About The Garden
The Carefor Caregivers’ Garden
The Carefor Caregivers’ Garden is a place to celebrate caring. Located along the banks of the Rideau River in beautiful Strathcona Park, the Caregivers’ Garden gives Ottawans a place to honour their loved ones.
Whether you’ve come here to reflect on someone for whom you have provided care, or for a caregiver in your life, the Carefor Caregivers’ Garden is a place where you can think of what this person has meant to you.
Learn More About The GardenHonouring Our Caregivers
Caregiving is how we show love, and it’s what gives us strength during our hardest times. So often it happens quietly behind closed doors, but with the Carefor Caregivers’ Garden we want to bring it out in the open and celebrate its beauty for all to see.
Caregiving takes many forms: parent to child, child to parent, spouses, siblings, friends and professional agencies… But at its core is something common: a desire to make someone else’s life better in whatever way one can.
Caregivers have helped build Ottawa. We think its time they deserved a place where we can thank them, publicly and privately.
Garden News
Caregiving blooms in the heart of Ottawa
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Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe joins Carefor to celebrate Ottawa caregivers at opening of Carefor Caregivers’ Garden
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Ritchie Feed & Seed selling lavender for Mother’s Day in support of the Carefor Caregivers’ Garden
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Carefor Caregivers’ Garden Partners with Ritchie Feed & Seed Inc.
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The Garden Will Grow This Spring
Read MoreCarefor’s programs and services support caregivers through their journey, offering expertise, peace of mind, a shoulder to cry on or simply some time rest. Donations will help Carefor staff provide care to clients and support to caregivers.
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Please help today, as somone you know may need our help tomorrow…
Resources
Available credits and programs for caregivers.
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Caregiver Resources
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If you find yourself experiencing caregiver burnout, here are some tips and resources that may help you.
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How to Consider the Dignity of Risk in your Caregiving
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How to Stay Present in the Moment as a Caregiver
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Caregiver Wellness Checklist
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Caregiver Checklist
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About Carefor
As the Founding Chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Carefor knows about caregiving. We’ve been at the side of caregivers in Ottawa since 1897 helping them support their loved ones in their homes as they heal or find a peaceful end.
Today, we offer over 30 programs and services across Eastern Ontario including in home nursing, personal support and rehabilitation as well as programs for people living with dementia including a retirement home exclusively for women living with dementia.
Carefor’s mission in to meet our clients’ health needs for high-quality home care and community support services. With your support we’re able to offer training and equipment to our home care staff, expand programs for people living with dementia and develop innovative programs which make sure caregivers and their loved ones get the help they need when they need it.
Working together to build the Garden
Carefor is proud to be supported by the City of Ottawa and Ritchie Feed & Seed in building and promoting the Caregivers’ Garden. Working with partners who recognize the importance of caregiving in our city is allowing us to create a place for them and to share their importance to us all.
And thank you to Minitel Corporation for your support and financial commitment to helping caregivers.
