In these uncertain times with Covid 19, caregivers are faced with a big dilemma. Most caregivers that support the elderly in our community are working multiple jobs to make ends meet. With safety being the top priority, caregivers are...
In senior care, simplicity and accessibility are two very common, very important themes, for obvious reasons. There’s little time or patience for complexity around delivering care, and everything must be designed with constraints in mind, be it related to...
For those of you considering hiring a live-in caregiver from outside Canada or someone temporarily visiting Canada, you may have noticed some changes to the information the federal government has posted regarding temporary foreign workers, formerly known as theLive-in...
Report out today finds that delivery of care, especially home care, is declining sharply We all typically believe ‘the government’ is actively taking care of the needs of our aging population, whether you view the world of healthcare at...
In times of financial uncertainty, we often find ourselves burdened with non-financial issues. Trying to make ends meet somehow brings about a whole host of other challenges that sometimes seem unrelated to financial stress. And yet it’s all related....
On May 16th and 17th, we attended a conference entitled “Innovations in Home Care: A Public Policy Perspective” at Segal Centre, SFU Vancouver Campus. There were some very knowledgable and experienced healthcare professionals at the conference, many of whom...