Caregivers Posts

CARP urges reform of all four retirement pillars; 88% favor retroactive TFSA contributions

August 17, 2009

August 17th 2009 Further to the previous blog on CARP, vice president advocacy Susan Eng has released CARP's pre-budget ...

CARP Poll Uncovers High Rate of Elder Abuse: Those With Caregivers Most At Risk

June 15, 2009

A CARP poll of members has revealed that almost 1-in-10 older Canadians (as many as 783,000) have suffered from elder ...

POWER(LESS) OF ATTORNEY

June 15, 2009

Somewhere between one’s first grey hair and a major health crisis most of us admit to our own mortality, shrug ...

Ensuring Safe Haven – Long Term Care legislation

May 28, 2009

Elder abuse in long term care settings has been identified as an important social problem. The Long Term Care Homes ...

Primary health care teams

April 30, 2009

The Health Council of Canada recently released a report to update Canadians on the status of primary health care teams ...

Ninety-one Percent of Caregivers financially and emotionally stressed, have other health problems or have taken time off work to provide care

April 13, 2009

CARP recently polled its members on the issue of caregiving. 90% of survey respondents have provided care for an older ...

CARP to Governments: Caregivers Already Overburdened

March 13, 2009

CARP has been pressing governments to recognize the tough challenges faced by informal caregivers. We were asked to ...

Women & Caregiving: Women Hold Up Half the Sky

March 13, 2009

According to Faye Porter, National Coordinator for the Care Renewal Project, “caregiving can place women at a ...

Strategy Critical to Address Issues of Caregivers for People with Dementia

March 12, 2009

With approximately 500,000 Canadians affected by Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia, or one in every 11 ...

Steps to Helping Care for a Parent

March 12, 2009

Helping one’s parents is a daunting task. And sometimes, it helps to be clear about your expectations. Some ...