As busy people with many layers of responsibilities and a multitude of tasks, caregivers and other family members who help out often forget or feel like they don’t have time to look after themselves. Self-care is important to maintain not only basic health but also overall wellbeing and energy

A lot has been written about the cost associated with caregiving… for individual, families, employers, communities, our healthcare system. Simply put, caregiving for a loved one takes time and caregiving comes with costs—real and hidden. According to experts, unpaid caregiving accounts for about 75% of total care costs with it’s economic contribution pegged at a […]

It can be one of the hardest jobs a person ever has to do. Caregiving involves helping or supporting on a variety of physical, emotional and financial levels and can be very demanding, to say the least.  As a former caregiver for my parents, I often struggled with assuming many new responsibilities, balancing my time, […]

Pretending he needs the foodbank Q) My neighbour is quite comfortably off but he’s frugal and has discovered free food at the local church and the Salvation Army shelter. It’s really for unhoused not seniors who can afford to pay for groceries. Should I rat him out and let the organization know? A) Sadly, there […]