New podcast from Family Caregivers Unite!
PAC president Sholom Glouberman and Dr. Gordon Atherley discuss why Sholom founded the Patients' Association of Canada. He explains how his own experience as a patient convinced him of the need for an association. He shares his perspectives on family caregiving.
He highlights the need for patients to become part of decision-making in healthcare. He answers the question of whether family caregivers should also be included in healthcare decision-making. He discusses the extent to which the role of family caregiving and the needs of family caregivers are understood and acknowledged by doctors, nurses, healthcare managers, medical sociologists, researchers, health care consultants, social workers and others represented in the Association.
He explains the ways in which the Association will work with family caregivers and whether it can effectively represent their needs well as those of patients. He answers the question of whether family caregivers’ interests can be advanced through the Association or whether they need one of their own.