Category: Elder Care

A few months ago, my sister and I decided to take our grandmother out for lunch. We went to a… Read more »

Caring for an aging parent can take an emotional toll on the most loving of adult children. Today’s “sandwich generation,”… Read more »

I recently attended an emotional workshop about managing the demands of caring for an elderly parent. Almost everyone in attendance… Read more »

Written by Maria-Luisa Elias, former Workshop Coordinator An unknown author once said that nurses are angels in comfortable shoes; the… Read more »

When it comes to our aging population, we’ve all heard the scare stories about underfunded and overstressed hospitals.  Chronic illnesses. Ballooning… Read more »

For the past couple of months, our focus here at Intersections has been on parental caregiving — recipes and kids’… Read more »

Taking care of an elderly or sick member of the family requires a lot of attention. Sometimes in the process… Read more »

Written By Shannon Salisbury I just returned from a trip home to Ottawa for the holiday long weekend. This was… Read more »