Caregiver

• New study finds lack of supports for unpaid caregivers in Nova Scotia

  The amount of time Canadians are providing care unpaid is significant. On average, nearly 8 million Canadians are providing about 5.7 billion unpaid hours of care.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2022
  
• B.C. caregiver guilty of failure to provide necessaries of life to woman with Down Syndrome

  Florence Girard, 54, weighed just 56 pounds when she was found dead in Astrid Dahl's Port Coquitlam home on Oct. 13, 2018.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2022
  
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• Caregiver accused of negligence in woman with Down syndrome’s death stands trial in B.C.

  Florence Girard was found dead in the Port Coquitlam home of Astrid Dahl on Oct. 13, 2018, weighing just 56 pounds. 

  Crime

  Apr 6, 2022
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• ‘They’re often overlooked and not heard’: Family caregivers need more support, says nursing expert

  Caregivers say they need more support while caring for loved ones dealing with mental illness and addictions.

  Health

  Oct 21, 2021
• ‘I hate this place’: Families protest on behalf of long-term care residents, compare isolation to prison

  Protesters are demanding an immediate change in government-ordered visitor restrictions at long-term care homes in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2020
• Caring for the caregiver: Raising children with a disability or chronic disease

  Caregivers save the Canadian health-care system more than $26 billion per year, but its often at the expense of their own health and well-being.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 14, 2019
• Caregiver charged with failing to provide necessaries of life after North Bay woman dies while being bathed: police

  A woman has been charged in connection with a death investigation in North Bay, police say.

  Crime

  Feb 11, 2019
• Bob Layton editorial: We should follow Oregon

  Are Alberta labour laws as good as those in Oregon?

  Feb 6, 2018
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• ‘You need that support’: Alzheimer’s caregivers in N.B. say they can’t do it alone

  January is Alzheimer’s Awareness month and local societies are trying to highlight the difficulties facing sufferers, caregivers and their families throughout their journey.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2018
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• New Brunswick dementia caregivers getting ‘person centred’ approach

  A pair of nursing home workers have launched a service specializing in helping caregivers of dementia sufferers.

  Health

  Jul 27, 2017