Respite is not giving up
If you have been doing this alone for two years, an afternoon a week is not a luxury. It is how you keep going for the third.
July 3, 2026
From Finding Dora
Family caregivers
Plain writing about caring for a parent at home in Edmonton: funding, winter, dementia, discharge day and the rest.
How to talk to your brother about your mother’s care
One sibling lives ten minutes away and does everything. The other lives in Calgary and has opinions. Here is how to have the conversation once, proper...
May 8, 2026
Eleven quiet signs your parent needs more help than they are admitting
Nobody announces that they cannot cope. They just stop doing things, and the house shows it before they do.
April 10, 2026
On guilt
You promised her she would never go into a home. You are working full time and raising children. Both things are true, and neither makes you a bad dau...
February 27, 2026