{"id":13116,"date":"2024-04-27T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoireprocheaidance.ca\/caregiving-knowledge-portal\/the-global-importance-of-unpaid-carers-in-sustaining-the-care-ecosystem\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:22:02","slug":"the-global-importance-of-unpaid-carers-in-sustaining-the-care-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_directory","link":"https:\/\/observatoireprocheaidance.ca\/en\/caregiving-knowledge-portal\/the-global-importance-of-unpaid-carers-in-sustaining-the-care-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"The global importance of unpaid carers in sustaining the care ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section preset--group--divi-section--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--group--divi-row--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough preset--group--divi-column--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-text--divi-transition--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NYpZyBBRJMQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">webinar <\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">(16 min) looks at the global role of<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">caregivers in sustaining the care <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ecosystem.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Norah Keating discusses how families and caregivers position themselves in relation to both state-provided care and the care that is available within the global economy. She then examines the social contract of caregiving and concludes by underscoring the need to consider family identity and structure when designing support for caregivers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The webinar first aired as part of Empowering Futures<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">(April 29 and 30, 2024)<\/span>, a symposium organized jointly by the Middle East and North Africa Research on Ageing Healthy (MENARHA) <span data-contrast=\"none\">and<\/span> International Association of Gerontology &amp; Geriatrics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper preset--group--divi-button--divi-transition--default_wrapper preset--module--divi-button--default_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-button--divi-transition--default preset--module--divi-button--default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NYpZyBBRJMQ\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"$\">Watch the webinar<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This webinar (16 min) looks at the global role of caregivers in sustaining the care ecosystem. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12655,"parent":0,"template":"","format":[53],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"auteur":[416],"organisme":[688,689],"class_list":["post-13116","knowledge_directory","type-knowledge_directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","auteur-norah-keating-en","organisme-middle-east-and-north-africa-research-on-ageing-healthy-en","organisme-international-association-of-gerontology-geriatrics-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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