By Barb MacLean, Executive Director, Family Caregivers of BC ~This is a tribute to each and every family and friend caregiver, the beautiful, giving human beings who care, who love and who do their best. Our whole team at FCBC wants you to know that we have heard your voices, your impactful stories and that […]
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Episode Ten: Juggling Work and Family Caregiving
Caregivers Out Loud Go Back to Podcast Overview 28% of Canadians are estimated to provide care to a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, disability or aging¹. In BC this translate into roughly 1.2 million caregivers². The Vanier Institute conducted a review in 2017³ and found that three-quarters of caregivers are employed. […]
How to Balance Working and Caregiving
Twenty-eight percent of Canadians are balancing unpaid family or friend caregiving with work. While the role of caregiving is rewarding, as you support the person you love and care for, the strains of caregiving can take its toll. Furthermore, 25% of caregivers have reported a change in their employment experience (since becoming caregivers) including: Turning […]
A Caregiver Aware Canada: The Power of Many
Picture it—a “Caregiver Aware” society! Imagine that family, friends, neighbours, employers, and health care providers all recognize and value the vital role of family and friend caregivers. Join this national conversation to turn up the volume about the essential role of family caregivers. This special event will cover the story behind #CaregiverAware2019? What are the […]
Balancing Work and Caregiving
You have a looming deadline at work and your mother is calling because your father has fallen yet again. You are notified by your mother’s housing provider to find immediate overnight care due to your mother’s dementia and wandering at night. When you arrive late for work after taking your dad to his medical appointment, […]
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Download and use one of the following guides and other documents. You’ll need Adobe Reader to view documents (free to download). If you’re an employer, scroll to the bottom to find resources to support family caregivers in the workplace. For Family CaregiversNearly a quarter of all Canadians care for a family member or friend. Balancing […]
The ins and outs of hiring private care
In the past few months, Family Caregivers of BC received numerous calls from individuals asking about how to hire private care, through an agency or an independent care provider. Most cases we come across involve care for the elderly. Hiring private care is sometimes an option in other cases involving other disease specific illnesses or […]
Family caregiving and work: find out if help is available
Can you imagine trying to meet your work commitments while fulfilling your caregiving responsibilities? Maybe you already are. If so, you’re definitely not alone.
The Work/Caregiving Balance
You are in a work meeting and your cell phone vibrates. You ignore it. Two minutes later, it vibrates again. You check the number and see it’s your mother calling. Between meetings you call her back and she tells you she needs to go to a doctor’s appointment that afternoon. You wish that she had […]