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Baluchon’s mission is to offer respite over several days to caregivers who wish to keep their non-autonomous loved ones at home, while supporting and providing guidance to the caregiver before and after the in-home respite care process. It is the only non-profit organization offering long-term in-home respite care (4 to 14 days), 24 hours a […]
Lisa’s father has six months to live and a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz – a boy who lost everything and started again. It’s a story he has kept hidden – until now. But Lisa doesn’t want to hear it because she has secrets too. No one at school knows she […]
Caregivers experience various levels of ambiguous loss and grief throughout their lives. Following the death of someone they are caring for, they must also find themselves and reinvent their lives. Here are some tips on how to understand and get through these difficult stages.
How do you support the person you are caring for in their request for medical aid in dying? How can you assist them in this unique and singular process, while also respecting your own feelings?
The person you are caring for wishes to decide in advance what medical care will be accepted or refused at the end of their life in the event that they are no longer able to make choices. How do you discuss advance medical directives with them?
On June 7, 2023, the Assemblée nationale du Québec adopted the Act to amend the Act respecting end-of-life care and other legislative provisions. The amendments have been or will be introduced at disputed times. More specific information will be added as these provisions come into force.
What does it mean to treat oneself well as a person providing care? How does it translate to your daily life? Developing self-care skills means prioritizing your own wellbeing as well as that of the person for whom you are providing care.
With panelists from CHUM, the Neuro and the CHU de Québec on CAPTURE (Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand, Remedy, and Eliminate) ALS. CAPTURE ALS is a Canadian platform that unites patients, physicians and researchers in academia and industry to study ALS. CAPTURE ALS provides the systems and tools necessary to collect, store, and analyze vast […]
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