Nursing PhD candidate Colleen Cuthbert is researching the benefits of exercise for caregivers. "There are lots of dedicated programs for patients, but our health-care system doesn't function well in supporting the families of patients," says Cuthbert, a registered nurse who graduated in 2008 with a master of nursing and a nurse practitioner diploma. "I want to discover ways to improve their care. In my practice, I tell family members it's good to relieve stress; they often don't participate in self-care and so are prone to conditions like depression, insomnia, poor quality of life and exacerbation of chronic health conditions," she says. Read more here.
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