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Hey everyone, last month we celebrated Community Inclusion month…this month, we invite you to join us — and other organizations in North America! — in celebrating CAREGIVERS! While the first Tuesday of April has been adopted as National Caregiver Day in Canada, we are having caregivers take over the month of November on our blog …
Hey everyone, we are launching our annual Health and Safety month today for April 2022! *And no, this is not an April Fools joke (though we posted a Friday Funny earlier – check it out here!) Each year we take time in April to focus in on promoting health and safety for everyone we support, …
Hey everyone, some of you may have heard of Amanda Rocheleau and The Giving Tree podcast for helping professionals — Amanda has announced a 6-week online caregiver support group starting up this month. You can check out more information and details on how to sign up here.
We posted this poem, “Ode to a Caregiver,” written by the mother of a person receiving home share services, back in March. We are sharing these inspirational words again at the end of our month focusing on posts and resources for caregivers, and we are inviting everyone to join in with us and say: THANK YOU, …
Hey everyone, we’re focusing our posts on CAREGIVERS and resources for caregivers this month. We know that one of the challenges faced by many caregivers is…finding sustainable ways to integrate connecting with other caregivers into a busy schedule. While we’ve posted about the importance of self-care to caregivers, we wanted today’s discussion to be more focused on how connecting …
Hey everyone, we’re focusing our posts on CAREGIVERS and resources for caregivers this month. We know that one of the challenges faced by many caregivers is…making time and space to take good care of yourself, as a caregiver. We’ve talked before about the dangers of compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and burnout , and we posted about the Family Caregivers …
Hey everyone, we’re focusing our posts on CAREGIVERS and resources for caregivers this month. We know that one of the challenges faced by many caregivers is…connecting with others for support as caregivers. So…here is a great resource! Family Caregivers of BC has ongoing support available for caregivers. According to their website, they provide “direct support to caregivers …
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Hey everyone, it’s the first week of CAREGIVERS month here on our blog. Though we post here a lot about caregiving and for caregivers, we thought it would be a great time to take a step back and to remind ourselves of what caregiving looks like. Here’s A Day in the Life of a Caregiver…caregivers, …
Hey everyone, we’re focusing our posts on CAREGIVERS this month. We know that one of the challenges faced by many caregivers is…connecting with other caregivers, and connecting those they care for with others. So…here is a great resource! The Family Support Institute of BC offers their Calendar for Connection, as well as several other, each …
Hey everyone, on the heels of Community Inclusion month, we celebrate all of the amazing caregivers in the world each November — and we invite you to join us! This month, we will be posting on our blog all about topics of interest and resources for caregivers. Today, we are kicking things off with a …
