Preparation
Does knowing care work is coming make it easier?
Today I was thinking about how certain things can't be prepared for, we just have to do it. Does knowing that care work is in our future make it easier when the time comes? Is care work something we can prepare ourselves for? Financially maybe, or at least we can try. Emotionally…I’m not so sure.
Yes! Magazine's current issue is dedicated to elders, which naturally includes discussions of care work
The percentage of Canadians who are disabled has increased across the country
The Canadian government is promising renewed support for housing co-ops
Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired from the US Supreme Court in 2006 to become an Alzheimer's caregiver to her husband, has died from complications of dementia. She cared for him at home as long as she could, then he found new love in residential care
Is the "silver tsunami" because we have too many old folks or not enough babies?
A guide to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit
How to set boundaries around holiday gift giving
Good Authority's recap of the year for the International Day of Disabilities
If you know it's coming, you can meet it with a calmly and rationally-- cuz it's not a surprise.