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. Audrey Miller in action at Verity Club presentation Caring for our Parents Today and Tomorrow

Audrey Miller in action at Verity Club presentation Caring for our Parents Today and Tomorrow

 

One in Four Caregivers Taking On Caregiving Responsibilities: Stats Can

Interview by Jennifer Paterson,  Benefits Canada  January 10, 2020

In 2018, 25 per cent of Canadians, or 7.8 million people, aged 15 and older provided care to a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, a physical or mental disability or problems related to aging, according to data published this week by Statistics Canada. Read  One in four Canadians

FinanceIsPersonal

Interview by: Elizabeth Naumovski, CM

As our parents age, we face a variety of concerns such as their deteriorating health. Are they capable to live alone & are they well taken care of.

 

Investment Executive: Parental Guidance

By: Catherine Harris, October 26, 2018

Do you have clients who have aging parents? Do you know how to help these clients prepare for what may lie ahead? Although this issue is not strictly included in your mandate as a financial advisor, there’s a lot you can do. Read Parental Guidance

Elder care or your small business: Which gets priority?

by Denise Deveau, May 16, 2018, The Financial Post

Lidia Vetturetti has had two moments in her life when her marketing research business, Pulse Group Inc., almost came to a grinding halt….. This time she opted to get advice from an elder care specialist to explore her options. Read: Elder care or your small business: Which gets priority?

How does Hawaii’s new caregiver bill measure up against Canada’s new EI benefit?

by Jennifer Paterson | January 8, 2018 Benefits Canada

As Hawaii introduces new legislation to provide working caregivers with a daily stipend of US$70 to offset the costs of elder care, how does it measure up against Canada’s new employment insurance caregiver benefit?   Read: How does Hawaii’s new caregiver bill measure up? 

The Role Played by the Family Caregiver

The family caregiver plays a key role in supporting the very fabric of Canadian society. The most recent Census data tells us that 28% of all Canadians provide unpaid care to a family member or friend. If you are reading this article, chances are you are or know someone close to you who is a family carer. Read The Role Played by the Family Caregiver
AgeComfort.com October 16, 2017

Planning for the Cost of Care

Third in a six-part series on retirement planning by Denise Deveau, Postmedia, December 3, 2016

Circumstances beyond your control can run even the best-laid retirement plans off course.   One of those often-unforeseen circumstances can be the cost of medical care, and Audrey Miller has seen her fair share of retirees who’ve been blindsided by it.  The founder and managing director of national consulting firm Elder Caring Inc. in Toronto, says many people she sees simply haven’t put in the work to plan for Planning for the Cost of Care, National Post Dec 1 2016

 

How to support working caregivers

Caregivers

Jennifer Paterson | October 4, 2016  Benefits Canada

With many Canadians struggling to balance their work responsibilities with their duties as caregivers for loved ones, employers are facing the challenge of how to step up and offer support.

“Business has to come to the table and take a proactive role. Besides it being the right thing to do, it makes economic sense,” says Audrey Miller, founder and managing director of Elder Caring Inc.  Continue… how to suppport working caregivers.

Long-distance caregivers of the elderly torn between two locations

ANNA SHARRATT, Special to The Globe and Mail Published

When it comes to caring for her sister-in-law Bea, who at 62 has had Alzheimer’s for 14 years and lives alone, Janice Kraayenhof has tried to think of everything. She has had medications blister-packed to ensure her sister-in-law takes them as prescribed, organized Meals on Wheels to deliver dinners and arranged for safety assessments to be done at her home in Welland, Ont.

She checks in regularly with her sister-in-law’s neighbour. And, like many Canadians, she’s doing all this at a distance: Ms. Kraayenhof, 54, lives 222 kilometres away from her sister-in-law.

“We try to keep a calendar of her events,” says Ms. Kraayenhof, a teacher who lives in Orono, Ont. “Then I can phone her and remind her: ‘You’re going here today.’”

Ms. Kraayenhof also conducts regular video chats to “see if she’s worn the same outfit all week.”

Ms. Kraayenhof says she also relies on a carefully organized network of caregivers and support workers to allow her relative to maintain her independence while still being closely monitored. She purchases her sister-in-law’s groceries online and has them delivered. She calls in medical appointments. But she realizes that the situation will change as the disease progresses. “She fell a month ago,” says Ms. Kraayenhof, “and she didn’t phone anyone. Her personality is changing. We’re starting to go into a grey area now.”

Long-distance caregivers such as Ms. Kraayenhof are increasing in number. Between 2007 and 2012, the number of caregivers aged 45 and over increased by 760,000, to 4.5 million, representing a 20-per-cent increase over five years, according to Statistics Canada.

The reason is demographics: “This is the first time there are more seniors over 65 than children under 15,” says Audrey Miller, managing director of Elder Caring Inc. in Toronto. “We also see for the first time two generations of retirees living in the same family, we’re living so long.”

In addition to the aging population, “there could be more seniors in someone’s life due to blended families,” says Lee-Anne Davies, chief executive officer of Agenomics, a think-tank on aging. “Our lives are simply more complex.”

In the past, Ms. Davies says, people were more connected to their families and neighbourhoods, creating a natural caring network. Now, fewer people stay in one place. “We move much more than we used to,” says Ms. Davies, who’s based in Victoria.

That puts distance between family members at a time when they may need a lot of help. And many are simply at a loss as to how to go about long-distance caregiving. “Most people do not know where to start,” says Ms. Miller. “A lot of them go off to work every day worried.”

She says communication should be the No. 1 priority for families to ensure that everyone is on the same page in terms of the elderly person’s needs, health status and financial situation. That includes determining what role each family member will play to avoid one family member being overly burdened.

Once roles have been set, an assessment should be done of what the elderly person needs – and wants – for the short, intermediate and long term, which can be done by the family or using a private care manager, says Ms. Miller, who estimates 25 per cent of her clients care for family members who live far away. “Have that talk with the family: What’s happening? How could you do better? What’s out there?”  Continue Reading

Life after retirement: Health care costs require careful planning

 Audrey Miller, Special to Financial Post | May 13, 2015 11:44 AM ET

Health is the one factor that advisers do not often take into account when aiding families with financial planning.

The press has been writing about the greying of our population and how many of us are now living well into our 90s. Close to one in four persons in Canada will be aged 65 and over by 2030, compared to just 15.3 per cent in 2013, according to Statistics Canada. However, when planning for retirement…http://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/your-life-after-retirement-health-care-costs-require-careful-planning

February 24, 2015.
Jane Teasdale and I were interviewed on Rogers Day Time Television with Val Cole discussing the needs of our aging parents and the benefits of Elder Caring Plus.

WATCH VIDEO CLIP – PRESS ARROW

DayTime Television

DayTime Television

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Read about our Wellness Binder in today’s Financial Post 

Globe and Mail, ‘Small Business Challenge’ (October 2015) Elder Caring wins honourable-mention Telus small biz challenge

 

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