I have the pleasure of facilitating a free online course called Caregiving Essentials, offered through McMaster University Continuing Education. A companion project is a free monthly webinar series, also called…
If you are a regular reader here in the Caregivers’ Living Room, you will know that I love online tools that help family caregivers ease the burden of care by…
Today it is my pleasure to introduce the very wise caregiving expert and author, Dr. Aaron Blight. I can’t remember exactly where or when I first met Aaron online, but…
About forty years ago, I had what we called then, a “nervous breakdown”. My life unravelled as I sunk further and further into a deep clinical depression. Back then, I…
When our son Nicholas was two, he had an operation to insert a feeding tube in his tummy. It was a tough decision made a little easier by the fact…
Photo: NPR COVID-19 has taken a terrible toll on Canadian long term care residents. Over 50% of
A few weeks ago, I came across this wonderful piece on transitions by a parent of twins, Marquitha Gilbert. I contacted Marquitha and we had a rich conversation about parenting,…
I absolutely love it when family caregivers turn their experience into a business opportunity after caring ends. And when they create a service that I know we caregivers really need,…
One day when I was 17, I happened to be home alone with my father. As a result of three strokes a year earlier, Dad was paralysed on his right…
Yesterday (I think it was yesterday – time is a blur nowadays), I was in the car on my way to buy groceries listening to a show called Q on…
It is my pleasure to host this guest post from caregiver and writer, Ruth Berzins. This blog post is part of a series on grief published on the Madiha Foundation…
Evan Kharrazi is a caregiver, a dancer, a wellness coach and an entrepreneur. Evan took his personal experience and built ChillTime TV – an app for caregivers seeking to embed…
Photo by Geoffroy Hauwen on Unsplash In the trenches of caregiving, we can feel very, very alone. We may never experience a sense of belonging except in that tiny world…
There might be a good reason that nurses ask patients, “How are WE doing today?” The caregiving relationship is one that consists of two people who are ‘in it’ together.…
Mother’s Day 2021 got me wondering how we learn to be good caregivers – what lessons about caring did we learn from our own mothers? I asked friends and colleagues…
I remember helping my Mom brush her teeth – sometimes she was “too tired” or just not interested in doing her own personal care. Today it’s my pleasure to host…
I think it was two years ago when a few of us got the idea of creating a retreat for caregivers. Not just any retreat, but one that could help…
I admit it, I’ve been feeling discouraged recently. I’ve been advocating hard for people with disabilities to be prioritized for COVID19 vaccines in Canada, but still haven’t had success protecting…
Last year, my friend and colleague Vickie Cammack and I co-wrote a piece about caregivers as first responders in natural disasters. We wrote: “Canada’s ability to successfully respond to the…
March 8 is International Women’s Day and this year, I would like to celebrate the women in our families who nurture us, love us, feed us, drive us, shop for…
