Caregiver Support
Resources to Help You During COVID-19 - COVID-19 is having a profound impact on all of us, including caregivers and the people they support. The Ontario Caregiver Organization has created tip sheets, online support groups and other resources to help you at this time and beyond.Practical Caregiver Training - Local workshop series focused on hands-on training to make the caregiving expereince safer and less stressful for you and your loved one.
Caregiver Support Portals - Offer a wide range of topics available for caregivers from learning how to deal with their own emotions, to learning how to make tough decisions, and being able to meet the appropriate physical, spiritual and cultural needs for the individuals they take care for.
A Caregiver's Guide: A Handbook of End of Life Care - Provides practical information about caregiving through the end of life journey as well as looking at the needs of the caregiver.
There are a number of local resources available:
- Bereavement Support
Bereavement programs provide emotional support, problem-solving assistance, information, and guidance for people who have recently lost a loved one.
- Care for the Caregiver
A caregiver is someone who looks after a sick, frail or disabled relative, friend or neighbour. Supportive programs are available to help caregivers cope with their responsibilities and may include self-help, informal counselling, recreation and instruction.
- Compassionate Leave
Compassionate care benefits allow workers to receive up to six weeks of paid leave in order to care for a gravely ill family member or person who is considered a family member.
- Disease and Condition Support Groups
Support groups are usually organized and managed by their members for peer to peer support.
- Respite Care for Adults
Respite care offers temporary, substitute living arrangements or special care in the home for seniors in order to provide a brief period of relief or rest (usually more than twenty-four hours) for the family members, guardians or other people who are their regular caregivers.
- Respite Care for Children
Respite care offers temporary, substitute living arrangements or special care in the home for children with disabilities in order to provide a brief period of relief or rest (usually more than twenty-four hours) for the family members, guardians or other people who are their regular caregivers.
- Respite Care for People with Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementias
Provides caregivers with temporary rest options that may include substitute living arrangements in a supported environment or in-home care for older adults with dementia.
- Respite Care for Seniors
Respite care offers temporary, substitute living arrangements or special care in the home for seniors in order to provide a brief period of relief or rest (usually more than twenty-four hours) for the family members, guardians or other people who are their regular caregivers.