“Caregiver Defined: Words That Honor the Work of the Caregiver” By Michael Fortuna. Illustrations by Peg Lee. Saverio Press, Massachusetts, 2017. 125 pages. $15.95 Caregivers are among the most ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.- November is Warrior Care Month. No one truly knows the life of a caregiver until they end up in that position themselves. “This is my full-time job now because of Jack’s stroke. I ...

Wages and conditions in most of the developed world are often abysmal for care workers, many of them immigrant women of colour from less-developed countries, says a U of T sociology professor. With an ...

Home-based health care sounds convenient: nurses, therapists and social workers visit the individual — typically an older adult — at his or her home, instead of at each health specialist’s office. But ...

More male caregivers are taking on the role of tending to a loved one – a role that may have traditionally fallen more on women's plates, a new study reports. The role also comes with its challenges, ...

Combining a full-time job and eldercare creates special challenges. Check with your employer's Human Resources Department, if available, for information about employee assistance resources. Workplace ...

For the past three years, Paula Gomes says that she has sometimes felt she is working two full-time jobs—her human resources position at Emory University in Atlanta, and her role as a caregiver to her ...