Award Winning Author and Journalist, Andre Picard

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.

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

 

READ SELECTED HOMECARE STORIES BY ANDRE PICARD

 

READ BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Behind Closed Doors, the struggle over homecare

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