More than three million Canadians are daily caregivers for spouses, parents or disabled children. Those who have been conscripted to help toil behind closed doors and pay for the privilege with their savings and their health. In this four part series, André Picard, award winning Globe and Mail reporter, looks into the troubled world of homecare.
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| After surgery: Nurse Janice Cibert changes the dressing on Keith Dieter's leg where a vein was removed for use in his heart-bypass operation. | Continual
care: Health aides Verna Bird, left, and Lee Anna Davies
move Michael Huck, who has muscular dystrophy, into his
bed. Mr. Huck lives alone in a townhouse and is an
activist for people with disabilities.
Photos by Tibor Kolley |