Identify the stressers in your Caregiving role. What tasks or behaviors are most frustrating or anxiety-producing? Think through and plan your responses to these stressful situations. Learn and practice stress management techniques. Relaxation exercises such as deep breathing, meditation, and visualization,...

Western Canada, hungry for workers in the construction, medical and hospitality industries, is looking for 30,000 skilled Filipinos to fill jobs in 2008. Jose S. Brillantes, the Philippines ambassador in Ottawa, said his overseas officers at Canadian consulates in The Philippines are preparing for the...

Florence was only a small child when her family fled Vietnam in 1979, but the memories of that sometimes harrowing journey are vivid. Crowded into a small boat, the family spent four days on the South China Sea. “We were attacked by pirates three times,” says Florence. “I was too young to know...

Elaine holds a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In September 2007, she immigrated to Canada from the Philippines, in search of opportunity. Building her career in the Philippines was a challenge for Elaine. Not only did she find it difficult to get the work she wanted...

Live-in caregivers are individuals who are qualified to provide care for children, elderly persons or persons with disabilities in private homes without supervision. Live-in caregivers must live in the private home where they work in Canada. Both the employer and the employee must follow...