Homecare - Behind Closed Doors

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.

David Ellis, National Beats editor, The Globe and Mail

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.

Photo by Tibor Kolley

 

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.

Photo by Tibor Kolley

 

FROM SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1999

Conscripted by Love part 1
Conscripted by Love part 2
Homecare by the Numbers

Photo Essay by Fred Lum

FROM MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1999

Health Care's Next Frontier
Research is Skimpy on How Much is Saved

Photo Essay by Tibor Kolley

FROM SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1999

Hard Wages: Why Workers Don't Stay
A Homemaker's Weekend
Wide-Open Competition Saves Money, but Draws Fire

Photo Essay by Fred Lum

FROM MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1999

The Missing Piece of the Health Care Puzzle
Learning What You Need to Give Care
Living with Dignity and Love When Death is Imminent

Photo Essay by Fred Lum

Read Selected Homecare Stores by André Picard