Originally posted at allaboutestates.ca Sept 24, 2013: September is Arthritis Awareness Month. I wanted to ensure that I wrote about this debilitating disease so that there is some better understanding when we hear things like “it is…
Originally posted in allaboutestates.ca September 17, 2013: Dementia is an ugly disease and the unravelling process of the person can be heartbreaking. As adults, we can understand on a physical level what may be happening; however on an…
Originally published in allaboutestates, Sept 9, 2013: The cover story of the Sept 9, 2013 edition of MACLEAN’s magazine was my light reading on a recent trip to Winnipeg. There were so many key points raised in the article; I knew this…
Originally published at allaboutestates.ca on August 29, 2013: While students had a summer holiday from their studies, many young carers did not get a break from their caregiving responsibilities. Recent research from the Vanier Institute…