SUMMARY - Supporting Caregivers’ Mental Health
Behind every person receiving care—whether aging parents, children with disabilities, partners with chronic illness, or family members with mental health challenges—there are caregivers whose own wellbeing often goes unattended. Millions of Canadians provide unpaid care to family members and friends, work that is essential to recipients and to the healthcare system that could not function without it. Yet this caregiving takes a toll: depression, anxiety, exhaustion, and burnout affect caregivers at alarming rates.