This event is hosted by March of Dimes Canada. Join Rick Lauber author of Caregiver’s Guide for Canadians as he explores managing Caregiving and COVID-19. Rick will share his personal caregiving story and highlight some of the challenges that COVID-19 presents to caregivers. Rick will also talk about managing multiple responsibilities, handling different visiting rules for seniors… [More…]
AHPCA Virtual Roadshow – Remembering You: Self-Care During Difficult Times
When the in-person AHPCA Roadshow was postponed to Spring 2021, we still wanted to get together with all of you. Join us instead at the second session of the AHPCA Virtual Roadshow Spring 2020! The global pandemic and isolation has changed everything for us, personally and professionally. Are you taking good care of yourself?… [More…]
Remembering You: Self-Care During Difficult Times
No one can deny that as 2020 began to unfold, most of our worlds were radically changed. No need to review the details of the dramatic changes flowing from this pandemic; we are all very aware of how our lives have been affected. Previously, we have talked about the levels of grief that have resulted… [More…]
Ten Tips on Navigating Through Global Grief and Life
We are experiencing grief right now—global grief. The words pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19 and isolation are causing havoc on our world and changing life as we know it… TEMPORARILY! This is definitely a time of uncertainty and it is indeed frightening. That we cannot change. So what CAN we do?? 1. Acknowledge and allow all feelings;… [More…]
Advance Care Planning and COVID-19: Personal Directives
The daily coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us all to make some very important emergency plans to care for those at greater risk for complications from the virus and to create a household emergency plan and contact list. Now that we are doing our best to “flatten the curve” and all have some extra time… [More…]