HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Takers, Victim Support, Ageism
23 Apr 2017
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More than 6 million people - 35% of the workforce - provide unpaid, informal care while balancing job responsibilities. Most employed caregivers spend 9 hours or less per week caring, but many (24%) spend up to. The recipients of care are primarily seniors and caregivers are most often between the ages of. Women more likely than men to provide care - 54% of women are caregivers. Over one-quarter of caregivers sandwiched between caregiving and childrearing. Stress of caring for aging or ill family members takes its toll on canadians. Women have more active ties - kin keepers are typically daughters. Widow with no children would rely on friends, siblings, younger relatives. Intensive caregivers less likely to have a paid job. Less time for immediate family; impacts leisure activities. Between 32,000 and 160,000 older adults living in ontario who are being abused in some fashion by someone whom they trust.
