Estate Planning Project: Live Webinar for Advocis Toronto Chapter

Join us on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 1 p.m., when Caregiving Matters Chair Mary Bart hosts a complimentary webinar to give Advocis Toronto Chapter members an opportunity to learn more about the Estate Planning Project.

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Visit Us on Friday at the Caregiver Show

Visit us at the 2017 Caregiver Show on Friday, June 9, from 10am- 5pm, inside the Ontario Science Centre.

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Elder Planning Issues Conference: Caregiving Matters Chair Speaks Tomorrow

Caregiving Matters Chair Mary Bart speaks about The Estate Planning Project on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the Four Points by Sheraton Fallsview.

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The Toronto Challenge – Improving the quality of life for seniors

For over 25 years, the Toronto Challenge has been bringing together participants from all ages and abilities to raise funds for non-profit organizations that are improving the quality of life for seniors in your community.

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How to talk to your kids about their grandparent’s dementia

Children need help learning about how their grandparent’s brain is affected by dementia.

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Caregivers need a break from Alzheimer’s Disease

She is his world. She is his source of entertainment. His emotional, social and physical strength. She is his caregiver. Indeed, she is his everything.

And sometimes, she needs a break.

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Canadian Mental Health Association offers free family caregivers education program

Michael Gabriele from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) talks about the organization’s caregivers education program which is dear to his heart.

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Halifax exhibit features artwork created by people with dementia & their caregivers

The latest exhibit at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) will for the first time feature artwork created by people with dementia and their caregivers.

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Rundown of CHATS support services for seniors in York Region & South Simcoe

Watch this video to learn about the wide variety of community and home assistance programs CHATS offers to seniors in the York Region and South Simcoe area.

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Caregivers sporting a five o’ clock shadow

It should come as no surprise that half of Canada’s caregivers have “five o’ clock shadows,” thanks in part to demographic and social changes including greater geographic distances of families, increased life expectancies, changing economic situations, smaller families, and shifts in traditional gender roles. Caregiving Matters Chair Mary Bart explores the topic of male caregivers.

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