How Crisis Impacts the Way We Care: Understanding COVID-19’s Impact on Family Caregivers & Lessons for Future Challenges

This document (9 pages) outlines the process leading to the creation of a two-part framework highlighting: 1) the pressure points caregivers are subject to during a crisis; and 2) the interventions designed to support them.

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Year: 2021

Languages: English

Format: Document (article, report, guide, etc.), Infographic

Dimension(s) of caregiving:

Analysis of caregiving support

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This document (9 pages) outlines the process leading to the creation of a two-part framework highlighting: 1) the pressure points caregivers are subject to during a crisis; and 2) the interventions designed to support them.

The framework and its resulting infographics were developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed the fragility of current caregiver support systems. The document is intended to alert and inform policymakers, researchers and other key stakeholders who are in a position to bring about structural changes in caregiving support.

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