Family Caregiver Week was a great success this year. We were excited to see many new and familiar faces at our events. Su-Ling Goh covered the event on Global Edmonton.
Thank you to our speakers at Caregiver Celebration Day:
The Honourable George VanderBurg,
Associate Minister of Seniors
Edmonton City Councillor [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013 was Caregiver Celebration Day and our Caregiver Appreciation Breakfast. Bobbi Junior is a caregiver who shared a bit of her story with the story with us. You can also read this speech on her blog.
I want to talk today about the relationship between the Caregiver and the System.
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EDMONTON – The Alberta Caregivers Association and the Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division, are pleased to see the passing of a bill that will provide job-protected leave to family caregivers who take time off work to care for a dying family member.
Bill 203, the Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, revises Alberta’s Employment [...]
In this Issue: Launch of Caregiver Navigator Whats New: Thank you to Canada Post Community Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, COMPASS growth, In Memory, Holiday Open House, Committee Updates, Information Sessions, Casino Volunteers, Fashion Show Recap Spring Information Sessions Upcoming Family Caregiver Week Just for Caregivers: Managing Stress Nursing Students Meet some of the [...]
Continue Reading →Alberta Caregivers Association is hosting its bi-annual Casino at Baccarat on April 3rd & 4th, 2013. This fundraiser is important to us. Over $75,000 was raised during our last event!
Shifts available with day, evening or night start times as follows:
Day: 10:30AM to 7:00PM, 11:15AM to 7:15PM, 11:15AM to 7:00PM Evening: 6:15PM to 3:00AM, [...]
Continue Reading →Alberta Caregivers Association is once again offering information sessions that focus on maintaining wellness and supporting family caregivers. Each topic has been prepared for ease in building knowledge, encouraging participation and implementation of actions to support wellness. It will not matter if your journey has just started or whether you have been caregiving for a [...]
Continue Reading →Hello all,
We’ve been experiencing some website trouble this week. The website’s content was finally restored on Thursday, but the formatting has changed completely and things are very difficult to find. We are trying to fix this as quickly as possible and apologize for the inconvenience. You can get in touch with us at office@albertacaregivers.org [...]
Continue Reading →Caregiving crosses national borders. By looking at innovations and policies currently in place around the world, we get a better perspective the current caregiving resources available to Canadians.
Internationally, there are a number of countries that provide direct and ongoing financial compensation to family caregivers including Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway. The programs varyfrom one country [...]
Continue Reading →Our Ninth Annual Fashion Fundraiser was on September 20, 2012 and we had over 170 guests. Thank you to Mira & Elsa (fashions) of Laura (West Edmonton Mall location) and Judy Normandeau (makeup) of Urban Body Clinic for working with the volunteer models [...]
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ENEWS ARCHIVE:
2013
- Your Caregiver News for April
- ACGA Caregiver Contact: Spring 2013
- Your Caregiver News for March
- Your Caregiver News for February
2012
- Your Caregiver News for January
- Your Caregiver News for November
- ABCaregivers ENews - Oct 2012
- ABCaregivers ENews - Sept 2012
- ACGA Caregiver Contact: Fall 2012
- ABCaregivers ENews - Aug 2012
- ACGA ENews July 2012
- ACGA Caregiver Contact: Summer 2012
- ACGA ENews June 2012
- ACGA ENews May 2012
- ACGA ENews April 2012
- ACGA ENews March 2012
- ACGA ENews February 2012
- ACGA ENews January 2012
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