Family Caregiver Investigation

Caregiving time distribution, November 2023 My story of family caregiving is not unusual. In fact, it is possibly better than average because my Mom is such a kind, generous and gracious person. That does not change the fact that it is unsustainable.  For the month of November I contributed over 500 hours of caregiving, including providing room and board, as well as Power of Attorney, Medical Representative and Mom's finances. It begs the question. How is my family supposed to contribute this much time, property, expertise, responsibility and administration without additional operational cost accounting? How am I expected to carry on life as if there were no cost to me personally, professionally, mentally and emotionally? As I look back on 2023 and what we have accomplished, I am proud of the work we have done to keep our frail elder at home, healthy, happy, contemplating the end of her life with dignity and composure. As I look ahead at 2024, I feel overwhelmed, dreadful, guilty a...

  There has been no news from Evidence Alliance about progress on activating the $50k grant that was awarded to research my health topic about the cost of providing a family caregiving bed compared to the cost of providing a caregiving bed in an institution. Last night we took Mom on a special outing to hear the West Coast Symphony Christmas Festival and Audience Sing-Along. There has to be a related question with regards to the cost of caregiving and providing institutional healthcare when the work that would normally be done by a qualified, vetted, educated health professional is being carried out by a self-trained family caregiver.  She wore her early Christmas present, a new corduroy suit. My sister had the suit made by a local tailor. I took Mom's measurements as per instructions, my sister handled the rest of the purchase.  What does this say about the quality and cost of services and infrastructure that is being provided in healthcare institutions? What does it say...

  Looking at one set of numbers from Stats Canada on age and population as of 2022.  Statistics Canada. “Population Estimates on July 1st, by Age and Sex.” Government of Canada. Accessed December 4, 2023. https://doi.org/10.25318/1710000501-ENG. Statistics Canada reports the data in increments of 5 years of age - ie. 0 to 4 years, 5 to 9 years, etc. through to 100 plus is the final age group. PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION INCREASE 2018 to 2022 I wanted to understand the relationship between population increase in young dependents (children who cannot fend for themselves through to young adults who are supported by family to get an education, training, etc.); population increase in young, middle and older adults who are supporting children, supporting households, and possibly supporting frail elders; and population increase of elder adults who are aging out of the workforce and maybe experiencing some degree of frailty, that they are no longer able to fend for themselves and they ne...