News feeds are awash in stories of the BREXIT referendum debacle in the UK. Weak and deceitful campaigns on both sides of the argument about whether to leave the European Union or not resulted in a surprise victory by the ‘Leavers’, prompting the…
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: WHAT BREXIT MEANS TO UK CAREGIVERS AND WHY POLICY MATTERS EVERYWHERE
News feeds are awash in stories of the BREXIT referendum debacle in the UK. Weak and deceitful campaigns on both sides of the argument about whether to leave the European Union or not resulted in a surprise victory by the ‘Leavers’, prompting the…
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: He Said, She Said: Is Caregiving Hell Where We’re At?
Today, a Forbes blog post caught my eye. Maybe it was the title: “Informal Caregiving? Free Caregiving? Seriously?” … or maybe it was because I always enjoy reading what Howard Gleckman writes. He’s the author of a wonderful book called “Caring For Our Parents” and he’s a fellow at the Urban
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: The Ethics of Fairness for Family Caregiver Policy, Part 1
With the United States election dominating the news, I thought it was a good time to talk about fairness in policy-making for family caregivers. In my book, The Four Walls of My Freedom, I told the story of our family journey of caring for our son, Nicholas. I used our
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