Background Stepping into the role of an unpaid caregiver to offer help is often considered a
natural expectation of family members or friends. In Canada, such contributions are …

This article identifies home care practitioners' perceptions of the responsibilities, difficulties,
and needs for support of caregivers. It is based on a study undertaken in Quebec with 55 …

AimThe aim of our study was to develop a survey for family physicians to better understand
family physicians' beliefs, level of knowledge and sense of accountability regarding their …

Although the experiences of formal and informal caregiving have been discussed and
debated in the literature, more is assumed than is actually known (McDaniel & Gee, 1993) …

This paper examines care management, or 'managerial care', a type of informal care for
older adults that has been relatively neglected by researchers. While previous research has …

Caregivers to family and friends are increasingly recognized as essential players in the
continued shift of care of dependent populations to the community. Currently, Canadian …

The vast majority of older adults who are chronically ill rely on informal caregivers for
support. Caregivers often require additional support to facilitate their role. To the best of our …

In contrasting health care structures, we each served as caregivers to elderly parents where
a shared and unexpected theme in our experiences was the substantial burden of …

Although the majority of research has conceptualized other roles of caregivers as competing
commitments, a growing body of literature views multiple roles as supportive resources. This …

Family caregivers provide the vast majority of care for individuals with serious illness living
in the community but are not often viewed as full members of the healthcare team. Family …