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Date Posted
April 3, 2018
Happy National Carer's Day!

Did you know that approximately 35% of working Canadians 🇨🇦 are balancing unpaid caregiving responsibilities at the same time?

The National Institute on Ageing calls on the Canadian Government and Employers to better care for the working caregiver, and mentions a couple services that can help in the mean time (Saint Elizabeth Health Care, The Reitman Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital, McCormick Dementia Services, and Memory & Company).

Read the NIA's white paper here: https://www.ryerson.ca/…/white-papers/working-caregivers.pdf

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Victor Kwong

Victor Kwong is the Founder, Co-Owner, and Director of Innovation & Technology at Memory & Company. He has a background in teaching and policing, and currently works as a spokesperson, Public and Media Relations Officer for a metropolitan police department. Victor is passionate about working with seniors and maintaining human interaction. He is also the recipient of an award for rescuing seniors from a fire at a long-term care facility and the recipient of a life-saving award for resuscitating a passenger and coordinating the subsequent emergency landing of an international flight.

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