Identifying Needs and Support Services for Family Caregivers of Older Community-Based Family Members: Mixed-Method Research Findings.

ABSTRACT: A recent Canadian study conducted in one province identified family caregiver support needs and essential support services when caring for older community-based family members requiring assistance with activities of daily living. Weekly interviews of 150 volunteer caregivers over 6 months identified 11 support needs and 5 essential support services. Scoping literature reviews of the 11 needs found they had all been identified before. Program logic investigations of the 5 support services identified a patch-work of temporarily available support services in existence across the province. Two governmental policies are recommended: (a) provincial policy assuring access to the five support services, and (b) federal policy for federal-provincial funding transfers to address the provincial cost o

SUBMITTER: Wilson DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12335626 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature