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By: Donna Lero Canadian Healthcare Manager Vol. 14:4; August 2007 While our workforce is aging, employees today are dealing with the stress of being caregivers to aging family members, spouses and partners, siblings, grandparents,…
Read article Integrating Work and Care↗By: Sandra Block USA Today June 27, 2007 How do you decide which kind of health care facility is best suited for an elderly parent? Everyone’s situation, of course, is different. Here are tips on seeking the best, most appropriate…
Read article Getting the best elder care means not waiting until the last minute↗OANHSS News Winter 2007 “Caregiving isn’t like retirement planning,” says Bob Spence, owner of an eldercare consulting service in Toronto. “It’s not something that people think about until they absolutely need to.” In fact most family…
Read article The Caregiving Journey, part two of a series↗By: Audrey Miller MSW, RSW, CCRC, CCLCP Solutions Magazine Winter 2007 Diabetes is a disease that affects more than two million people in Canada today, and with the aging population and rising obesity rates, this number is only expected…
Read article When Your Loved One Has Diabetes↗By: Malcolm Ritter Canadian Press January 24, 2007 NEW YORK (AP) – A huge international study has identified a gene that apparently can raise the risk of developing the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that may help…
Read article Study links gene to risk of Alzheimer’s disease, may help in finding treatments↗