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Caregivers list financial support as the most common type of support needed

In 2018, about 30% of caregivers who received support for their caregiving duties said that there was another kind of support they would have liked to have received in the past year.

Financial support, government assistance or tax credit

68%

Home care or support

40%

Information or advice

39%

Help from medical professionals

36%

Emotional support or counselling

35%

Occasional relief or respite care

30%

Volunteer or community services

26%

Other non-specified types of support

16%

Provided care and received insufficient support

Fair or poor mental health

23%

Most days are quite a bit or extremely stressful

36%

Dissatisfied with life

32%

Provided care and received sufficient support

Fair or poor mental health

15%

Most days are quite a bit or extremely stressful

21%

Dissatisfied with life

14%

Unmet caregiving support needs are associated with lower well-being

Caregivers who received insufficient support reported the lowest levels of well-being. In 2018, 32% of caregivers who received insufficient support said that they were dissatisfied with life, 36% reported that most days were quite a bit or extremely stressful, and 23% reported fair or poor mental health. These rates were significantly higher than those of all other groups, including those who didn’t provide care and caregivers who received sufficient support.

All stats sourced from Stats Canada – https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2020001/article/00001-eng.htm