The challenges of being a family caregiver are as varied as their loved one’s stories are unique. In this series, Home Healthcare Network hopes to present topical approaches to home care/dementia care. Through a supportive and understanding eye, we’ll explore how simple changes can help improve the health and well-being for those on the caregiver’s path, while still allowing a loving and compassionate environment to unfold for their loved one’s journey.
Episode 21 – Being on Both Sides of the Story When an Aging Parent Falls Through the Healthcare System with award-winning veteran health journalist Elizabeth Payne
It’s a nightmare shared by many: A sudden, non life-threatening event lands an elder loved-one in the emergency department where overcrowding, limited resources and staffing shortages combine to not only hamper their recovery, but eventually lead to their physical and mental decline. A story that became a signature piece of Canadian Health Journalism thanks to former Ottawa Citizen Senior Reporter Elizabeth Payne. (Content presented in the following podcast is for information purposes only. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests and may not represent the views and opinions of Home Healthcare Network. Always consult with your physician for any medical advice and always consult with your attorney for any legal advice.)
https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-fall-my-once-vibrant-dad-emerged-broken-from-the-hospital-then-he-was-gone (https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-fall-my-once-vibrant-dad-emerged-broken-from-the-hospital-then-he-was-gone)
#eldercare #hospitalovercrowding #strainedhealthcaresystem #palliativecare
About Elizabeth Payne:
Elizabeth Payne is an award-winning veteran health journalist whose stories became must-reads during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A focus of her work has been on health care and the elderly. Elizabeth and her sisters became caregivers to their father after a fall sent him to the hospital leading to his worsening condition and eventual passing. It was an experience Elizabeth wrote about in a feature called The Fall, first published by the Ottawa Citizen in early 2024. Her nearly 4-decade long career encompasses experience in Editorial Writing with a demonstrated history of working in the newspaper industry as well as strong media and communication professional skills in News Writing, Headline Writing, Breaking News, Editing, and Feature Writing.
22 Jul 2026
Episode 20 – Sibling Caregiving to a Younger Brother on the Autism Spectrum with guest Melissa Ngo
Anyone who’s ever cared at home for a younger sister or brother with a lived experience of having a disability or other special needs can relate to the unique challenges other sibling caregivers grow up with. This episode illustrates through storytelling how the lines can sometimes blur for sibling caregivers between being a care recipient’s older brother or sister, their caregiver and perhaps even taking on the role of being regarded as a third parent—all the while having to navigate their own journey through adolescence. (Content presented in the following podcast is for information purposes only. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests and may not represent the views and opinions of Home Healthcare Network. Always consult with your physician for any medical advice and always consult with your attorney for any legal advice.)
https://hollandbloorview.ca/stories-news-events/BLOOM-Blog/when-your-sibling-has-disability-you-may-feel-overlooked-online-tool (https://hollandbloorview.ca/stories-news-events/BLOOM-Blog/when-your-sibling-has-disability-you-may-feel-overlooked-online-tool)
#siblingcaregiving #supportsforsiblingcaregivers #autismcaregiving
About Melissa Ngo:
In addition to being the sole elder sibling to her brother Scott, for whom she has helped care for (and continues to) through his own lived-experience of being on the autism spectrum, Melissa Ngo is a community-builder with 10+ years of healthcare and program management experience. She is also Co-Founder and Director of Hand Over Hand, an organization aiming to create safe, accessible spaces with and for the disabled community. Melissa’s passion for community engagement and accessibility through inclusive design runs deep along with her belief that learning and sharing within the social model of disability frameworks needs to be both active and continuous in order to support in meaningful ways those having a lived experience of disability.
1 Jun 2026
Episode 19 - Building an Age-Friendly (and Dementia-Friendly) Society with award-winning journalist and author André Picard
Award-winning health columnist, author and Order of Canada recipient André Picard has been sounding the alarm for years about the state of Canada’s health care system in general and—with a degree of added fervency—pointing to the “little changes” that we can all be making in order to better integrate our aging population—including those with a lived experience of dementia—into our everyday world. (Content presented in the following podcast is for information purposes only. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests and may not represent the views and opinions of Home Healthcare Network. Always consult with your physician for any medical advice and always consult with your attorney for any legal advice.)Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/andre-picard/ (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/andre-picard/)
#agefriendlysociety #dementiafriendlysociety #eldercareadvocate #globeandmailnewspaper #healthreporter #healthcolumnist #healthincanada #canadianhealthjournalism #neglectednomorebook
About André Picard:
André Picard is a health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also the author of six bestselling books.
André is a two-time winner of the Columns category at Canada's National Newspaper Awards, and past winner of prestigious Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism.
He was named Canada’s first Public Health Hero by the Canadian Public Health Association, and a Champion of Mental Health by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his dedication to improving healthcare.
André is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and has received honorary doctorates from eight universities, including UBC and the University of Toronto.
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