A couple of days ago, I was wandering around my local grocery store when I happened to notice a young man in a wheelchair. He was smiling and chatting with a paid caregiver who was putting some oranges into his basket. How did I know she was his paid caregiver?
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Power Politics: Professional Caregivers in the Family Home
Recently, I gave an interview with Nicole Scheidl, of Fit Minds, a program for enhanced communication between people with dementia and their caregivers. My topic for this interview was the power relationships between paid caregivers and family caregivers in the home setting. I blogged about this topic earlier this year
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: I’m a Professional Caregiver and You’re Not
When I was a teenager, my Dad had a series of strokes. When Mum went into the hospital for minor surgery, a woman in a white uniform arrived in our house to take care of Dad. I couldn’t stand her and she didn’t think much of me. In those days,
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