The problem with kindness – and its vast potential
Once we decide to be kind, we find ourselves experiencing belonging. This is what caregivers, paid or unpaid, can teach the rest of society
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Author: Donna Thomson
A common-sense approach to eldercare
Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is designed to treat elderly patients in a way that respects their abilities and limitations, speeds healing and promotes safe discharges home
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Families are key members of patients’ hospital care teams
Wards are staffed based on caring for a sick but otherwise self-sufficient patient population. The reality is patients need family caregivers in the hospital
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Small acts of kindness turn the myth of self-care into reality
Building self-care into natural caregiving requires a mind shift. Natural caring relationships are reciprocal. Our job is both to give and to receive care
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When a caregiver becomes a care receiver
Lesson learned: We need to apply child-friendly practices to adult care because when you are ill or injured, you feel like a child again
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The challenge of talking about caregiving at work
Developing a language that meaningfully resonates with our experiences is an essential step toward creating and leveraging social support
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Six places to find local caregiver support
Here are some community resources where help might be found in your neighbourhood. There may be more caregiver support than you imagined
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Five (bad) assumptions caregivers must overcome
These assumptions can harm caregivers over time. Happiness and fulfilment are emotions that must be generated from within
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