The question came at the end of a long phone call, after the son had already asked about scheduling, about training, about how quickly someone could start. “I know this
August 20, 2026
Skip to content The question came at the end of a long phone call, after the son had already asked about scheduling, about training, about how quickly someone could start. “I know this
The first Sunday call between Diane and her mother in Bowness stopped happening on time when her mother turned 79. Diane’s mother had lived alone for six years since her
When Rebecca’s father was first offered palliative care after his heart failure diagnosis, she declined on his behalf without asking him. She was 47, she was frightened, and she believed
A daughter arrived at her father’s house in Silverado on a Saturday morning in August. He was usually already at the kitchen table with his coffee and the newspaper by
The daughter first noticed it at Sunday dinner. Her mother, now 82, had turned the TV up again. Not dramatically. Just a few clicks louder than the family remembered. Then
When Marion’s family finally brought palliative care into her life last October, her son said something in the doctor’s office in Calgary that has stayed with him ever since. “I
A daughter we work with in Calgary noticed her father was different at Christmas dinner this year. He was always the most organized man she knew. A retired structural engineer
A Calgary mother in her late seventies was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in October. Her doctor mentioned palliative care during the appointment. The daughter, sitting beside her mother in
A few months ago, a daughter we work with stopped by her father’s place in Mount Pleasant for a Sunday visit. He was fine. He made tea. They talked about
Last spring, a daughter in Calgary called us in tears. She had hired a private caregiver six months earlier through a community Facebook group. A lovely woman, who spoke kindly