Yes, of course.
We have a support group for seniors' family caregivers. We are subsidized by L'Appui, an organization that supports seniors' family caregivers. L'Appui offers support workshops for family caregivers; they are held every three weeks and last two hours each. A psychologist is present to help seniors' family caregivers talk about their problems, get information, and talk about their feelings. These workshops also provide tools to help them deal with stress or distress.
That is one thing we do. We also celebrate National Caregiver Week. On Thursday, November 9, we will be giving a presentation, together with the Société Alzheimer de l'Outaouais québécois, on dealing with refusal from a patient with a cognitive deficit, such as Alzheimer's, in order to help family caregivers communicate with the persons they are helping who have a cognitive deficit.
In our next grant application—we said there are a lot of reporting requirements and this is one of them—, we will ask for at least one more support group to help seniors' caregivers. Our group currently has 16 registered members, although we normally accept 12. Given that demand is so high, that public services have unfortunately been eliminated, and that a family caregiver group at our CLSC has been cancelled, we are trying to make up for that.
We have increased the number people accepted per group to 16, and there are currently 4 more people on the waiting list. Unfortunately, we cannot provide the service to these people, although they do need it.
Does that answer your question?