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Recent articles

'Who started Carer Mentor, and Why?'

Dec 23, 2025 • Victoria

💬 Caregivers Who Are Parents: "Ask Us Anything"

Exchanging reflections; strengthening our community network

Apr 3 • Victoria, Chris B. Writes, Sara Clime, Donna Giles, Haley Haddow, Cooky Howitt, mary beth kaplan🪶, Bud Hager, Anna De La Cruz, and Denise Servais

March Roundup: "Shifts, cracks of light and networking empathy together."

New projects and collaborations about specific types of caregiving.

Mar 26 • Victoria

Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration

Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration

Heartfelt empathy for Caregivers. A hub of practical tools, resources, and insights. A community support network—Human-ing hard. A portal of hope. ❤️

Support Resources

Carer Mentor's 2026 Top Ten 'Annual Re-Reads'

and the current twenty-five books competing for a top-ten spot.

Jan 26 • Victoria

Cancer Information and Support Organisations

UK, US and Canada

Apr 23, 2025 • Victoria

Useful links for advice, info and ideas

Carers organisation, discussion forums, news, everyday support

Feb 4, 2025 • Victoria

Resources: 'Managing the Mental Load'

Understanding and enabling yourself.

Nov 18, 2024 • Victoria

Giving/Receiving Care

What You Need to Know Before an Unexpected Hospital Trip

Gifting essential learnings. Download 3 checklists.

Mar 7 • Victoria

Giving and Receiving Care Anthology

Learning from each other's Personal Experiences.

Feb 8 • Victoria

Caregiving Hacks & Tips

A Rolling List of Ideas

Dec 28, 2025 • Victoria

Wearable Safety Devices: 'What will you do if you/your loved one has a fall?'

Considerations, features and my experience.

Aug 4, 2025 • Victoria

Dementia

The Dementia Anthology

Articles By Dementia Caregivers and those Diagnosed with Dementia.

Mar 4 • Victoria

Dementia Caregivers: 'How to connect and communicate effectively. What to do when there's aggressive behaviour.'

Amplifying the work of Dementia Action Alliance, Pat Snyder and Lynette Wilson.

Mar 3 • Victoria

Dementia, Music and Creativity Anthology

A Carer Mentor Community Collaboration

Mar 3 • Victoria

World Alzheimer's Month

Ask about dementia. Ask about Alzheimer’s #WorldAlzMonth

Sep 1, 2025 • Victoria

Dementia Book Recommendations

Sharing books that resonate, inform, and offer practical and emotional support.

Jul 24, 2025 • Victoria

Bereavement Grief

Bereavement & Grief Anthology

Early Grief/Recent Bereavement/Living with Grief.

Dec 7, 2025 • Victoria

Megan Devine 'How to handle the Advice you didn't ask for while grieving'

...and for many situations where unsolicited advice is given.

Nov 11, 2024 • Victoria

'Here's what we get wrong about the 5 Stages of Grief.'

and my personal plea 'Don't grief-splain me'

Oct 23, 2024 • Victoria

'Grief is messy. It's not a tidy five-stage path.'

Shankar Vedantam interviews Lucy Hone (Public Health Resilience Researcher).

Mar 13, 2024 • Victoria

Personal Reflection & Resources: 'Life grows around grief'

BBC Video. Thoughts and personal experience.

Feb 24, 2024 • Victoria

Cancer

Index: Cancer Articles & Resources

Building a community support network and resources.

Feb 10 • Victoria

A Caregiver's Poem: "The 'We' of Cancer"

Feb 7 • Victoria

iCARE: The Cancer Anthology

This anthology was launched on World Cancer Day for and by those with cancer and their caregivers (aka everyone around them).

Feb 4 • Victoria

World Cancer Day, February 4th: "Care to share your story?"

More Than A Disease #UNITEDBYUNIQUE #WORLDCANCERDAY

Feb 4 • Victoria

iCARE: The Cancer Care Journey

For & By People who CARE about Cancer. A Reference Index of Insights.

May 13, 2025 • Victoria

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