Building Networks For A ‘Good Life,’ Even After The Caregiver Is Gone
by The Daily Eye Team January 16 2016, 1:43 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secsTwenty-five years ago, when Ted Kuntz, a family therapist in Vancouver, British Columbia, was preparing his will, he went around to family members and close friends asking if — in the event of his and his wife’s death — they would be willing to serve as a guardian for their son Josh, now 28, who has a severe cognitive disability and requires continual care. “Everybody said no,” recalled Kuntz. “They said the responsibility was too overwhelming, and they couldn’t imagine taking it on.”