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Family is the cornerstone of care, but their need for support is often overlooked
40% to 75% caregivers
experience psychological problems
Prevalence of clinical depression among
caregivers is 15 to 32%
Annual Economic Burden
Monetary economic burden to reach approximately $97 billionOpportunity costs of informal caregivers add a further $56 billion
Within one generation $15 billion to $153 billion
What has been the reaction?
•Tremendous public/media interest
•RT used to inform policy by all provinces
•Brain Strategy, Caregiver Strategy – opposition
What have we learned?
Canada’s successes in health care are due to
communitarianism in our DNA;
Limits to our health care successes lie in our
federated model - anything that happens
nationally must be by consensus
Ideology matters
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