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  • Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University
Caregivers may neglect their own health because they do not have time or energy to care for themselves. (Pexels/Pavel Danilyuk)

Life after a stroke: Family and friends provide nearly all post‑hospital care, but who’s caring for the caregivers?

Anna Garnett, Western University; Maureen Markle-Reid, McMaster University, and Patricia H Strachan, McMaster University

Family and friends provide nearly all the care needed by stroke patients after they leave hospital. Caregiving can be rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming and take a toll on caregivers’ health.
Older caregivers report unprecedented and unrelenting levels of responsibility, stress and isolation due to COVID-19 and pandemic-related protocols. (Shutterstock)

Older caregivers struggling with extra burdens of home care during COVID‑19

Anna Garnett, Western University; Melissa Northwood, McMaster University, and Ruheena Sangrar, University of Manitoba

Older adults who are caregivers to someone with a health condition or disability report severe and unrelenting levels of stress and isolation during COVID-19 due to pandemic-related protocols.

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