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Posts Tagged ‘caregiving’
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Staying Healthy During Ontario’s Winter Months
The number of seniors in Ontario is growing at a rapid rate as baby boomers reach their golden years. All the extra seniors couldn’t come at a worse time for Ontario’s public health system, which is faced with a record deficit in 2010. The government has already warned hospitals to expect no increase in funding, a 1% increase in funding, or a 2% increase in funding. This is bad news for hospitals, who expect to see their expenses go up by at least 3 – 3.5%, leaving a significant funding gap that would affect the services that they can provide. Where might a reduction in hospital services leave Ontario’s seniors, who in general require more health care than the average younger Canadian? (more…)
Tags: aging trends, caregiving, Elder Care, long term care
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Signs of Stroke
Not all strokes are catastrophic and immediately obvious. Many minor strokes hit without seniors or their caretakers immediately noticing. The longer it takes to recognize that a stroke has occurred, the more damage will be done to the brain, making recovery time longer and certain stroke side-effects potentially permanent.
Here are six signs to look for that indicate a stroke has occurred: (more…)
Tags: caregiving, Elder Care, elder care Toronto, Stroke
Posted in Degenerative Disease, Elder Care, Long Term Care | No Comments »
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Tips for Caregivers
Emotionally, caring for an elderly parent who always cared for you can be a disconcerting role reversal, and without addressing these new emotions, caregivers eventually feel frazzled, overwhelmed, and unable to deal with all the new changes. But with proper preparation, a lot of the stress that comes from taking on the role of primary caregiver for an elderly relative can be avoided.
One of the hardest things for caregivers is (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Caregiver Support Toronto, caregiving, caregiving strategies, Elder Care, long term care, long term care Toronto, long term care Toronto Ontario
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Eldercare and the Workplace: How to Strike a Balance
Canadian employers are understandably concerned about the effects that elder care has on the workforce. In Canada, over 70% of caregivers to the elderly also hold down a job. Many of these caregivers also have a family of their own, with children still living at home.
The stress is too much for some to handle; more than a fifth of Canadians caring for an elderly relative have reported (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Caregiver Support Toronto, caregiving, Elder Care, long term care, planning for long term care
Posted in Care Giving Strategies, Elder Care, Long Term Care, aging trends | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Private Health Care in Ontario
The privatization of health care in Ontario is here, whether we like it or not. As Dr. Albert Schumacher, the former president of the Canadian Medical Association put it, “The situation we are seeing now are more services around not being funded publicly but people having to pay for them, or their insurance companies. We have a sort of passive privatization” (Source: CBC.ca). In Ontario, when Liberals won in 2003, they promised to shut down the provinces growing number of private clinics, but in 2006 when Conservatives won federally, that promise stalled. It seems that in Ontario, as in other provinces throughout Canada, the growth of private health care is inevitable.
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Tags: aging trends, caregiving, Elder Care, H1N1, long term care
Posted in Care Costs, Care Giving Strategies, Long Term Care, Private Care | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
 Being Prepared for Long Term Care in Toronto, Ontario and Surrounding Areas
One of the best things that baby boomers in their late fifties and early sixties can do is plan for their own long term care while they still can. Anyone who has cared for their own seventy-something, eight-something, or ninety-something parents can testify to the fact that as Canadians live longer, their long term care needs also increase.
Some of the questions baby boomers planning for their twilight years should ask themselves include: (more…)
Tags: aging trends, caregiving, Elder Care, elder care Toronto, long term care Toronto, planning for long term care
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Caregiver Support Toronto, Ontario
Ontario’s life expectancy at the moment is 75 – but it’s on the rise. According to most estimates, the number of Ontario citizens who will be 85 or older will more than double by 2020. While on the one hand it is wonderful that so many Ontario residents are living longer, the rising number of older Canadians also represents a toll on families and health care systems. After all, who is it who will be caring for all these elderly Ontario residents? In many cases, it’s the Sandwich Generation.
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Tags: aging trends, Caregiver Support Toronto, caregiving, Elder Care, elder care Toronto, long term care Toronto
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Caregiver Issues: Elder Care and the Workplace
As Canadians age, more and more work-aged adults are finding themselves juggling their work obligations with family obligations related to caring for elderly relatives and loved ones. Eighty percent of the elder care in Canada is provided by family members, and about 60% of caregivers are women – women who often have children of their own still living at home, and are balancing motherhood with careers and caring for an older parent, parent-in-law, or other elderly relative. How are businesses responding to the new family obligations affecting their workforce? Here’s a look at how the balance between elder care and work is unfolding in Canada.
Canadian Aging Research Network (CARNET) (more…)
Tags: aging trends, Alberta, Caregiver Support Calgary, caregiving, caregiving strategies, Elder Care, long term care, long term care Calgary, planning for long term care
Posted in Alzheimer's Care, Care Costs, Care Giving Strategies, Elder Care, Long Term Care, Long Term Care Insurance | 3 Comments »
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