In Quebec, family caregivers are demanding real change. They just might get it | CBC Radio

One in four Quebecers are caring for a sick spouse, a disabled child, an aging parent or a troubled sibling. The right-leaning CAQ government is promising concrete support, appointing Marguerite Blais as Canada’s first provincial cabinet minister responsible for informal caregivers. David Gutnick’s documentary is called, “What's Love Got to Do with It?"

Pauline Boss: Ambiguous Loss and the Myth of Closure, by OnBeing

Pauline Boss is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of, among other books, "Loving Someone Who Has Dementia." Boss offers the perspective that the idea of closure leads us astray, "a myth we need to put aside, like the idea we've accepted that grief has five linear stages and we come out the other side done with it. She coined the term "ambiguous loss," creating a new field in family therapy and psychology. She has wisdom for the complicated griefs and losses in all of our lives and for how we best approach the losses of others." This in-depth interview shares more.

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Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers

Shifting demographics are causing more and more workers to serve as caregivers to family and friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the trend. Joseph Fullerand Manjari Raman discuss why companies should help.

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Much Too Young

What does it mean to be a young adult who becomes a caregiver for a parent with early-onset Alzheimer's?