Author Archives: Camille Isaacs-Morell

Nous serons tous des proches aidants et de plus, nous aurons besoin d’un proche aidant.

Les proches aidants sont le pilier invisible et caché du système de santé et fournissent plus de 80% des soins nécessaires aux personnes souffrant de «conditions de longue durée». 2,3 millions des proches aidants sont employés et doivent concilier les exigences concurrentes du travail et des soins. Les proches aidants ont besoin d’aide aussi. J’aiContinue reading “Nous serons tous des proches aidants et de plus, nous aurons besoin d’un proche aidant.”

At some point, all of us will be caregivers and will be in need of a caregiver.

Care givers are the invisible backbone of our health care system and provide over 80 percent of the care needed by individuals with ‘long-term conditions’. 2.3 million care givers are employed and must balance the competing demands of work and caregiving. Caregivers also need to be cared for. I witnessed firsthand the devastating effects ofContinue reading “At some point, all of us will be caregivers and will be in need of a caregiver.”

Millennials: Your diaper days are not over

Millennials and their children will be the caregivers of tomorrow.
In less than 15 years, Alzheimer Canada predicts that 934,000 Canadians will be living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. That’s a 66% increase in less than a generation.

Your First 90 Days. Be slow. Be mindful. Be humble.

A guiding principle for choosing quick wins is to determine key priorities and then to decide which ones are urgent and which ones are important. Urgent priorities are deadline-driven. Important priorities may impact the delivery of the urgent priorities.

Lessons Learned from my Mother’s Bad Behaviour

Conventional wisdom tells us that children learn from the good example of their parents.  But something went haywire when my mother misbehaved in the office of the Prime Minister.  She defied the leadership of the Jamaica Civil Service Association by raising a topic that was not on the agenda in a meeting with the PrimeContinue reading “Lessons Learned from my Mother’s Bad Behaviour”