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The Reality of Caregiving - Distress among the caregivers of home care patients

The Reality of Caring report takes a look at caregiver distress in relation to long-stay home care patients in Ontario. It examines the growth of distress, anger, depression and the inability to continue providing care among unpaid caregivers, as well as what has changed in recent years that may help explain this increase.

Author: Health Quality Ontario


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Description: With dramatic growth projected in the number of older people in the province, who more frequently require help to stay in their homes, it’s likely family, friends and neighbours who act as caregivers will be needed more than ever. So it’s important to take a closer look at caregiver distress, as this report does, to consider its causes and its potential impact on caregivers in Ontario as well as on the people they look after.


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Keywords: home care, complex health needs, caregivers, long-stay home care

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