The world of illness, disability and caregiving is peppered with terminology from the battleground. We ‘battle’ cancer. We ‘fight’ to get our loved ones the services they need. We don’t invite friends over because our houses look like ‘a bomb went off’. When the going gets very tough for caregivers,
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving
The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving (House of Anansi Press, 2014) is available everywhere in Canada and for pre-order in the USA. The US release date is August 12, 2014.
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For some reason, last night our alarm clock rang at 4am. My husband quietly cursed and fumbled to turn it off. We both lay awake after that and quite soon, I could hear his deep and measured breathing. He was asleep, but I was alert in the dark. The words
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