2. Resources

Resources

All the information you need as a caregiver; on everything from care homes to community events and palliative care.

Palliative Care

Caregivers' Circle: Palliative Care

by STEPHANIE ERICKSON

Dr. Bree Johnston MD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington and the Director…

Palliative Care

Face the reality of death head on

by SHIRLEY ROBERTS

"It is always a shock when someone dies," as Shirley Roberts writes in her great book, Doris Inc. "None…

Long-Term Care

Finding Your Loved One a Home Away From Home

by CAMILLA CORNELL

When Christine Taylor’s family decided her grandmother needed full-time care, she found herself on…

Books

Love and Forgetting

by MEGAN JONES

Julie Macfie Sobol wakes up to a whirlwind of blankets: her husband, Ken Sobol, is tearing the bed apart.…

Websites

Caring.com Connects Caregivers

by CAMILLA CORNELL

By the time Corry Horsman, of Edmonton, Alta., discovered the U.S. website Caring.com three years ago,…

Websites

Canada Resource Directory for alzheimer's help

by TEAM ALZLIVE

Holidays are often the time when family members discover that a relative has symptoms of Alzheimer's.…