About a year ago, I opened an email message from someone I’d never met called Diane S. who wrote to tell me that this blog was meaningful to her. It was a beautiful letter – one that I still treasure. She told me, “We are parents of a 26 year
Continue readingTag: social isolation
THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: What Happened When Neighbors Heard a Senior Couple Weeping
A conversation I had a couple of years ago has remained vivid in my memory. My colleague came into work one day looking upset and wan. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that on his morning walk, he heard an old woman crying and calling out the …
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: What Happened When Neighbors Heard a Senior Couple Weeping
A conversation I had a couple of years ago has remained vivid in my memory. My colleague came into work one day looking upset and wan. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that on his morning walk, he heard an old woman crying and calling out the …
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Searching for Reasons: The Aftermath of Tragic Events in Canada
I live in a quiet suburb of Ottawa, Canada. The tragic and shocking events in our nation’s capital this week shook all Canadians to the core and there’s almost no one in my city whose life wasn’t touched by the cruel aftermath of Michael Zehof-Bibeau’s murderous rampage. Of course, we
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Innovating for Caregivers at The SIX Vancouver Summer School
I’m on a plane now, reading over the notes I’ve made from the last four days. I’ve just come from a week of listening, sharing and thinking about how society can be shaped and shifted to support family caregivers. I was thinking too, about how care is at the heart
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Let’s Have a Virtual Dinner Party! Re-imagining the Same Old
Last week, I visited my Mom for the day. Her seniors’ residence is a couple of hours away by car, so when I go, I stay for as long as I can. There’s a lot I can do to be helpful in her apartment, so I try to make the
Continue reading