For a 3rd consecutive season, Marina Orsini welcomed celebrities, caregivers and professionals from the community and health and social services networks. She shared their poignant stories, their emotions and their tips.
02 June 2023
This year, 31 people agreed to share their experiences and realities as caregivers. The diversity of the stories presented highlighted the diversity of caregiving profiles: those who have been caregivers for twenty years, those who have just become caregivers; those for whom caregiving is temporary, those for whom it will be permanent… The guests recounted their experiences as parents, spouses or child caregivers, with surprising openness and generosity.
With Sylvain Parent-Bédard and Cathleen Rouleau, Guylaine Guay and Ginette Boulanger
When you have typical children, when adulthood arrives (…) things calm down a bit. In our case, it’s the opposite, it doesn’t calm down, other responsibilities are added—Guylaine Guay
With Nadia Desaulniers, Claire Croteau, Louis-Philippe Rivard and Josée Boudreault
There’s been a lot of grief. The loss of spontaneity: ah, I’m going somewhere. Oh no, I can’t just leave, I’ve got to get organized (…). Mourning my mother. It’s not the same as it was—Nadia Desaulniers
With Valérie Blais, Mélanie Maynard, Serge Deschamps and Guylaine Thériault
It takes a while before you start to feel exhausted, to recognize that you have limits—Serge Deschamps
With Jeanick Fournier, Marlène Richer and Hector Guardardo, Rémy Girard and Geneviève Labrecque
I’m a caregiver. All the acts of well-being and comfort are part of my daily life. Apart from medical procedures, I can do everything—Rémy Girard
With Jean-Philippe Dion, Mélanie Lamothe, and Valérie Fortier
Mental health is a taboo subject for the person living with it and for caregivers—Valérie Fortier
With Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Maryline Picard and Laure Waridel
It feels like the end of the world, but in fact it’s the beginning of a new world. It’s a difficult adventure, but it’s one of the most beautiful adventures I’ve ever had and am still having—Laure Waridel
With Jean-Marie Lapointe, Claudia Dallaire and her spouse Maxim Bouchard, and David Galipeau
The role of the caregiver is to be there to provide support behind the person. Not in front, trying to pull them up. You have to strike a balance between being a caregiver—providing support, listening, giving of yourself—and also giving the person the space to make their own decisions and take responsibility—David Galipeau
With Pierre-Paul Alain, Marc Labrèche, Andrée Dupuis, et Valérie Hamel
It takes strength to reach out for help—Valérie Hamel
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