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CALL 811 (Info-Santé/Info-Social). If you need support or have concerns or questions about your health or that of a family member or friend, call 811 to speak to a nurse or psychosocial worker. Bilingual and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it’s free and confidential.
To speak to a caregiver counselor about a difficult situation, ask questions or get a referral, call l’Appui’s Caregiver Support Helpline.
Bilingual; open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
To find community resources offering caregiving information and support near you, consult l’Appui’s Resource Directory or Proche aidance Québec's list of member organizations (in French only).
This report (60 pages) looks at the issue of poverty among unpaid carers in the UK. Specifically, it examines the extent of the problem, analyzes variations in poverty rates across different groups of caregivers, identifies the contributing factors to their financial insecurity, and suggests ways to address these challenges.
Its findings are based on data on poverty rates in the UK and on qualitative interviews with 41 caregivers.
