Our new Ontario government leadership has begun to set priorities in health care – thinking both inside and outside the box by focusing on the sometimes forgotten family caregiver. Helping families care for their sick loved ones was put on the back burner last fall when former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty resigned and his prorogation [...]
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In November, my mother and I went on a road trip to visit my daughter at school in South Carolina. That’s when I learned about my mother’s latest health state of affairs – urinary incontinence. By coincidence, a few days later I received a call from a listener of the Here’s to Your Health radio [...]
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I often advocate that complete health is made up of three pillars – physical, mental and social well-being. Health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), as a “State of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” So if we consider ourselves in good health [...]
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Bayshore branches take a hike every year to raise money for Canadian hospice palliative care. Thousands walk on the first Sunday of each May to remember, raise awareness and funds for those who wish to die in an environment that truly understands and respects their wishes whether it’s with 50 family members by their side, [...]
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The best way to sum up the end of 2011 is with a poem I wrote: A look back, a look forward for family caregivers As we ring out the old, we reflect on our accomplishments, happy times and things that made us cry, As we ring in the new, we restore our confidence to [...]
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