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Patient & Caregiver Resources - Caregiver Support

A caregiver is a family member or friend who provides unpaid care for a loved one living with challenges due to disability, illness, or aging.*

Studies have shown that caregivers are under considerable psychological, physical and financial stress (despite enjoying the inherent satisfaction of caring for their loved ones). They frequently succumb to illness - rendering them no longer capable of providing care to their loved one, and often necessitating placement of the loved one in a health care facility.˜

Information Sheets / Guides

  • Being a Caregiver - Click to download 
    Source: The GiiC Project
  • Caregiver Bill of Rights - Click to download
    Source: Victorian Order of Nurses - Hastings Northumberland Prince Edward
  • Caregiver Support - Click here 
    Source: Alzheimer Society of Canada
  • Caregiver Support - Helpful Contacts - Click to download
    Source: The GiiC Project
  • Coping with Stress - Click here
    Source: Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • Emotional Manifestations of Burnout - Click to download
    Source: Victorian Order of Nurses - Hastings Northumberland Prince Edward
  • Help for the Caregiver - Click to download
    Source: The GiiC Project
  • Long Distance Caregiving - Click here
    Source: Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
  • Patient Decision Aids - Click here 
    Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  • Physical Manifestations of Burnout - Click to download
    Source: Victorian Order of Nurses - Hastings Northumberland Prince Edward 
  • Self-denial Aspect of Burnout - Click to download
    Source: Victorian Order of Nurses - Hastings Northumberland Prince Edward 
  • Seniors and Caregiver Stress - Click here
    Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
  • Social Manifestation of Burnout - Click to download
    Source: Victorian Order of Nurses - Hastings Northumberland Prince Edward
  • Twelve Steps for Caregivers - Click here 
    Source: Rush University Medical Centre
  • You and Your Aging Parents - Click here
    Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario

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Advocacy Organizations

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Support Groups

  • Bereaved Families of Ontario - Kingston Region -  Click here
  • Community Care for South Hastings - Serving Belleville (including Thurlow Township), Tyendinaga Township and Deseronto and surrounding areas -  Click here
  • Gananoque and Area Services to Assist Independent Living - Serving Gananoque, the Front of Yonge and Leeds and the Thousand Islands - Click here
  • Land O’ Lakes Community Services - Serving Addington Highlands, including Kaladar, Flinton, Northbrook, Cloyne, Denbigh and surrounding areas - Click here
  • Lennox and Addington Seniors Outreach Services - Serving Napanee and south central Lennox and Addington County - Click here 
  • Mills Community Support Corporation - Serving Lanark County -  Click here
  • Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association - Serving Prince Edward County -  Click here
  • Seniors Association Kingston Region - Serving Kingston and surrounding areas -  Click here
  • Southern Frontenac Community Services - Serving rural Kingston and South Frontenac Township -  Click here
  • Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Canada - Caregiver Connect -  Click here

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Other Links

*Source: Alberta Caregivers Association
˜Source: Ontario Caregiver Coalition

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