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As a professional care manager, I have the opportunity to attend medical specialists appointments with my clients. Many POA’s for Personal Care are also attending these appointments. As part of our preparation, their medical history is…
Read article How To Be (Better) Prepared For Your Next Doctor’s Appointment↗Originally posted at allaboutestates.ca on February 12, 2015 Death and dying are not subjects most of us are comfortable discussing. This was changed on February 6, 2015 whereby the Supreme Court issued a life changing decision. By…
Read article Choosing How We End Our Life:Living Life & The Right To End It.↗Originally published at www.allaboutestates.ca on February 3, 2015: Caregiving and Work is not a new issue. Caregivers have been juggling work and care for some time. This has been a common refrain from those who consider themselves part…
Read article Employed Caregivers: When Work & Caregiving Collide↗A post from Helen Picard, a writer and graphic designer studying history at the University of Toronto. Helen sent us this poem, written to her grandmother and with her permission, am sharing it with you. This is a letter to you, grandma,…
Read article ABCs – A Letter To My Grandmother↗Originally posted at allaboutestates.ca on January 27, 2015: January is Alzheimer Awareness Month and as it comes to a close, I am more mindful about the landscape of which we are all a part. Where Alzheimer’s has been a dementia of old…
Read article January is still Alzheimer Awareness Month↗