I'm writing from our family cottage in the Quebec Laurentians. It's been a strange summer. We had a tornado that brought down over forty ...

On the invisible chasm between caregivers and the world

Hello everyone! This is a guest post on a subject very close to my heart - adapted clothing. Dressing my son who has cerebral palsy is wor...

This is a blog post that I wrote some years ago but I think it still holds true. I thought of it because the birds are nesting outside my ...

Hi, I'm Spencer. My fiancee and I are fundraising to cover medical expenses for our friend and me… Spencer Schunk needs your support for Help Brad Get Surgery

If you are an unpaid, or paid, individual in a caregiving role, the McMaster Continuing Education Caregiving Essentials course and webinar series will provide you with relevant and meaningful informat...

It is always my pleasure to host Ottawa-based caregiver and writer Lise Cloutier-Steele here at the Caregivers' Living Room. Lise's voice i...

07/04/2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Join host Donna Thomson in conversation with Al Etmanski, curator and editor of the new book Courage To Care, and Molly Peacock, celebrated poet and contributor to the...

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If you are an unpaid, or paid, individual in a caregiving role, the McMaster Continuing Education Caregiving Essentials course and webinar series will provide you with relevant and meaningful informat...

Trump’s contentious remarks stoked fears and may delay critical research in the field, experts say

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There is so much talk about self-care in the online caregiving discourse that it's just plain exhausting. What we need is a simple and rea...

My words to the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" are fun, but they reveal a truth about caregiving, too. We all begin with a task or t...

A Concept for Giving Back to Caregivers There have been times around the holiday season of giving when I have thought, “I give to others e...

“What is it like, such intensity of pain?”

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Support for Canada’s caregivers is the next public-policy frontier

Caregiving for a loved one is not just a good deed. It’s a public health issue.

— 2025 Report Transforming Family Caregiving Through Data 63 Million the number of Americans providing ongoing, complex care today 45% of family caregivers ...

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If you are an unpaid, or paid, individual in a caregiving role, the McMaster Continuing Education Caregiving Essentials course and webinar series will provide you with relevant and meaningful informat...

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The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.

Here’s a look at what those who qualify for the Disability Tax Credit may be eligible for

What Every Caregiver Should Know About Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s  Many regular visitors here in the Caregivers' Living...

Labor force participation among women has started falling again in 2025.

There are few books on the market as practical and helpful as The AARP Caregiver Answer Book by Drs. Barry Jacobs and Julie Mayer . Barry...

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They’re still early in their careers, but making breakthroughs in health and medicine

When the long days stretch into longer nights, and you’re balancing medications, emotions, appointments, and your own mounting fatigue, there’s a question that rarely gets asked: Who’s caring for you?...

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S., revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.