Alberta’s unpaid caregivers didn’t plan to become the main caregivers for their family members or friends. It just happened. Just as you don’t plan for a child with disabilities, a parent with dementia or a spouse with cancer, family caregivers didn’t really have a choice. And, most of them don’t recognize themselves as caregivers or seek support or resources to ease their burden.
May is Caregivers Awareness Month. Caregivers Alberta, Alberta’s only organization dedicated to caregivers, is recognizing it with a province-wide, virtual conference, Caregivers Together 2022, May 12 to 14.