Caring for the Caregiver: Maintain Healthy Boundaries

Lao Tzu encourage the caregiver to resist the temptation to be the person everyone goes to and depends upon.

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Much Too Young – A documentary about Young Caregivers who have a parent with Early Onset Alzheimer’s.

Taking care of an elderly parent is something that every child knows they will have to do at some point. But not everyone anticipates becoming a caregiver for a parent before they have a family, career or life of their own.

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King Lear: Lessons in estate and succession planning, capacity and family dynamics

King Lear is the poster boy for older adults who use poor judgment in determining how and when to distribute their assets to their children.

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I’ve become a mother to my mother.

I have become a caregiver, a protector, an advocate and a mother to my mother.

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Don’t Retire Dental Care in Retirement

Dental care that comes to you!

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Health-care costs worry baby boomers.

Canada’s baby boomers fear their golden years will be anything but rosy.

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‘Sandwich Generation’ squeezed by caring for parents and kids: BMO

Canadians in the sandwich generation are more than half a million dollars short of their individual retirement savings goal.

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Woman with Alzheimer’s wanders onto Hwy. 400, dies in hit-and-run

Chandrowtie Basdeo struggled with Alzheimer’s disease and had wondered away from home before.

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Changing Family Caregiver Dynamics Ramp Up the Importance of Long-Term Care Planning

Most people rely upon family members to provide long-term care.

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Can you help this family please?

This Alberta family has 3 babies fighting cancer. Can you help them find a temporary home in the Toronto area?

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