i am a caregiver
caregiver support
Being a caregiver is a journey. It can be a rewarding experience as you walk this path, and it can also be overwhelming, isolating, challenging and stressful at times. The Hospice Hub is here to support you through programs and support services including:
Navigation - helping you to identify, locate and access the array of healthcare services and options relevant to your experience and needs.
Respite - A Home Support volunteer can offer you a break to rejuvenate, with the confidence that your loved one is safe in the trained and knowledgeable hands of our compassionate volunteers.
Caregiver Education – we provide ongoing education and support opportunities to caregivers to help ease the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual demands of caregiving.
caregiver resources
The Caregiver Ontario website has a variety of supports available to caregivers of all kinds. If you support someone in need and feel anxious and overwhelmed with your caregiving responsibilities, you’re not alone. The Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO) exists to support Ontario’s 4 million caregivers; ordinary people who provide physical and emotional support to a family member, partner, friend or neighbour. We support caregivers by being their one point of access to information, so they have what they need to be successful in their role.
An in-depth and helpful guide for caregivers, titled Guiding Family Caregivers of People at End of Life: A Handbook (2016) can be downloaded from the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association website.
A website and app that you can use for free, to organize help from your support system, such as meals, driving to appointments, providing relief in shifts, and so on : Lotsa Helping Hands.
caregiver training
Do you know an unpaid caregiver looking after a loved one with a life-limiting illness in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville?
The Practical Caregiver Training is back. It’s free and it’s virtual. Join us for 5 weeks of training:
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Advance Care Planning
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Providing Personal Care
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Lifts, Transfers and Body Mechanics
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Medication Management,
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Self Care, Dignity and Grief
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What to Expect at the End of Life
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Navigating the system and Communication
This is a peer-facilitated workshop led by a local team including a Caregiver, Palliative Care Nurse and Physiotherapist.
This workshop series will be offered...
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