some point, will take part in the marathon of caregiving. It’s not usually something we an ...

Most of us, at some point, will take part in the marathon of caregiving. It’s not usually something we anticipate, sign up for or train for, but it has become the new normal as our aging population en ...

April 01, 2019
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Strategies to Build Resiliency

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|Date: March 01, 2019
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Strategies to Build Resiliency

Marilyn is 55 years old, works part-time in retail and has two teens at home. She currently cares for her ...

Marilyn is 55 years old, works part-time in retail and has two teens at home. She currently cares for her partner who has chronic pain and a brain injury from a motor vehicle accident. She feels like ...

March 01, 2019
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Caregiver Support for Dementia

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|Date: January 01, 2019
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Caregiver Support for Dementia

Dementia is a broad term to describe a group of signs and symptoms seen in a variety of diseases affectin ...

Dementia is a broad term to describe a group of signs and symptoms seen in a variety of diseases affecting the brain, such as Alzheimer’s Disease. Dementia affects less than three per cent of all Brit ...

January 01, 2019
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Reducing Holiday Stress

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|Date: December 01, 2018
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Reducing Holiday Stress

For many of us, December marks the start of holiday gatherings and festivities, making it feel like “the ...

For many of us, December marks the start of holiday gatherings and festivities, making it feel like “the most wonderful time of the year.” Some family caregivers, however, may find themselves singing ...

December 01, 2018
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Safe Medication Use

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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Safe Medication Use

Medications, both prescribed and over-the-counter, have the potential to improve health and well-being. M ...

Medications, both prescribed and over-the-counter, have the potential to improve health and well-being. Many people use medication to help them treat symptoms to assist in leading meaningful and indep ...

November 01, 2018
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A Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life

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|Date: October 01, 2018
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A Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life

By definition, “dwindle” means to diminish gradually in size, amount or strength. Janet Dunnett will neve ...

By definition, “dwindle” means to diminish gradually in size, amount or strength. Janet Dunnett will never forget this word. She was in Emergency with her mom and saw the word “Dwindler” on the top of ...

October 01, 2018
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Accessing Community Resources

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|Date: September 01, 2018
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Accessing Community Resources

If you are unsure about what kind of help you can access in the community when caring for someone, you ar ...

If you are unsure about what kind of help you can access in the community when caring for someone, you are among the many British Columbians who find navigating the healthcare system overwhelming and ...

September 01, 2018
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Are You A Healthy Caregiver?

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|Date: August 02, 2018
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Are You A Healthy Caregiver?

Many caregivers understand the importance of caring for themselves and, yet, in another breath, say thing ...

Many caregivers understand the importance of caring for themselves and, yet, in another breath, say things like, “I feel overwhelmed,” “I’m stressed out,” “I’m too busy to eat, let alone find time to ...

August 02, 2018
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Chasing a Butterfly

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|Date: July 01, 2018
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Chasing a Butterfly

“Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms ...

“Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms large.” ~ Dale L. Baker, author Herb Bryce knows about holes. He lived down one for a portion o ...

July 01, 2018
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Travel Tips

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|Date: June 01, 2018
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Travel Tips

My mom is getting ready to visit our family and, although the flight isn’t excessively long, it still wor ...

My mom is getting ready to visit our family and, although the flight isn’t excessively long, it still works out to be about a 12-hour day including layovers, flight time and getting to and from airpor ...

June 01, 2018
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What’s Next?

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|Date: May 01, 2018
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What’s Next?

Mary cares for her aging father. They live in the same city. She works full-time. When she called the Fam ...

Mary cares for her aging father. They live in the same city. She works full-time. When she called the Family Caregivers of BC for some caregiver support, she summarized how difficult it can be for a c ...

May 01, 2018
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Across the Miles

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|Date: April 01, 2018
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Across the Miles

About a quarter of all family caregivers live long distance. Getting a true sense of how well their loved ...

About a quarter of all family caregivers live long distance. Getting a true sense of how well their loved one is doing can be difficult to judge over the phone. Some elderly parents forget what the do ...

April 01, 2018
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Finding a New Normal

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|Date: March 01, 2018
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Finding a New Normal

A friend in his mid-50s cared for his wife for over 10 years before she died from complications related t ...

A friend in his mid-50s cared for his wife for over 10 years before she died from complications related to her chronic and often unpredictable disease. He juggled being a business owner, a husband and ...

March 01, 2018
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