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Originally published @allaboutestates.ca One of the most distressing types of calls we receive are from families who have been told by the hospital that their loved one will be discharged…..tomorrow. It is bad enough that their loved one…
Read article Your Mom Is Being Discharged…..Tomorrow↗Originally posted@allaboutestates.ca I blogged about ‘Love after Loss- Part 1’ several years ago. My blogging colleagues have described many estate and trust issues resulting from subsequent marriages. However today’s blog continues with…
Read article “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” -Alfred Lord Tennyson↗Continued from last week’s blog: A Day Like Any Other…Life Interrupted Welcome to the wonderful world of family caregiving! Keith now becomes part of the 35% of employed Canadians who provide unpaid care to a family member or friend. A…
Read article Keith’s Life Interrupted- Part Two↗Originally posted @allaboutestates.ca Meet Keith, he is 56 years old and is a busy executive. He and his wife Jean have 3 grown children, with the youngest still at university. Their first grandchild was born 2 months ago. Keith is an…
Read article A Day Like Any Other….Life Interrupted↗Originally published @allaboutestates.ca I had the pleasure of attending a ‘hot talk on health’ sponsored by the Change Foundation, an independent health policy think tank. The panelists were Helena Herklots CEO from Carers UK and she…
Read article It’s Not If You Will Be A Caregiver, But When*↗