As a family caregiver, how do you prepare for the expected inevitable? Many of us have bolted up out of our beds at 3 a.m. when the phone rings. Or we’ve had that sick feeling in the pit of our stomach when no one answers the phone and they are expected to be at home. [...]
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Once you develop or are diagnosed with a chronic disease, it will change your life forever. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic diseases are diseases of long duration and generally slow progression – or in plain terms, an illness that cannot be reversed on its own and requires ongoing treatment and monitoring. According [...]
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Last month in the UK a surgeon potentially saved the life of an old school friend by diagnosing his symptoms for appendicitis on Facebook. A family doctor Tweets a mom at home on a Friday afternoon about what time she can squeeze her daughter in for an appointment, in order to prescribe an antibiotic and [...]
READ MORE »Recently, a news headline focused the public’s attention to the distressing case of a Toronto man being accused of keeping his elderly mother in an unheated garage. The report had many groups calling for action – saying it’s time for elder abuse to be given the same attention that child abuse and anti-violence groups have [...]
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