Family members can offer invaluable support to patients, but a trained advocate can provide an objective perspective as well as knowledge of resources that families may lack.
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The demands of caregiving can reverberate through family relationships, exposing old disagreements about expectations and responsibilities.
Families are still expected to navigate disconnected health and community services on their own. A new report sets out what governments can do to change that.
A ‘use it or lose it’ paid parental leave policy like Sweden’s could encourage more new fathers to share the early child-rearing months.
Caregivers often don’t recognize how much time, energy and effort is dedicated to their nutrition-related responsibilities, and many feel unprepared for them.
Pennsylvania’s proposed paid leave may not be enough for sandwich generation caregivers, who are raising children and supporting aging parents.
Family reunification is often framed as a cost, but evidence shows it functions as social infrastructure that supports work, well-being and economic stability.
Trust, care and belonging are the foundation for families thriving.
Dementia care costs are 5 times higher than the official figures suggest when you count the value of unpaid care.
Governments must ensure that caregiver support systems are in place, are flexible enough to respond to individual and family needs and enable natural support networks to flourish.
Women caregivers provide vital support for aging relatives, however, they often go without the support they need to do their work.
Parents are dealing with the traditional stresses of raising children, as well as new challenges like technology use. Governments, workplaces, friends and family can all help parents cope with stress.
Canada is one of the few high-income countries that doesn’t have a national caregiver strategy. The emotional, physical and economic costs of caregiving need to be recognized and supported.
Most caregiving work is done by women. However, many contend with trying to balance their caregiving responsibilities with their own well-being and aspirations.
Including the family in a patient’s treatment plan can help shorten hospital stays and assist in recovery. But caregivers often pay a price.
Canadians can make National Caregiver Day count by celebrating carer-employees and supporting the creation of carer-friendly supports in the workplace.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed tax credit is part of a trend toward public support for family caregiving.
Family caregivers who have stronger support networks and positive communication with loved ones tend to be more resilient.
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Research Assistant Professor of Demography, University of Michigan
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SARChI: Human Capabilities, Social Cohesion and the Family, University of the Western Cape
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Doctoral Candidate, Aging, Health and Well-being, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor of Gerontological Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington
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PhD candidate, School of Public Health, University of Alberta
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Critical Care Registered Nurse, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Hawaii
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair (Disability Inclusive Development), Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lead Research Scientist, University of Washington
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Research Scientist, Miami University