Over one million Canadians provide care at home for the chronically ill, equivalent to the work of 276,000 full time employees, saving the health care system over 5 billion dollars annually. ¹  Employees juggling work and family cost Canadian employers at least $2.7 billion a year in lost time, and employees miss 19.8 million days of work each year due to work-family problems. ²  36% of informal caregivers are over the age of 70.  31% have a household income of less than $25,000.  An estimated 46% are clinically depressed. ³  Caregivers themselves need help. 

  Heal Thyself pits the creative spirit against its ultimate test - chaotic caregiving.
Can families rendered desperate by sickness create healthy homes?

  The project has five elements (so far): the touring stage show, the DVD version of the stage show, the upcoming documentary for broadcast and DVD, public speaking presentations and workshops.

While this play is rooted in family caregiving, professional caregivers and
non-caregivers deeply identify with the dynamics of these characters' relationships -
both in their personal lives and in their work. 

    Heal Thyself is based on the real-life process of writer-performers Carlynn Reed and
  Jonathon Neville.
    The show is directed by Dennis Hassell (14 Dora Award nominations), with music by
  Subtonic Monks co-founder Peter Jarvis.  Produced by Imagiscape Theatre with support
  from private donations and grants from the Laidlaw Foundation and the Toronto Arts
  Council, Heal Thyself is now also a project of the charitable arts society IMAGO.