Tag Archives: unpaid caregivers

Backgrounder: The Concept of “Frailty” and How it Can Help Reform our Health System Backgrounder: The Concept of “Frailty” and How it Can Help Reform our Health System
By Lee Tunstall

Caregivers need more than a national day of recognition

May 9, 2017

One in four people in Canada care for a loved one, friend or neighbour.

Three nutrition trends to stay away from – based on the best evidence Three nutrition trends to stay away from — based on the best evidence
By Dylan MacKay

If you follow health tips in the media, you’d think the nutritional sciences are a mess: Is butter good for you or is it bad? Should I eat breakfast or skip it? Should I eat like a caveman? Or maybe should I eat more like a bird?

Why we don’t need a ‘Caregiver Recognition Day’ Why we don’t need a ‘Caregiver Recognition Day’
By Laura Funk

Organizations advocating for family caregivers are hoping our Prime Minister will soon issue a proclamation recognizing family caregivers and establish a National Caregiver Day (the First Tuesday in April).

Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care
By James Downar and John Muscedere

Our healthcare system remains focused on acute – emergency — care and the “therapeutic imperative” to fix everything we can fix when a patient is ill. But when someone is approaching the end of life, this approach may no longer be what the patient and their families need or want most.

The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada
By Nicole F. Bernier

The phenomenon is not exactly marginal: according to a recently released government report, one in every three workers in Canada is assisting a chronically disabled person — many of them seniors — with transportation, household maintenance or day-to-day tasks.

Canada relying too heavily on unpaid caregivers — at a cost Canada relying too heavily on unpaid caregivers — at a cost
By Nicole F. Bernier

The unexpected and largely unreported good news about homecare in this country is that the vast majority of Canadians who receive home help or homecare for a chronic health condition are getting all the services they need.