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Watch our Latest Webinar Recording: Services for Patients and Caregivers

August 9, 2022

Our latest webinar, Services for Patients and Caregivers and Common Interactions Between Medications, Supplements, and Food, is now posted online! If you missed this live webinar, you can now watch the recording at a time that suits you. In this webinar, the UBC Pharmacists Clinic presented on the topic of medication and supplement interactions. They […]

Filed Under: Navigating Healthcare System

Finding and Using Your Voice

April 6, 2022

Written by Wendy Johnstone, Provincial Program Consultant and Gerontologist with Family Caregivers of BC and originally published in Inspired 55+ Lifestyle Magazine. Alison was enjoying early retirement knowing that her differently-abled adult son, Michael, was living independently in his apartment in another city, supporting himself with a job he had held for many years. Then, […]

Filed Under: Communication Skills, Navigating Healthcare System

The Power of Planning Well

August 16, 2021

By Dr. Daren Heyland, Founder of Plan Well Guide Worried about what might happen to you or a loved one you are caring for if they were to get seriously ill? With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to forage on, it has left many people feeling overwhelmed and wondering how long both this feeling and the […]

Filed Under: Navigating Healthcare System Tagged With: Caregiver Plan, plan well guide, planning

Dear Caregiver Support Line: Planning for Hospital Discharge

August 9, 2021

This is a new addition to our quarterly Caregiver Connection, where we answer questions from family and friend caregivers.   My husband is being discharged next week and I’m worried about having him come home and not knowing what to do or what to plan for. How do I best plan for hospital discharge? ~ […]

Filed Under: Navigating Healthcare System Tagged With: hospital discharge, patient

Visiting Loved Ones in Care Facilities and Long-Term Care Resources

June 30, 2021

Caregivers are Essential Partners in Care. Wendy discusses strategies and ways you can engage with your care recipient in a care facility. She shares how letting go of one’s own expectations to allow the visit to unfold. For example, Wendy brought an interactive pet to a client and was pleasantly surprised of the connectivity and […]

Filed Under: Navigating Healthcare System

A Caregiver’s Experience: LifeLabs Mobile Unit to the Rescue

January 19, 2021

My husband, Ron, had a stroke eight years ago. Initially, he was completely paralyzed on his right side and came home from hospital in a wheelchair. He now walks using a cane or a walker. During his lengthy rehabilitation, he wrote a book about his experience,”The Defiant Mind – Living Inside a Stroke,” published in […]

Filed Under: Navigating Healthcare System Tagged With: Bloodwork, family caregivers, LifeLabs, mobile unit, Stroke

Take the COVID-19: Social Visitation Essentials Course

July 22, 2020

Family Caregivers of BC and SafeCare BC bring you COVID-19: Social Visitation Essentials. This self-paced, online course is intended for those who would like to visit a family member or friend residing in a long-term care home or assisted living residence, as permitted by the care home’s safety plan and regional public health direction. BC […]

Filed Under: Community Resources, Navigating Healthcare System, Residential Care

Five Common Questions Caregivers are Wondering During COVID-19

May 17, 2020

COVID-19 has been a time of uncertainty, change, and unknowns. Our Caregiver Support line is available to offer guidance, resources, and a listening ear.

Filed Under: Community Resources, Employed Family Caregiver, Navigating Healthcare System Tagged With: caregiver support

Keeping Track of Who’s Who on the Care Team

February 29, 2020

KEEPING TRACK OF WHO’S WHO ON THE CARE TEAM PART 2 IN A 3-PART SERIES By Wendy Johnstone Many services are available in the community. Our health care and social systems have services that are provided both publicly and privately. The difference between publicly and privately funded services is based on the type of service […]

Filed Under: Navigating Healthcare System

Technology Resources for Caregivers

November 5, 2019

Although 71 per cent of caregivers are interested in using technology to support their caregiving tasks, only seven per cent are using care-related technology, according to AARP’s 2016 Caregiving and Technology study. Fifty-eight per cent of the caregivers surveyed in a 2018 survey by the Change Foundation said they used the internet for gathering additional […]

Filed Under: Community Resources, Navigating Healthcare System

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